Carry on, Jeeves - ReCoLectora

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Idioma English

Publicado el 15 de enero de 2008 por Arrow Books, Arrow.

ISBN:: 978-0-09-951369-8

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Carry On, Jeeves is a collection of ten short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. It was first published in the United Kingdom on 9 October 1925 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on 7 October 1927 by George H. Doran, New York. Many of the stories had previously appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, and some were rewritten versions of stories in the collection My Man Jeeves (1919). The book is considered part of the Jeeves canon. The first story in the book, "Jeeves Takes Charge", describes Jeeves' arrival in his master's life, as a replacement for Wooster's previous, thieving valet, and features Lady Florence Craye, as well as a passing mention of Lord Emsworth and Blandings Castle. Several of the other stories are set in New York, and the book includes appearances by regular characters Bingo Little, Aunt Dahlia, Anatole, and Sir Roderick Glossop.

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Bodhipaksa reseñó Carry on, Jeeves de P. G. Wodehouse (The collector's Wodehouse)

Wodehouse: a master stylist

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I didn't mean to read this book. I was in the middle of a big, fat sci-fi novel, but started writing a Wodehouse pastiche and felt the need to immerse myself in his writing and to study his technique. I downloaded a whole bunch of Wodehouse titles (mainly Jeeves and Wooster) and happened to pick this one to read first.

I'd read several of the stories before, possibly in another collection.

I have to say, Wodehouse is a genius. His plots are ridiculously lightweight and thin. But his writing is glorious. It was a stroke of brilliance to have Bertram Wooster be a well-educated halfwit. It means that we're reading the words of a man who was deeply immersed in the language of the Bible, Shakespeare, and the Romantic poets, and who weaves references into his speech all the time in appropriate ways. But often he mangles them to hilarious …

I didn't mean to read this book. I was in the middle of a big, fat sci-fi novel, but started writing a Wodehouse pastiche and felt the need to immerse myself in his writing and to study his technique. I downloaded a whole bunch of Wodehouse titles (mainly Jeeves and Wooster) and happened to pick this one to read first.

I'd read several of the stories before, possibly in another collection.

I have to say, Wodehouse is a genius. His plots are ridiculously lightweight and thin. But his writing is glorious. It was a stroke of brilliance to have Bertram Wooster be a well-educated halfwit. It means that we're reading the words of a man who was deeply immersed in the language of the Bible, Shakespeare, and the Romantic poets, and who weaves references into his speech all the time in appropriate ways. But often he mangles them to hilarious effect:

"I'm not absolutely certain of my facts, but I rather fancy it’s Shakespeare—or, if not, it’s some equally brainy lad—who says that it’s always just when a chappie is feeling particularly top-hole and more than usually braced with things in general that Fate sneaks up behind him with the bit of lead piping. There’s no doubt the man’s right."

He also has the most glorious similes and metaphors, like this:

"On the occasions when aunt is calling to aunt like bellowing mastodons across primeval swamps a... the clan has a tendency to ignore me. It’s one of the advantages I get from being a bachelor—and, according to my nearest and dearest, practically a half witted bachelor at that."

And the early 20th century slang and phraseology is a delight.

I'm glad I have so much of Wodehouse's work downloaded. I'm looking forward to reading more.