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Follow the foils and foibles of Bertie Wooster and his devoted man, Jeeves, through all of his wild adventures in The Inimitable Jeeves, the first collection of P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves series. There are schemes to bet on the clergy's length of sermon, attempts at theatre, communist curiosity, and nearly every chapter finds Bertie's best mate, Bingo, falling in love, all under the watchful eye of Jeeves, who always finds a way to make things just right.

Selected Short Stories by P.G. Wodehouse is a great assortment exhibiting his mind, humor, and marvelous narrating. The accounts, set in privileged English society, rotate around offbeat characters, mixed up personalities, heartfelt entrapments, and silly false impressions. Wodehouse's particular style of carefree parody and beguiling exchange makes every story locking in.A few stories highlight his popular repeating characters like the blundering Bertie Wooster and his smart valet, Jeeves. Others investigate exceptional circumstances including affection, abundance, and social blunder. Through...

In his first collection of golfing stories, presided over benignly by the Oldest Member, Wodehouse extracts high comedy from the noble and mysterious game. Including the clash of literature and golf that impedes the romantic progress of Cuthbert Banks; the horror of golfing garrulity; two cases of ordeal by golf between romantic rivals of sharply varying skill; the advantages of encouraging women to take up golf; and the remarkable golfing career of American multi-millionaire Vincent Jopp, whose overwhelming confidence seems certain to make him amateur champion in his first season.

The Adventures of Sally by P.G. Wodehouse is a charming and humorous novel that follows the life of Sally Nicholas, a young and independent woman living in New York City during the 1920s. Sally, who has recently inherited a significant sum of money from her late uncle, faces a series of comedic and romantic misadventures.Sally is engaged to Gerald Foster, a playwright, but their relationship becomes strained when his play flops, and he leaves her for another woman. Despite this setback, Sally remains optimistic and ventures to England, where she gets entangled in the lives of various eccentric...

Nineteen of Wodehouse's funniest stories, all focusing upon the tribulations of the followers of the great mystery that is golf. Collecting the complete text of both The Clicking of Cuthbert and The Heart of a Goof, and including such classics as A Woman is Only a Woman, Ordeal by Golf, The Long Hole, Keeping in with Vosper, and The Magic Plus Fours.

Newly moneyed Jimmy can’t seem to get a certain girl out of his head. He’s never even spoken to her—the two have merely shared looks and smiles while traveling on an ocean voyage. But when he takes a bet to break into a house, and is caught by the owner of the house, (the chief of police, no less), a series of complicated events is set in motion. The first of which is the unaccountable appearance of his mystery girl. Soon Jimmy must show his true mettle, while demonstrating his singular gift for intrusion.

In this 1914 collection of short stories by P.G. Wodehouse, listeners are beckoned into the whimsical universe of P.G. Wodehouse, where wit dances hand in hand with charm. Through these stories, Wodehouse showcases his mastery of the short form, offering vignettes that sparkle with his trademark humor and keen observation of human nature.

We're back with Bertie Wooster and his devoted man, Jeeves, in Carry On, Jeeves, the second collection of P.G. Wodehouse's much-loved series. There are trips to America, scandalous books and articles to tend with, near misses in love, and schemes aplenty, all under the watchful eye of Jeeves, who always finds a way to make things just right.