This is the first of the P.G. Wodehouse Jeeves and Wooster stories. I've read it in what I'll call Brit Lite. Meaning that while there is an English flavor to the speech, I've not attempted to maintain English accents. There is a fine line between being entertaining and tedious and I've tried to stay on the entertaining side.
Bertie's friend Corky fancies himself a portrait painter but until a commission materializes he is totally dependent on his rich uncle for support. Now Corky wants to marry and there is the delicate matter of how to introduce the girl to his uncle without getting cut off. Bertie turns to Jeeves to come up with a plan. He comes up with a good one and it works but not quite in the way expected.
Bertie's friend Corky fancies himself a portrait painter but until a commission materializes he is totally dependent on his rich uncle for support. Now Corky wants to marry and there is the delicate matter of how to introduce the girl to his uncle without getting cut off. Bertie turns to Jeeves to come up with a plan. He comes up with a good one and it works but not quite in the way expected.
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Beortnoth
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April 27, 2017
Subject: Lacking in Englishness
Subject: Lacking in Englishness
Well read, but ultimately unsatisfying. Jeeves is quintessentially English, reading it in an American accent does the same amount of damage as Stephen Fry would if he narrated Gone With the Wind or Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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moosie4242
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April 27, 2008
Subject: A GREAT LISTEN
Subject: A GREAT LISTEN
AS usual Roy Trumbull does a great job of conveying the intended spirit of thid very entertainig story. Well worth the listen.
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