Right Ho, Jeeves
by P. G. Wodehouse · first published 1934
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Jeeves has some outrageous ideas about how Gussie Fink-Nottle can capture the affections of Miss Madeline Bassett: scarlet tights and a false beard. What follows is a delightful romp through the banquet halls and boudoirs of English high society by "the funniest writer ever to put words on paper" (Hugh Laurie).
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…persistent surveillance and abuse of language for nefarious ends. - If you want something light, then go no further than P G Wodehouse: there are many fine books to read by this author, such as the excellent Right Ho, Jeeves, Service With a Smile, or Galahad at Blandings. You couldn't go very wrong with Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome, or Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith. - If you want something that…
on “Ask HN: I don't read fiction, how much am I missing out on?” ↗I listened to _Right Ho, Jeeves!_ this year from Librivox (https://librivox.org/right-ho-jeeves-by-p-g-wodehouse/) and I'd second his recommendation for it. Sort of a perfect novel.
on “Sensitivity Conjecture Resolved” ↗…recommendations: this seems a nice post, with choice quotes that give an idea of what readers who like Wodehouse like: https://honoriaplum.com/2017/01/08/p-g-wodehouse-reading-gui... (For a specific recommendation: "Right Ho, Jeeves" is available online, and Stephen Fry mentions somewhere that one of the scenes in it "has often been described as the single funniest piece of sustained writing in the language"; John Le Carré was also…
on “The P.G. Wodehouse Method Of Refactoring (2008)” ↗…mentioned, the quality varies, but some are real gems. My personal favorites are the Jeeves stories narrated by Mark Nelson: https://librivox.org/my-man-jeeves-by-p-g-wodehouse/ https://librivox.org/right-ho-jeeves-by-p-g-wodehouse/ Also, the whole LibriVox collection is uploaded to the Internet Archive (easy to find: it’s one of the top links under the audio tab). IA’s interface is nicer in certain ways than librivox.org…
on “Project Gutenberg – Library of over 60k free eBooks” ↗…scandalous, but I thoroughly enjoyed them. Outside science fiction: P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster novels, as well as what of his other books I've read, are hilarious and brilliant; I would suggest "Right Ho, Jeeves" as a starting point.
on “Ask HN: What literature do you read?” ↗It took a bit of hunting, but I found an example of one of the changes. https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/jeeves-and-wooster-sto... mentions: "In the 1934 novel Right Ho, Jeeves, newly reissued by Penguin, a racial term used to describe a “minstrel of the old school” has been removed." https://archive.org/details/p-g-wodehouse_right-ho-jeeves/pa... shows it's the n-word - something…
on “P.G. Wodehouse’s ‘Jeeves and Wooster’ Books Changed for ‘Unacceptable Prose’” ↗