One of the best, hands down.

If you only read two Jeeves books in your life, read this and The Code of The Woosters---I promise you won't be disappointed!

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Lively, sound could be better

We are Wodehouse fans and listened to this (well thumbed in our library) on a recent trip. Mr. Cecil's reading is lively. Our sound system is very good in the car, but this recording had unneveness in volume. However, we just turned the vol up. We would recommend, but expected better quality.

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Simply wonderful!

One of the best from PG Wodehouse with an exceptional reading by Jonathan Cecil. Simply wonderful.

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Truly a joy - except for the audio quality

This was my first Wodehouse book and I can now understand why so many love his writings. Nonstop pure entertainment, VERY British, a pleasure. Now I know where the statement "ask Jeeves" comes from.

I would have rated this 5 stars were it not for the quality of the audio. Sometimes clear, sometimes muffled and sometimes at a different speed, the sound quality detracted from the pleasure of the story. The reader, Jonathan Cecil, was excellent.

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One of the best Bertie and Jeeves books, well done

This is Wodehouse at his best plotting. The characters are memorable and somehow stand out from the characters at the other country houses Bertie and Jeeves visit. Wodehouse is amazing at this. The narrator is very good. His Jeeves is understated and the narrator does not convey the twinkle in Jeeves' voice when he responds to Bertie's inanities. But the narrator is more than adequate.

PS I first read these books in paperbacks long before the internet. Now that it is possible to look up the quotations immediately, I feel like I am getting a proper British education. (Wink.) The main fun is the story, the characters, and the fabulous turns of phrase, as always. But in 2018 being able to take a quick break from the book and to look up the quotes from Hamlet and Macbeth and Tennyson is an added pleasure.

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muddy bonbons

Reading PG Wodehouse is like eating candy--perhaps bonbons. And the narrator, Jonathan Cecil, does a brilliant job bringing Wodehouse's already so animated characters to full life. The only unfortunate part of the experience was the quality of the recording--often the sound is muddled--not so much that you can't hear, but if sound quality is important to you, you will be frustrated at times. Still, with that caveat, I can assure you that listening to this, Wodehouse and Cecil will bring you much joy--in the morning or any time of day you choose to listen.

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Outstanding!

One of Wodehouse’s best. And narrator Jonathan Cecil’s work is also (as usual) superb. His voices, his intonation and his timing all add so much to the story. It was a real treat!

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Joy in Wodehouse

Another brilliant masterpiece of literary entertainment superbly performed by Jonathan Cecil who really knows how to bring Wodehouse personages to life. To listen anywhere anytime.

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Jonathan Cecil brings Wodehouse to life!

best. narrator. ever. Just love Cecil + Wodehouse in a typically rollicking take of Jeeves misadventures.

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THE BEST OF PGW?

This book is so well-constructed and so cleverly plotted and written that it really ranks up at the top with the great works of the English language, despite the fact that it is hilarious, constantly entertaining, and most of all uplifting. Jonathan Cecil is unmatched in his ability to invest every character with color and a convincing personality. It's as if he could read PG's mind and knew exactly how each character must sound. This is my fifth listen to this perfect work and I found it even funnier than the first.

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