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Title details for Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse - Available

Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves

by P.G. Wodehouse
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Bertie Wooster looks pretty stylish in his new Tyrolean hat - or so he thinks: others, notably Jeeves, disagree. But when Bertie embarks on an errand of mercy to Totleigh Towers, things get quickly out of control and he's going to need all the help Jeeves can provide. There are good eggs present, such as Gussie Fink-Nottle and the Rev. 'Stinker' Pinker. But there also is Sir Watkyn Bassett J.P., enemy of all the Woosters hold dear, to say nothing of his daughter Madeline and Roderick Spode, now raised to the peerage. And Major Brabazon Plank, the peppery explorer, who wants to lay Bertie out cold.Thank goodness for the intervention of Chief Inspector Witherspoon of Scotland Yard - but is this gentleman all he seems?

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  • Release date

    May 1, 2006

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781405629102
      • File size: 71047 KB
      • Duration: 02:28:00

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Bertie Wooster, the young Englishman with more money than brains, and his clever and serenely efficient valet, Jeeves, are drawn to Totleigh Manor, where Bertie must be kept from the marital clutches of the simpering Madeline Bassett. Veteran actor Michael Hordern plays Jeeves as dry, supercilious, and long suffering. Richard Briers is a splendid and especially lively Bertie. The other actors are good, if at times a bit over the top. The one American accent is unconvincing, and the listener must, if possible, ignore smatterings of the easy racism of early-twentieth-century England. Otherwise, this farce, full of bluster and silliness, will entertain almost any listener and will delight Wodehouse fans. W.M. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      Is it possible? Jonathan Cecil gets even better at reading Wodehouse. Given the excellence of his earlier narrations, that's hard to believe, but it's true. In this Wodehouse classic, Cecil gets a chance to stroll through a half-dozen distinct class and regional accents of British English. Everyone--except the ever-calm Jeeves, of course--writhes in sublimely ridiculous emotional agonies as Madeline tries to convert Gussie Finknottle into--say it softly--a vegetarian, thereby upsetting the applecart of relationships for everyone from narrator Bertie to dog Bartholomew. Completely ridiculous, it's all a pleasure for the ear and wit. G.T.B. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine

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  • English

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