Thank You, Jeeves

By: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil

Bertie Wooster's newfound enthusiasm for the banjolele results in his eviction from his apartment and, to his outrage, having to take notice from his hitherto devoted manservant, Jeeves. Repairing to the country with his banjolele and new valet, Brinkley, Bertie soon finds himself in no shortage of trouble. A visit to an American yacht ends with him locked in a stateroom by a prospective father-in-law. Bertie escapes to his cottage only to find an intoxicated Brinkley, who chases Bertie with a carving knife into his bedroom, then sets the cottage ablaze. Only Jeeves, brilliant Jeeves, can set Bertie's world aright.Don't miss other titles in the Jeeves series.Public Domain (P)1994 BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Critic reviews

"Jonathan Cecil gives a sparkling performance of this classic piece of Wodehouse humor. Cecil's Jeeves speaks with the great dignity and classic accent one expects of the ideal valet. In contrast, Cecil performs Bertie with all the winsome frivolity due to the fictional aristocrat. Wodehouse's confection of muddled engagements and provoked musicians is perfectly narrated." (AudioFile)

perfect wodehouse

What did you love best about Thank You, Jeeves?

it's all about the language

What did you like best about this story?

I go to Wodehouse for a light and funny romp and this was the perfect Wodehouse

Have you listened to any of Jonathan Cecil’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes, and this is flawless Cecil.

If you could rename Thank You, Jeeves, what would you call it?

no comment

Jeeves giving notice over Bertie’s banjolele playing and more hilarity!

This book was full of hilarious situations in which Jeeves always manages to make right in the end. Unfortunately, this book does have the N-word in it a couple of times, so be aware of that.

P.G. Wodehouse snd Jonathan Cecil life doesn’t get any funnier

Perfect writing. Perfect performance. Perfectly funny
This is Wodehouse at his best. There is farce and there is Wodehouse. There are narrators snd there is Jonathan Cecil

Another great story!

Wodehouse does it again! This is the best one I’ve read so far and I’m planning on reading the rest of his books!

More English Silliness From The Master

The action of this Wodehouse romp takes place in the small English village of Chufnel Regis,where Bertie Wooster has taken a cottage so he may continue to practice the "banjolele." This alleged instrument is so offensive that he has been threatened with eviction from his London flat, and Jeeves has given notice.

Such is Bertie's devotion to his music that he suffers to lose Jeeves, who is promptly hired by Lord Chufnel, Bertie's old school pal. Thus, the action moves to the country, where a former flame of Bertie's, her millionaire father, and Sir Roderick Glossip show up proposing to purchase Chufnel Hall and set up a private mental hospital. Chuffy falls for Bertie's old flame, and plans to marry her on the proceeds of the sale of the estate.

This is P.G. Wodehouse, so the course of love does not run smooth. Complications involve some over-conscientious police officers, a drunken butler with a penchant for carving knives, heliotrope pyjamas, a troupe of minstrel singers, copious amounts of bootblack and a distinct lack of butter.

A significant amount of the plot turns on both Bertie and Sir Roderick wearing blackface in order to impersonate the minstrel singers. This is an artifact of the period this was written, but may strike modern readers as unfunny, so be warned.

Otherwise, a classic of the England that never was.