Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. Aunt agatha dispatches bertie off to deverill hall in hampshire, home of the haddock family, with an order to perform in the village concert. Wodehouses comic genius are legion, and their devotion to his masterful command of the hilarity borders on an obsession. Bertie wooster, his manservant jeeves, and a bunch of berties friends gussie finknottle, madeline bassett, and catsmeat potterpirbright end up on holiday at the country manor deverill hall, but at very different times. Published nd condition very good bright tight condition edition 1st edition item price. Pg wodehouse the mating season picture further information. Wodehouses comic genius are legion, and their devotion to his masterful command of the hilarity borders on obsession. P g wodehouse collection 10 books jeeves in the offing. The mating season jeeves and wooster series, book 9. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free. The prime example is manabouttown bertie wooster, doing a good turn to gussie finknottle by impersonating him while.
Stephen fry a jeeves and wooster novelat deverill hall, an idyllic tudor manor in the pictureperfect village of kings deverill, impostors are in the air. The overlook press is pleased to feed their obsession by returning his funniest books to print. The mating season by wodehouse, pg and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In a literary career spanning more than seventy years, he published more than ninety books and twenty film scripts, and collaborated on more than thirty plays and musical comedies. Wodehouse author sir pelham grenville wodehouse 18811975 was an english humorist who wrote novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. Starring wellintentioned bertie wooster and his resourceful valet jeeves, the novel takes place at deverill hall, where esmond haddock. The notes have been reformatted and slightly extended by neil midkiff nm and others, but credit. Wodehouse author sir pelham grenville wodehouse 18811975 was an english humorist who wrote novels.
The mating season is also the second installment of four in what has become to be known as the totleigh. Wodehouse was born in 1881 and educated at dulwich college. The mating season is a time of love, mistaken identity, and mishap for bertie, gussie finknottle and other guests staying at deverill hallluckily theres unflappable jeeves to set things right. The plot kicks off with bertie, as usual, being browbeaten into doing something inconvenient by one of his aunts. Wodehouse society, narrates this collection of brilliantly entertaining stories featuring jeeves and wooster, including. Wodehouse dishes up nonstop hilarity in this classic quagmire featuring birdbrained bertie wooster and his astute butler, regi. Wodehouse s wonderful, comic writing is sure to bring smiles and laughter. Born in guildford, the third son of a british magistrate based in hong kong, wodehouse spent happy teenage years at dulwich college, to which he remained devoted all his life.
The mating season is a time of affection, incorrect id, and mishap for bertie, gussie finknottle and different site visitors staying at deverill hallluckily theres unflappable jeeves to set issues correct. Wodehouse, 97800995773, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. When gussie finknottle, after a convivial evening with catsmeat pirbright, was sentenced to fourteen days without the option for wading in the fountain at trafalgar square, bertie wooster saw the red light. Born in guildford, the third son of a british magistrate based in hong kong, wodehouse spent happy teenage years at dulwich. Mating season by wodehouse, first edition abebooks. Using all humordevices at his disposal, wodehouse delivers a truly timeless classic in the mating season. The mating season 1949 hugh laurie as bertie wooster and stephen fry as jeeves a still from the eastmangranada tv series jeeves and wooster, screened between 1990 and 1993.
He was highly popular throughout a career that lasted more than seventy years, and hi. Jonathan cecil reads the fifth fulllength novel featuring bertie wooster and jeeves. Wodehouse 18811975 spent much of his life in southampton, new york, but was born in england and educated in surrey. After two years with the hong kong and shanghai bank he became a fulltime writer, contributing to a. You whizz off the mark all pep and ginger, like a mettlesome charger going into its routine, and the next thing you know, the customers are up on their hind legs, yelling for footnotes.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. At deverill hall, an idyllic tudor manor in the pictureperfect. After two years with the hong kong and shanghai bank he became a fulltime writer, contributing to a variety of periodicals. Wodehouse explores the subject of romance in this new jeeves and wooster novel. Bertie woosters friend gussie finknottle is sentenced to 14 days for wading in the fountain at trafalgar square. The mating season paperback international edition, june 3, 2008 by p. Wodehouses wonderful, comic writing is sure to bring smiles and laughter. Wodehouse, first published in the united kingdom on 9 september 1949 by herbert jenkins, london, and in the united.
The mating season is also the second installment of four. A jeeves and wooster novel at deverill hall, an idyllic tudor manor in the pictureperfect village of kings deverill, impostors are in the air. The inimitable jeeves and my man jeeves the perpetually befuddled bertie wooster and his knightinshiningtuxedo jeeves have long been hailed as the greatest literary creations of p. Jeeves and the mating season audiobook listen instantly. This is the second wodehouse audiobook we listened to on our recent vacation. Reviews 0 you dont analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour. Wodehouse online on bookmate at deverill hall, an idyllic tudor manor in the pictureperfect village of kings deverill, impostors are in the air. A jeeves and wooster novel at deverill hall, an idyllic tudor manor in. Bertie wooster, his manservant jeeves, and a bunch of berties friends gussie finknottle, madeline bassett, and catsmeat potterpirbright end up on holiday at the. In the mating season, bertie wooster finds himself yet again entangled with madeline bassett. Buy p g wodehouse collection 10 books jeeves in the offing, stiff upper lip jeeves, mating season, code of the woosters, carry on jeeves, much obliged jeeves, aunts arent gentlemen, right ho, jeeves, thank you jeeves, inimitable jeeves by p g wodehouse isbn.
Apr 08, 2018 jonathan cecil reads the fifth fulllength novel featuring bertie wooster and jeeves. Heavy weather, jeeves and the feudal spirit, mating season, laughing gas. You dont analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour. This is springtime, the mating season, when, as you probably know, a livelier iris gleams upon the burnished dove and a young mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. Group to document references, allusions, quotations, etc. Wodehouse s comic genius are legion, and their devotion to his masterful command of the hilarity borders on obsession.
The mating season was originally annotated by john dawson aka sir jasper addleton. Jan 01, 2002 the mating season hardcover jan 1 2002 by p. Having read this book about 27 million times that may be a slight exaggeration, but not by much, i still find things to laugh out loud at in this book this is p. A jeeves and wooster novel at deverill hall, an idyllic tudor manor in the pictureperfect village of kings deverill, i. Pg wodehouse the mating season synopsis picture further. Wodehouse, presents two of his most beloved classics.
The author of almost a hundred books and the creator of jeeves, blandings castle, psmith, ukridge, uncle fred and mr mulliner, p. In the jeeves and wooster stories and the blandings castle books, wodehouse achieved a level of comic writing that noone else has, before or since. Jonathan cecil, described as having one of the bestloved voices in audiobooks by the p. The hero, bertram wilberforce wooster bertie to his intimates is helplessly drawn into a threeact fiasco in his feeble attempts to aid schoolchums straighten out lovers quarrels. The mating season tauchnitz edition by wodehouse, p g and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. For around five years in my teens, my reading consisted solely of p. The notes have been reformatted and slightly extended by neil midkiff nm and others, but credit goes to john for his original efforts, even while we bear the blame for. Heavy weather, jeeves and the feudal spirit, mating season, laughing gas, and more. Jeeves and the mating season unabridged jeeves and the mating season unabridged audiobook, by p. When gussie finknottle, after a convivial evening with catsmeat pirbright, was sentenced to fourteen days without the option for wading in the fountain at. Wodehouse book, its possible to keep the real world at bay and live in a far. Jeeves and the impending doom, jeeves and the kid clementina, the inferiority complex of old. Wodehouse, along with a few westerns, halfdespised war books sven hassel, and.
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