The Inimitable Jeeves (1923)

Enjoyable (so really 3.5 stars) but I understand the series gets better as the two main characters are more developed. ( )

Lovely series of short stories. Bertie Wooster, Jeeves, Bingo Little - great characters... ( )

One of Wodehouse's best. Given my current knowledge of the canon, I'd say it's in his top five books. Come for the laughs, stay for the metaphors! ( )

One of the best Jeeves novels. ( )

This is the second installment in the Jeeves series. In this volume Bertie is serving primarily as agony aunt to Bingo Little, who falls in love with a new girl every week and enlists Bertie’s aid in winning her affections. Various hijinks invariably ensue. Aunt Agatha also comes in at the beginning to terrorize Bertie, and his cousins Claude and Eustace do their bit to liven up his life in the most inconvenient way possible. Through it all, of course, the unflappable Jeeves pulls young Bertie out of the soup every time.

This was exactly what I needed to read at the moment. Because this is a Bingo-heavy volume, the stories could feel a bit repetitive, but I laughed out loud at least once per chapter, and the whole book was thoroughly enjoyable. Of course, I always picture Jeeves and Wooster as Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, which really makes it even more fun. ( )