Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves

from BooksForDinner

P.G. Wodehouse is one of my favs. Certainly not for everyone, especially these days... can't really see an 18 year old girl in her dorm listening to Death Cab and reading Jeeves. But for us Anglophiles, he on Mount Rushmore.

from PhilSyphe

A quick read, this, and a rather entertaining one. The plot is similar to most novels in the series: lovers want to marry, but need Bertie's help, which lands him in all sorts of difficulties. Jeeves, like with several other books in the series named after him, rarely makes an appearance, which i...

from smik

Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster series was published from 1919 to 1974 and I suspect that by the time STIFF UPPER LIP was published the timeless Bertie Wooster may have lost most of his followers. Certainly by 1963 the style and content of this novel would have felt very dated. Part of me recognis...

from klai

Wodehouse has a way with words that makes you chuckle and smile your way through his books. This is another comedy of errors in the adventures of Wooster and Jeeves. Need more be said?

from Pferdina

Even though he's just had a terrible experience there (involving a cow creamer), Bertie travels to Totleigh Towers to help a friend in need. Gussie Fink-Nottle and Madeline Bassett are in danger of breaking up, and Bertie is next in line for Madeline's hand if that happens. Then, of course, chaos...