I love Wodehouse, and these short stories are a delight.

I will leave people to read other reviews to get a description as to what it covers, as I cannot really add anything of significance.

It is ranked 3 1/2 stars only because there is a wide selection of Wodehouse to choose from, and it is hard to distinguish between the very best and some which are not quite there.

Big Ship

15 August 2022 ( )

Don't get me wrong; I love PG Wodehouse. However, in short story form and without Jeeves, it develops a feeling of sameness that makes it hard to keep plowing through. I chuckled a decent bit, so I'm happy. ( )

Wodehouse may be the most comic writer from his time. This book, in a consummately British, very moist audiobook reading, was constantly hilarious. This author's use of similes might be unequaled. The wordy acrobatics he pulls off juxtaposes a mundane setting for bumbling characters. The prevalent theme is money, and how it is variously lost and gained, in relatively trifling amounts by people who just can't resist themselves. Featuring lost Pekinese, stamp collections and top hats. Don't expect earth-shattering dramatic panoplies but endlessly entertaining small-time antics. Even if many situations are interchangeable, they are wonderfully wild. ( )

Nine short stories with typical Wodehouse characters and themes. Several are about Bingo Little and his family life with novelist Rosie M. Banks. Several others are about Ukridge. ( )