The Clicking of Cuthbert; Ring for Mr Jeeves; The Inimitable Jeeves; Right Ho, Jeeves; Big Money; Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves; Piccadilly Jim; The Girl in Blue; Aunts Aren't Gentleman; Jeeves in the Offing

P. G. Wodehouse

Published by Penguin Books, London, 1999

About this Item

A collection of ten volumes of the work P. G. Wodehouse with charming pictorial covers. A set of ten volumes in the slipcase. P. G. Wodehouse was a prolific English author, humanist, and scriptwriter. Throughout his novels, he created several renowned and regularly comic characters. This collection includes some of Wodehouse's most popular novels featuring the character of Jeeves. Jeeves is a fictional character in a series of comic short stories. He is a highly competent valet of a wealthy and idle young Londoner named Bertie Wooster. Jeeves first appeared in 1915 and was featured in Wodehouse's work until 1974.Jeeves is a colorful but highly competent character. He presents the ideal image of the manservant being dignified and respected. In his spare time, he enjoys reading the intellectual works of Spinoza, Shakespeare, and Dostoevsky. His job contests with his intellectual hobbies. Wodehouse plays with ideas of class and the impact that this has on social opinions. Sebastian Faulks in an Independent on Sunday Review says that: 'Wodehouse wrote the best English comic novels of the century.' In the original slipcase. In the original publisher's pictorial wraps. Slipcase in remarkable condition very slight rubbing only. The wraps are bright and clean. Internally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Near Fine.

Seller Inventory # 883V4

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Clicking of Cuthbert; Ring for Mr Jeeves; The Inimitable Jeeves; Right Ho, Jeeves; Big Money; Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves; Piccadilly Jim; The Girl in Blue; Aunts Aren't Gentleman; Jeeves in the Offing
• Publisher: Penguin Books, London
• Publication Date: 1999
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: None
• Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: book