Wodehouse cracks me up discussion

Mine was World of Jeeves, the short story collection. I'd been hearing about Wodehouse for a couple years at that point and decided to cave in. I've never looked back.

Code of the Woosters. Best book ever.

World of Jeeves for me, too. I checked it out in college after seeing the Jeeves and Wooster TV adaptations with Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry. I think I tore through most of the Jeeves novels non-stop after that.

Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin. That was my sister's copy that I borrowed around 1978. I ought to give it back I suppose.

Do Butlers Burgle Banks? Suggested by my mother after she first read it when I was 17 or 18 (it was her first Wodehouse as well).

Aunt's Aren't Gentlemen. I wanted to read Wodehouse after I read Stephen Fry's 'Moab is my Washpot' and discovered he is a big fan.

Right Ho Jeeves. A worn out paperback when I got it.

Jessica wrote: "Do Butlers Burgle Banks? Suggested by my mother after she first read it when I was 17 or 18 (it was her first Wodehouse as well)."

I think a lot of people try Wodehouse after seeing other writers mentioning him. After seeing Christopher Moore, Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman
mention him in interviews, I gave him a shot.

Wodehouse does seems to be a favorite among writers (no surprise to anyone here). Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, and Stephen Fry are a few others who've raved about Plum. I remember reading in Asimov's autobiography that he was reading Cocktail Time in the hospital while waiting for his daughter to be born.

Mine was a Bertie and Jeeves story... First i can't remember but it was either the "Song of Songs..."Code of the Woosters" I believe. I love Wodehouse and Bertie and Jeeves in particular.

Mine was a Blandings Service With a Smile.Actually I'm reading my second Wodehouse now which is Something Fresh .I have kinda got lost in the Blandings castle with Emsworth and the mighty empress.

The Blandings books have become my favorite Wodehouse's in recent years.

Aunts Aren't Gentlemen :)

Carry On, Jeeves. I laughed like an idiot.

With over 50 Wodehouses on the shelf, I just can't remember. I gave "Aunts Aren't Gentlemen" to a favorite Aunt once.

I just uploaded my favorite Wodehouse cover, "Ice in the Bedroom" to this group.

I hope it was your, understanding aunt. Not like Aunt Agatha "who chews broken bottles and kills rats with her teeth." :)

leave it to psmith. i just really liked the premise.

Gentleman of Leisure - from what I remember, it was similar to Sam the Sudden

The World of Jeeves. I have pretty much every Wodehouse book. My father gave me his entire collection. In my family, I'm a third generation Wodehouse fanatic.

Mark wrote: "The World of Jeeves. I have pretty much every Wodehouse book. My father gave me his entire collection. In my family, I'm a third generation Wodehouse fanatic."

I'm envious. I've only got about half of them. World of Jeeves was a great intro to Wodehouse.

I agree Dan. That book proved incredibly hard to put down. More so, I think, than any other book I've read by him.

I literally just started Sam the Sudden. I'm finding the first few pages a little awkward, but I have no question it'll pick up.

The only Wodehouse I've read that I haven't enjoyed that much was Not George Washington.

Really? I have yet to read it, but had high expectations. Mostly because of the semi-autobiographical nature.

Mark wrote: "Really? I have yet to read it, but had high expectations. Mostly because of the semi-autobiographical nature."

It wasn't badly written or anything and there were some funny moments. It was just much more mean-spirited than other Wodehouses.

I see. Mean-spirited is all fine and good in Wodehouse, as long as the person gets what's coming to them.

I read a short story collection with Jeeves in it. It bowled me over. I had seen some of the Laurie/Fry work and it was hilarious. The books are much better, though.

They are. This is a case where the TV version was extremely well done...and the books are even better, a win-win. Also if you can get a good reader the audios will have laughing till you're in pain.

Mike, I was wondering if there were any audio books with Hugh Laurie doing the narration. He is so good as Bertie, and I can just hear his voice in my head when I'm reading the books. I'd love to get an audio version with him narrating.

Mulliner Nights . I got it from an Uncle of mine who pinched it from another Uncle of mine .

John, I'm not aware of any. I found a few audios by Hugh Laurie but no Wodehouse. I admit he seems to have been born to play Bertie. He'd probably do a great job, but as I said, can't find any.

Mike, you're right, Laurie was born to play Bertie. In fact, I can't watch him in anything else, even "House", without thinking of him as Bertie.

It's one of the few cases where even though I found the stories before seeing the TV version (BBC version) I tend to picture Bertie as Laurie played him.

Summer Lightning. Though I liked Aunts arent Gentlemen the best! Kudos to Aunt Dahlia! :D

Adventures of Sally. I didn't like much in my first read. Wodehouse is like wine. The older the better.

Carry on Jeeves was my first. Then I moved on to the Jeeves series. I could not fall for Psmith as much as I could for Jeeves and Bertie. I read them again and laugh off like first time.

Same here. I find the Bertie and Jeeves stories fresh every time.

My first was Love Among The Chickens. When I reached the part with the golf game, I realised that Wodehouse was a genius.

His play had become wilder and wilder at each hole in arithmetical progression. If he had been a plow, he could hardly have turned up more soil.

Uneasy Money

Code of the Woosters; still my favourite!

Code of the Woosters; still my favourite1

Anyone else start with Piccadilly Jim?

Xiao_nie7 wrote: "Anyone else start with Piccadilly Jim?"

Piccadilly Jim is one of the ones I haven't read yet. How is it?

Actually I read a borrowed copy when I was thirteen-- more than ten years now. Strangely enough I never got around to buying my own copy.

I probably should buy and re read, come to think of it.

For what its worth though, I remember having really liked it.

My Man Jeeves, which contained four early Jeeves stories and four Reggie Pepper stories for good measure. Two episodes in I was hooked!

I am currently reading my first Wodehouse, Summer Lightning, and I will definitely be reading more of his books.

Hi everyone, I'm Charlie Bray. I'm new to Goodreads and new to your group. Looking forward to getting to know you all. My first was Summer Lightning and I absolutely fell in love with the goings on at Blandings Castle. To this day it remains my favourite series.

The Man with Two Left Feet, containing the very first Wooster story, "Extricating Young Gussie"

Great to find a whole group dedicated to Wodehouse!

I can't begin to remember what my first Wodehouse was. It was many, many years ago now.

Pigs Have Wings and I wasn't super crazy about it..then later I tried another and I was hooked for life!!!!

Code of the Woosters - topping yarn that wot?