The Best of Wodehouse an Anthology (Everyman Library)

As new. Delighted. Thank you so much.

Given as a gift.

Delightfull!

Engagingly written memoirs appear at the end of the anthology, and all likeable enough, but in general regret found it hard to care much about the jolly japes of Wooster (such stuff as mistakenly puncturing the hot water bottle of his host at some or other stately home) or his aunt's pending disastrous loss of the services of a favourite french chef etc. etc., however well written. As with Saki's short stories, there are some sublime moments and exquisite use of language, but in the end I just found myself exasperated at the trivial nature of the predicaments of the privileged that are intended to form the basis of the humour.

The character comes across as very naïve and repetitive phrases; the stories come across better as a BBC audio production.