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The Code of the Woosters Paperback – July 5, 2011

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“To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language.”―Ben Schott

Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman’s gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new edition of one of the greatest comic novels in the English language. When Aunt Dahlia demands that Bertie Wooster help her dupe an antique dealer into selling her an 18th-century cow-creamer. Dahlia trumps Bertie's objections by threatening to sever his standing invitation to her house for lunch, an unthinkable prospect given Bertie's devotion to the cooking of her chef, Anatole. A web of complications grows as Bertie's pal Gussie Fink-Nottle asks for counseling in the matter of his impending marriage to Madeline Bassett. It seems Madeline isn't his only interest; Gussie also wants to study the effects of a full moon on the love life of newts. Added to the cast of eccentrics are Roderick Spode, leader of a fascist organization called the Saviors of Britain, who also wants that cow-creamer, and an unusual man of the cloth known as Rev. H. P. "Stinker" Pinker. As usual, butler Jeeves becomes a focal point for all the plots and ploys of these characters, and in the end only his cleverness can rescue Bertie from being arrested, lynched, and engaged by mistake!

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"Oh, how I love Wodehouse! Ever-surprising in his repetitiousness, never failing to delight, always making us safe in his breezy world. It is paradoxical that Wodehouse should give me so much comfort when he also makes me feel how mean and shabby my life is each time I emerge from one of his novels."
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P. G. Wodehouse was born in England in 1881 and in 1955 became an American citizen. He published more than ninety books and had a successful career writing lyrics and musicals in collaboration with Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton, and Cole Porter, among others.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition (July 5, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393339815
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393339819
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.3 inches
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Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE (/ˈwʊdhaʊs/; 15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. Born in Guildford, the son of a British magistrate based in Hong Kong, Wodehouse spent happy teenage years at Dulwich College, to which he remained devoted all his life. After leaving school he was employed by a bank but disliked the work and turned to writing in his spare time. His early novels were mostly school stories, but he later switched to comic fiction, creating several regular characters who became familiar to the public over the years. They include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeves; the immaculate and loquacious Psmith; the feeble-minded Lord Emsworth and the Blandings Castle set; the loquacious Oldest Member, with stories about golf; and the equally loquacious Mr Mulliner, with tall tales on subjects ranging from bibulous bishops to megalomaniac movie moguls.

Although most of Wodehouse's fiction is set in England, he spent much of his life in the US and used New York and Hollywood as settings for some of his novels and short stories. During and after the First World War, together with Guy Bolton and Jerome Kern, he wrote a series of Broadway musical comedies that were an important part of the development of the American musical. He began the 1930s writing for MGM in Hollywood. In a 1931 interview, his naïve revelations of incompetence and extravagance at Hollywood studios caused a furore. In the same decade, his literary career reached a new peak.

In 1934 Wodehouse moved to France for tax reasons; in 1940 he was taken prisoner at Le Touquet by the invading Germans and interned for nearly a year. After his release he made six broadcasts from German radio in Berlin to the US, which had not yet entered the war. The talks were comic and apolitical, but his broadcasting over enemy radio prompted anger and strident controversy in Britain, and a threat of prosecution. Wodehouse never returned to England. From 1947 until his death he lived in the US, taking dual British-American citizenship in 1955. He was a prolific writer throughout his life, publishing more than ninety books, forty plays, two hundred short stories and other writings between 1902 and 1974. He died in 1975, at the age of 93, in Southampton, New York.

Wodehouse worked extensively on his books, sometimes having two or more in preparation simultaneously. He would take up to two years to build a plot and write a scenario of about thirty thousand words. After the scenario was complete he would write the story. Early in his career he would produce a novel in about three months, but he slowed in old age to around six months. He used a mixture of Edwardian slang, quotations from and allusions to numerous poets, and several literary techniques to produce a prose style that has been compared with comic poetry and musical comedy. Some critics of Wodehouse have considered his work flippant, but among his fans are former British prime ministers and many of his fellow writers.

Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Unlisted photographer for Screenland (Screenland, August 1930 (Vol XXI, No 4); p. 20) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

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Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2021
In the "Code of The Woosters" by P.G. Wodehouse the plot centers around an english aristocrat named Bertie Wooster. His initial dilemna at the beginning of his adventure is about whether or not to retrieve "a cow creamer and (a) small, brown, leather covered notebook." Wooster's setting is a high-class society in England. The characters in "The Code of the Woosters" are symbols of a political nation. These people: Bertie Wooster, Aunt Dahlia, Pop Bassett, and others are the catalysts of several mundane controversies. They all have knick-names, but various individuals give monikers to one-another, such as: "The Dangerous Vice", "His Rotundity". Much like the pomposity of their time and place many of these titles are, in retrospect, ill-considered. Bertie Wooster's conflicts remind one of a college fraternity get together in which one poorly concieved joke or remark causes the motivation of the meeting to become itself ill-natured.
In the case of the 'Woosters', as Bertie connives to steal a cow creamer from an ex-allum, other people become a part of Bertie's world, and other somber convictions turn into plots to commit college dorm-like pranks. "'A ruse"', replies Bertie Wooster to this deduction-"That's right-one of the ruses, and not the worst of them. Nice work Jeeves." This is about how vanity becomes the mark of a small society as a few individuals with offending sensabilities direct the sporadic angst within a clique of social club members.
Surprises are wrought from Wodehouse's pen with dexterity. Conflicts make a left turn, a character plots on or becomes distressed, often sliding in morality. As regards the story, if you're like me, you admire people who are nice, whose humanity is there to stay on the page to read about-even as where plunged into further calamity. Wodehouse's skill as a writer makes these great swings. For these not-well-prioritised lives, a loss of a small object of value creates an empathy towards one or more of these provocateurs. An expulsion of emotion becomes a plea to a butler, an aunt, or other close conspirator. The twists transpire like sketches in a freestyle comedy show; pages of the book are turned, and the reading experience is quick and fraught with fun and humor. These are the most outrageous pranks; there is not even a small impression of a contriving hand by an over eager author. Read on with this story, the hero's foibles are explained, and you're hooked.
P.G. Wodehouse in his novel "The Code of The Woosters" does an unbelievable job of bringing out the voices of the cast of characters in the dialouges through-out the work. Wodehouse's foresight is effete. There are alot of expressions used, particularly by Bertrand Wooster. Some are orthodox, but many are just thrown in, voiced by Bertie with a casual nonchalance as he talks to himself, or to Jeeves, his butler. Despite these high-flown expressions the reader knows exactly what the words mean. A saying is invoked, and we know Bertie's demeaner, what he is thinking-all just based on what we've read before. Bertie, or Bertrand, and his fellow peers have discussions which are casual, informal, and portray affectations and related curtness within a circle of comrades. As I discerned the words, I shook hands with a magistrate or a gentleman. A brisk cultivation transpired in my meetings with Bertie Wooster and Stephanie Bing('Stiffy').
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Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2023
This is the best of Wodehouse’s excellent body of work. Bertie Wooster’s narration and and quotations from literature and the Bible, as well as the plot twists are hilarious, and Jeeves, as always, provides satisfaction.
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2020
After reading Mantel’s lengthy The Mirror and The Light, the finale in her exploration of the life of Thomas Cromwell, I was feeling angry at Henry VIII and distraught due to the defeat and beheading of Cromwell by his political enemies who never forgave him for rising from poverty via his intelligence and persistence to become the king’s right hand man. I thought I would fast forward to the 20th century to read a lighthearted tale about the tribulations and almost trial of rich socialite Bertie and his right hand man Jeeves who I knew would save the day and not suffer the loss of his head. Thus this was a satisfying and soothing slightly humorous read in pandemic times when I am feeling overwrought by the sad fate of someone who came to a tragic end several centuries ago. Think I’ll move on to Ben Schott’s second novel written in the style of Wodehouse about Wooster and Jeeves. The first was great fun.
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024
This a charmingly witty story about an inept but likable British society man named Bertie Wooster who is constantly finding himself in difficult situations that are not necessarily of his own making. He is inevitably saved from disaster by his erudite man servant, Jeeves who seems to know exactly what to do to resolve even the most convoluted of predicaments with grace and tact. This is book 7 of a series of 17 that chronicle the adventures of Wooster and Jeeves. If you read one you will want to read them all.
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2023
This is a fun read full of humor and wit. Wooster finds himself in all sorts of odd predicaments and between his own thoughts and Jeeves “impressive bean” it makes for a fun, imaginative story. Lighthearted and well written, the story moves along quickly and the reader understands the world even if this is the first Woodhouse book they’ve read (as it was for me). It also somewhat delves into the common language of the English 1920s, which I thoroughly enjoyed because, while it all made sense, it was odd and something new to me. Highly recommended to anyone wanting a fun, engaging story full of characters drawn to clever antics.
Beware modern Dutch cow creamers.
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2024
I bought this book because I had worn out my previous copy, which I read a dozen times. This is my favorite Bertie and Jeeves novel. As the first book in the Totleigh Towers trilogy, it is also an excellent introduction to the entire world of Bertie and Jeeves even though Wodehouse wrote plenty of B & J stories both before and after. Start here.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Humorous
Reviewed in Canada on August 3, 2023
Very funny book..I loved it!
robert
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent work and we all need a Jeeves
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 22, 2024
Good flow of dialogue and pithy Bon mots strewn about with gay abandon ridiculous plots and personalities that raise a chuckle
NUNO LOMELINO RODRIGUES PEREIRA
5.0 out of 5 stars Humor inglês no seu melhor
Reviewed in Spain on August 27, 2022
Enredo e humor britânico no seu melhor estilo. Uma leitura bem divertida.
Wolfgang L
5.0 out of 5 stars The FUNNIEST writer ever to put words on paper
Reviewed in Germany on June 14, 2021
This is my #1 favourite book - simple as that. Also available, by the way, as an Audible audio book, brilliantly read by Martin Jarvis. Highly recommended.
Ranjit Kulkarni
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best
Reviewed in India on May 31, 2021
This would rank as one of his best. It has all the ingredients of a Bertie and Jeeves story with its mix of broken engagements and Aunts, in a plot that keeps getting entangled by the page, finally leading to the Happy ending orchestrated by Jeeves. Unputdownable :)
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