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Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit

2002P. G. Wodehouse

2.8/5

"What if he does think you the world’s premier louse? Don’t we all?"Poor Bertie cannot catch a break. Despite the quote above everybody and their sister around London area run to him to happily unload their troubles on him leaving the guy, to use one of the book expressions, in soup. This time it happened innocently enough. His (and mine too) favorite Aunt Dahlia asked him to accompany one boring couple she knew to a dinner at a London restaurant. It would be pointless to try describing crazy happenings that followed, but sufficient to say a very convincing invitation from his aunt to visit her prompted Bertie to rush for a friendly visit:"Bertie, you worm, your early presence desired. Drop everything and come down here pronto, prepared for lengthy visit. Urgently need you to buck up a blighter with whiskers. Love. Travers."I mean, who can resist such force of persuasion? Sufficient to say during this visit Bertie came closest to being beaten up, getting married, arrested for theft, and other equally unpleasant outcomes. The things we all do for our relatives! Here would be the good time to mention Aunt Dahlia again. I love the old girl. Just her presence promotes an average installment of the series into a good one and a good one into a great classic of humorous literature. This time unfortunately it was the former as I would not qualify the book as very funny overall, but it has very amusing moments. It also has Aunt Dahlia who alone raised the rating by one star. It should be obvious that I liked this book well enough, but did not love it. At least unlike the previous one Bertie is present here and the usual chemistry between him and Jeeves works. Like this time Bertie decided to grow mustaches which Jeeves strongly disapproved. What to say, not everybody can grow them well enough to rival Hercule Poirot.
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