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Porvoo ; Helsinki : WSOY, 1991.
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Everyone, even Augustus the cat, has cause to be obliged to Jeeves when he manages to retrieve the infamous Book, the book kept under lock and key at the Junior Ganymede Club and which lays bare the private lives of three-quarters of the upper classes, and which could prove to be political dynamite at the Market Snodsbury by-election! It once again falls to Bertie Wooster's manservant to save the day.
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LibraryThing member atimco
Much Obliged, Jeeves was the second P. G. Wodehouse title I read when I discovered this brilliant author several years ago, and it was also my introduction to Bertram Wooster and his indefatigable valet Jeeves. Since that time I have made such inroads into Wodehouse's body of work that the details
And what adventures they are! In this story, the thirteenth Wooster and Jeeves chronicle, Bertie's friend Ginger is running for the House of Commons, and Bertie has been enlisted to help Ginger's campaign by going door to door and telling the voters of Market Snodsbury why they should elect his friend. More than just a seat in the House is hanging on this election: Ginger is engaged to Bertie's cousin Florence Craye, who has a history of jilting men who fail in some way. If Ginger loses the election, he loses Florence. But halfway through the campaign, losing Florence suddenly becomes desirable. What can Ginger do to sabotage himself? And how will his plans affect life at Brinkley Court, where Aunt Dahlia is conniving to extract money from the odious L. P. Runkle?
This unabridged four-disc AudioGO audiobook—four hours and thirty-five minutes of listening pleasure—was read by British actor Dinsdale Landen, whom I had never heard before. I've listened to several other Wodehouse narrators, including Alexander Spencer and Jonathan Cecil, and Landen is a worthy addition to their ranks. In addition to his wonderful British accent and thorough understanding of the character, Landen has a clever way of snickering at Bertie's own jokes and adding the little mmhmms and ahas that make his performance stand out. Cecil is still my favorite Wodehouse narrator, but Landen is a close second.
I did notice that the recording seemed a little tinny at times, as if Landen was speaking in an enclosed space. The copyright is 2011, but Landen died in 2003, so I'm not sure exactly when this was recorded. Thankfully, the slight tinniness did not affect my enjoyment of the narration and story.
Overall, this is a hilarious story, told in Wodehouse's inimitable style and expertly narrated. I think it's destined to become one of my favorites. Great fun!
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of this particular story were blurry to me. It was, in fact, almost like reading it for the first time. Listening to it on audiobook this time around was a real treat and I enjoyed every minute of Bertie's adventures. And what adventures they are! In this story, the thirteenth Wooster and Jeeves chronicle, Bertie's friend Ginger is running for the House of Commons, and Bertie has been enlisted to help Ginger's campaign by going door to door and telling the voters of Market Snodsbury why they should elect his friend. More than just a seat in the House is hanging on this election: Ginger is engaged to Bertie's cousin Florence Craye, who has a history of jilting men who fail in some way. If Ginger loses the election, he loses Florence. But halfway through the campaign, losing Florence suddenly becomes desirable. What can Ginger do to sabotage himself? And how will his plans affect life at Brinkley Court, where Aunt Dahlia is conniving to extract money from the odious L. P. Runkle?
This unabridged four-disc AudioGO audiobook—four hours and thirty-five minutes of listening pleasure—was read by British actor Dinsdale Landen, whom I had never heard before. I've listened to several other Wodehouse narrators, including Alexander Spencer and Jonathan Cecil, and Landen is a worthy addition to their ranks. In addition to his wonderful British accent and thorough understanding of the character, Landen has a clever way of snickering at Bertie's own jokes and adding the little mmhmms and ahas that make his performance stand out. Cecil is still my favorite Wodehouse narrator, but Landen is a close second.
I did notice that the recording seemed a little tinny at times, as if Landen was speaking in an enclosed space. The copyright is 2011, but Landen died in 2003, so I'm not sure exactly when this was recorded. Thankfully, the slight tinniness did not affect my enjoyment of the narration and story.
Overall, this is a hilarious story, told in Wodehouse's inimitable style and expertly narrated. I think it's destined to become one of my favorites. Great fun!
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LibraryThing member glade1
Lots of fun but I can't read more than one Jeeves book without a break in between because they do get a bit predictable and repetitive. That said, I still read each one with a big smile on my face. I can't help loving Bertie and his style! This book is even more amazing because it was written when
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Wodehouse was 90 years old! Show Less
LibraryThing member gbsallery
I had not realised this book existed until browsing through LibraryThing, as it seems to be out of print at the momen. No idea why, as it is, like all other Jeever and Wooster stories, utterly and perfectly amusing. These is a very real chance that if this book does not make you snigger at least
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once, you are not actually human. Those with a knowledge of the English will find it all the funnier. There's no point in my writing more - either you've read Wodehouse before, and know what I'm talking about, or you've no prior knowledge and all this is incomprehensible. If so, go and remedy this situation immediately! Show Less
LibraryThing member jmaloney17
My copy of this book is titled, "Jeeves and the Tie That Binds." This was my first foray into Jeeves and Wooster territory. I think it is one of Wodehouse later stories. It was enjoyable, but I could tell there was a lot that I was missing because I had not read the earlier stories. I am sure that
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I will read more of them. I did get a good little giggle out of it. Show Less
LibraryThing member jen.e.moore
This is not one of the better Jeeveses (the plot doesn't cascade to an end in the graceful way that, say, Code of the Woosters does) but it is the one where Jeeves gives up something for Bertie's happiness for once, and that fills me with an overwhelming joy.
LibraryThing member losloper
While staying with his Aunt Dahlia to help out in the election at Market Snodsbury, Bertie Wooster comes up against the familiar horrors of Florence Craye, his former fiancée, and Roderick Spode, head of the Black Shorts, in a plot tangle from which, as usual, only the ingenuity of Jeeves can save
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LibraryThing member bradgers
As much as it pains me to say it, in this book I can't help but feel that Plum was simply mailing it in. Of course, Plum mailing it in is still better than most of the dreck out there.
LibraryThing member RidgewayGirl
The Wooster and Jeeves books all follow a predictable, but none the less delightful path. Some item offends Jeeves and there is a coolness between Man and Valet. One of Bertie's aunts is involved, either Agatha, a fearsome creature who Does Not Approve of Bertie, or his more easy going aunt Dahlia,
In this installment, the offending article is neither an article of clothing, nor a banjolele, but a book held by Jeeves's club, the Junior Ganymedes. Bertie is menaced by the threat of engagement to not only Florence Craye, the beautiful but bossy juggernaut, but also Madeline Basset, who believes that every time a fairy blows its nose a baby is born. There is an election in Market Snodsbury to help an old pal win, a misunderstanding involving a silver porringer and hijinks galore. So much the usual.
These books are always fun, insubstantial and silly, but also clever and funny.
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whose years riding to the hounds have left her red of face, loud of voice and possessing a vocabulary that would startle a sailor. There are romantical entanglements, often involving Wooster's near escape from an unfortunate engagement, scrapes aplenty, wild misunderstandings and in the end Jeeves and his prodigious brain puts all to right. In this installment, the offending article is neither an article of clothing, nor a banjolele, but a book held by Jeeves's club, the Junior Ganymedes. Bertie is menaced by the threat of engagement to not only Florence Craye, the beautiful but bossy juggernaut, but also Madeline Basset, who believes that every time a fairy blows its nose a baby is born. There is an election in Market Snodsbury to help an old pal win, a misunderstanding involving a silver porringer and hijinks galore. So much the usual.
These books are always fun, insubstantial and silly, but also clever and funny.
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LibraryThing member IanMPindar.
I have never read a Wodehouse book before, until I picked this one up and became immersed more deeply, I thought it was P G Woodhouse! Shameful I know, but honest.
I have seen many Wodehouse serialisations on tele and I wanted to know three things from his writing;
Which POV they are written?
How much balance between dialogue and descriptive writing. Answer: Mainly exposition through dialogue – which I preferred.
How much adjectival description of the dialogue is used? Not much is the basic answer.
I felt now was the time to experience the writing of Wodehouse. It was as old fashioned as I imagined it to be – oh how tastes change! I would have liked to see Anais Nin vs Wodehouse write-off now.
Why did I choose this particular book, when there are another 100 to pick. I chose it because it was one of the shorter ones!
I quite enjoyed it, but with John Green and David Mitchell queued up behind it, I’m not in a massive rush to read another one. Still it all adds to the tapestry and the lineage of being quintessentially English – past tense.
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I have seen many Wodehouse serialisations on tele and I wanted to know three things from his writing;
Which POV they are written?
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−First person from the POV of Bertie (Bertram) Wooster.How much balance between dialogue and descriptive writing. Answer: Mainly exposition through dialogue – which I preferred.
How much adjectival description of the dialogue is used? Not much is the basic answer.
I felt now was the time to experience the writing of Wodehouse. It was as old fashioned as I imagined it to be – oh how tastes change! I would have liked to see Anais Nin vs Wodehouse write-off now.
Why did I choose this particular book, when there are another 100 to pick. I chose it because it was one of the shorter ones!
I quite enjoyed it, but with John Green and David Mitchell queued up behind it, I’m not in a massive rush to read another one. Still it all adds to the tapestry and the lineage of being quintessentially English – past tense.
The Writing IMP
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LibraryThing member Nodosaurus
This is a full novel, most Jeeves stories I've read were short stories. In this story, Bertie's aunt is trying to get a donation from another gentleman. Bertie gets into his usual trouble, being accused of stealing from the same gentleman.
Bertie's friend, Ginger is engaged to Bertie's cousin
Then Bertie is trying to help a young woman who has something in her eye. Her fiancé walks in and threatens Bertie, who in his usual fashion, doesn't understand. The young girl falls for Bertie, who wants nothing to do with her.
In comes Jeeves and solve all problems in one single action full of unforeseeable consequences and humor. The book is funny, in the typical style of Wodehouse. A good and moderately fast read.
Bertie's friend, Ginger is engaged to Bertie's cousin
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Florence, who has encouraged him to run for the House of Commons. But Ginger later decides that he actually loves another, but he cannot walk out on a commitment. Then Bertie is trying to help a young woman who has something in her eye. Her fiancé walks in and threatens Bertie, who in his usual fashion, doesn't understand. The young girl falls for Bertie, who wants nothing to do with her.
In comes Jeeves and solve all problems in one single action full of unforeseeable consequences and humor. The book is funny, in the typical style of Wodehouse. A good and moderately fast read.
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LibraryThing member SueinCyprus
Bertie goes to Market Sudbury to help his friend in a political campaign. As ever he is beset with ex-fiancées, but his problems are solved by Jeeves. Amusing and enjoyable.
LibraryThing member subbobmail
Yes, once again I've succumbed to the predictable but dependable joys of P.G. Wodehouse. Jeeves and the Tie That Binds is a very late work in the canon -- Wodehouse was in his nineties when he published it -- but as the picture on the back cover of my edition proves, the author was still capable of
Tie That Binds is a virtual remix of the best Jeeves novel, Code of the Woosters. Here we have a country estate, Spode the jackbooted fascist, one of Bertie's colorful aunts, a young beazel whom Bertie has barely escaped marrying, a Wooster pal in need of funds, and a collectible object at risk of theft. The wrinkle here is that this time, Jeeves himself may be putting Bertie in the soup. So who's going to get him out of it?
This lark of a book is not so delightful as Code of the Woosters, true, but that's a bit like saying Othello is not as heartbreaking as Lear. The story threads are intricately woven as always, and the language sparkles like champagne in the sun. We should all be so capable of giving pleasure in our nineties.
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bending at the waist and touching the floor with his fingertips. His mind remained similarly nimble, as the tale tells.Tie That Binds is a virtual remix of the best Jeeves novel, Code of the Woosters. Here we have a country estate, Spode the jackbooted fascist, one of Bertie's colorful aunts, a young beazel whom Bertie has barely escaped marrying, a Wooster pal in need of funds, and a collectible object at risk of theft. The wrinkle here is that this time, Jeeves himself may be putting Bertie in the soup. So who's going to get him out of it?
This lark of a book is not so delightful as Code of the Woosters, true, but that's a bit like saying Othello is not as heartbreaking as Lear. The story threads are intricately woven as always, and the language sparkles like champagne in the sun. We should all be so capable of giving pleasure in our nineties.
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LibraryThing member DinadansFriend
The prose is adequate, the plot regarding Marriage much overworked territory. I did not find the work funny. In its defence I have been assured that he wrote this book in his 90's. It did drive me to read a book of literary analysis trying to find out what, beside publicity, made this man famous.
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This is a historical artefact, nothing more. the book was committed to print in 1971. Show Less
LibraryThing member raizel
Bertie's Aunt Dahlia invites him down to her country house so that he can help his old friend, Ginger, win an election in order to marry Florence Craye, one of Bertie's former fiancees. Also in attendance are Madeline Bassett, yet another fiancee, and Lord Sidcup, aka Spode, her current fiance;
The book was originally published in 1971 and originally published in the United States as Nerves and the Ties that Bind Us.
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Bingley, a former disreputable, valet of Bertie who tries to sell secrets about Ginger's past to his opponent, who is too honorable to take them, even for free; and L.P. Runkle, who made a fortune from an invention of Tuppy Glossop's father. Aunt Dahlia wants him to share some of this wealth with Tuppy so that he can afford to marry Dahlia's daughter. There's more to the story, including a crossword puzzle clue and answer and Jeeves slipping a Mickey Finn to someone(!).The book was originally published in 1971 and originally published in the United States as Nerves and the Ties that Bind Us.
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LibraryThing member larryking1
Sigh! Cannons to the left of me, cannons to the right, cannons in front of me volleyed and thundered! What am I to do? Perhaps this would be the propitious time to put down the Tolstoy, reshelf the Flaubert, leave Faulkner for another day, and settle in for a Bertie Wooster novel, the young,
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befuddled English lad who is helped through life by his intrepid butler Jeeves. With his deft hand with the language and his erudition, author PG Wodehouse is the very writer to set things right. And a note to all of you: I had no idea that this author's last name, Wodehouse (rhymes with Roadhouse?) is actually pronounced Wood House! Yes, the USA and Britain are two countries divided by a common language: do not get me started at a nation with a square called Leicester that is pronounced 'Lester!' Impossible! Or, how about Gloucester, rhyming with 'Roster?' And the River Thames? Yes, you guessed: they say 'Tems,' as in Depends (possibly with the adult diaper in mind)? I give up! Instead, I allow Bertie (and his clown car companions Toby Glossop, Catsmeat Potter Pirbright, and Gussie Finknottle ("As for Gussie, many an experienced undertaker would have been deceived by his appearance and started embalming on sight.") to carry the day, as he enters the political realm to help his mate win a hotly contested seat in Parliament. And as I settle in to follow his story, I already have a delicious sense of a disaster in the making! (Or as he views his upcoming fiasco, Bertie is heard to say, "I hadn't the heart to touch my breakfast. I told Jeeves to drink it himself.") A well-played literary choice on my part; now, another 89 novels to go! Show Less
LibraryThing member jguidry
I was expecting this to be funnier than it was. I found most of the story inane. Jeeves was obviously the stereotypical intelligent butler to a less intelligent employer. The plotlines were convoluted and Jeeves's connection to everything was ridiculous most of the time. Most of the characters were
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unlikeable. However, I'm willing to give the series another try because I've heard such positive things about it. Show Less
LibraryThing member Pferdina
Several crises coalesce around Bertie Wooster as he visits his Aunt Dahlia at Market Snodsbury. Weddings are threatened, Spode threatens, and there are wealthy houseguests to fleece.
LibraryThing member suesbooks
I very much enjoyed many of the literary references and the clever word choices. I did not find the story very interesting or clear and will probably not read other Wodehouse books. This was the light type of book that I needed right now.
LibraryThing member PhilSyphe
Well, I say! This splendid piece of literature is so jolly good I have to rate it among my favourite Wodehouse novels.
I’ve sometimes considered the Jeeves series overrated, and not enjoyed several of the novels as much as expected. Not so in this case. Lots of laughs, an entertaining plot, and
I’ve sometimes considered the Jeeves series overrated, and not enjoyed several of the novels as much as expected. Not so in this case. Lots of laughs, an entertaining plot, and
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plenty of nutty characters make this a great read. Show Less
LibraryThing member tgraettinger
Took a while to get going, but hit its stride about halfway thru. Enjoyable as always.
LibraryThing member therebelprince
Really very good fun. The last decade of Wodehouse's career is patchier than the rest, which is unsurprising given he wrote nigh-on 100 books, was pushing 100 years old, and was a half century out of the era he was writing about - not to mention he hadn't lived in England since the 1930s! These
True, there's nothing original here; this plot really is everything we've seen before, as if Wodehouse was trying to reunite as many characters as possible in case this was the final novel in the series. And there are occasions, I must admit, when gags are tirelessly repeated. Still, Wodehouse's comic voice is in healthy form, with lines that make the reader burst out laughing and none of the odd anachronisms that, although at their best feel like clever attempts to challenge form, often came to seem like the struggles of an author yoked forever to a formula.
The farce isn't quite as heightened or as clockwork-perfect as in the golden era, but you'd be forgiven for thinking this had been written at least 20 years earlier in his life.
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factors make for some works that either feel stodgy, archaic, or just plain "quaint". But this is a great little novel, clocking in at 200 pages, and running through a breezy plot that feels rather like a highlight reel of previous Jeeves and Wooster volumes.True, there's nothing original here; this plot really is everything we've seen before, as if Wodehouse was trying to reunite as many characters as possible in case this was the final novel in the series. And there are occasions, I must admit, when gags are tirelessly repeated. Still, Wodehouse's comic voice is in healthy form, with lines that make the reader burst out laughing and none of the odd anachronisms that, although at their best feel like clever attempts to challenge form, often came to seem like the struggles of an author yoked forever to a formula.
The farce isn't quite as heightened or as clockwork-perfect as in the golden era, but you'd be forgiven for thinking this had been written at least 20 years earlier in his life.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1971
Physical description
201 p.; 21.4 cm
ISBN
9510008281 / 9789510008287
Other editions
Suurenmoista, Jeeves! by P. G. Wodehouse (Paperback)