Jeeves and the Wedding Bells

De: Sebastian Faulks

Narrado por: Julian Rhind-Tutt

A gloriously witty novel from Sebastian Faulks using P.G. Wodehouse’s much-loved characters, Jeeves and Wooster, fully authorised by the Wodehouse estate.

Bertie Wooster, recently returned from a very pleasurable soujourn in Cannes, finds himself at the stately home of Sir Henry Hackwood in Dorset. Bertie is more than familiar with the country house set-up: he is a veteran of the cocktail hour and, thanks to Jeeves, his gentleman's personal gentleman, is never less than immaculately dressed. On this occasion, however, it is Jeeves who is to be seen in the drawing room while Bertie finds himself below stairs - and he doesn't care for it at all.

Love, as so often, is at the root of the confusion. Bertie, you see, has met Georgiana on the Côte d'Azur. And though she is clever and he has a reputation for foolish engagements, it looks as though this could be the real thing. However, Georgiana is the ward of Sir Henry Hackwood and, in order to maintain his beloved Melbury Hall, the impoverished Sir Henry has struck a deal that would see Georgiana becoming Mrs Rupert Venables. Meanwhile, Peregrine ‘Woody' Beeching, one of Bertie's oldest chums, is desperate to regain the trust of his fiancée Amelia, Sir Henry's tennis-mad daughter. But why would this necessitate Bertie having to pass himself off as a servant when he has never so much as made a cup of tea?

Could it be that the ever-loyal, Spinoza-loving Jeeves has an ulterior motive? Evoking the sunlit days of a time gone by, Jeeves and the Wedding Bells is a delightfully witty story of mistaken identity, a midsummer village festival, a cricket match and love triumphant.

©2013 Sebastian Faulks (P)2013 Random House Audiobooks

Reincarnation of PG Wodehouse

Where does Jeeves and the Wedding Bells rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

An excellent story in true Wodehousian fashion. Well 'contrived' and predictable but nonetheless as with all the genre very enjoyable anda stellar effort by Mr Faulks to re-create one of fictions greatest comedy writers.

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Well worth the listen and an excellent rendition of style and , period, character and story.

extremely good :-)

The author has done an excellent job of capturing the tone and rhythm of Woodhouse great humour.. superbly read :-)