Aunts Aren't Gentlemen
PG Wodehouse
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen
A Jeeves and Wooster novel. Bertie Wooster has been overdoing metropolitan life a bit, and the doctor orders fresh air in the depths of the country. But after moving with Jeeves to his cottage at Maiden Eggesford, Bertie soon finds himself surrounded by aunts - not only his redoubtable Aunt Dahlia but an aunt of Jeeves's too. Add a hyper-sensitive racehorse, a very important cat and a decidedly bossy fiancee - and all the ingredients are present for a plot in which aunts can exert their terrible authority. But Jeeves, of course, can cope with everything - even aunts, and even the country.
3.5 out of 5 based on 1 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Classification |
Fiction |
| Genre |
Classic Fiction |
| Format |
Paperback |
| Pages |
256 |
| RRP |
£7.99 |
| Date of Publication |
August 2008 |
| ISBN |
978-0099513971 |
| Publisher |
Arrow Books |
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A Jeeves and Wooster novel. Bertie Wooster has been overdoing metropolitan life a bit, and the doctor orders fresh air in the depths of the country. But after moving with Jeeves to his cottage at Maiden Eggesford, Bertie soon finds himself surrounded by aunts - not only his redoubtable Aunt Dahlia but an aunt of Jeeves's too. Add a hyper-sensitive racehorse, a very important cat and a decidedly bossy fiancee - and all the ingredients are present for a plot in which aunts can exert their terrible authority. But Jeeves, of course, can cope with everything - even aunts, and even the country.
Reviews
The Sunday Times
Max Hastings
“We cannot pretend that this book (first published in 1974) is among the best, but its author was incapable of not being funny. A doctor scratching his nose with his stethoscope tells Bertie, who feels under the weather, that he sees no objection to his visiting his aunt, so long as the conditions are right. “‘Whereabout in Worcestershire does she live ?' ‘Near a town called Market Snodsbury.' ‘Is the air pure there?' ‘Excursion trains are run for people to breathe it.'””
21/12/2008
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