The Code of the Woosters

Bertie Wooster's is a different world. A different world indeed, even from the jazzy age of 1920s and 30s England that P. G. Wodehouse employs as his setting. The code of the Woosters is to never let a friend down, and Bertie would do this far more often were it not for his tactful and clever gentleman's personal gentleman, Jeeves. Bertie is a marvelous type of fellow: over-educated but under-intelligent; useless to society but wealthy beyond any need for scruple; completely numbed by the simple pleasures of an aristocratic life, but always there for his friends and family in a pinch. Amusingly enough, very few of the people that Bertie is enlisted in aiding actually deserve anyone's help. He is variously bullied and cajoled--but usually blackmailed--into putting himself in the most precarious positions. He must steal a cow-shaped piece of silver or his Aunt Dahlia will never let him eat a meal served by her godly French chef; he must steal a policeman's helmet to indirectly prevent himself from betrothal to a starry-eyed ditz of a woman. Being a Wooster, of course, he would go through with such a wedding rather than be impolite.
What makes Bertie's bumbling and stumbling antics the more amusing is that he fancies himself a man of wit and decisiveness. Nothing could be further from the truth. Jeeves is the man for that, as well as the man to keep Bertie from his predilection for screaming fashion faux pas.
Wodehouse employs a wonderfully dry wit and a delivery that ranges between the anecdotal and the rat-a-tat. One finds oneself smiling through every page, and occasionally being forced to place the book on the side table so as not to harm in during a fit of laughing out loud. Wodehouse's influence on writers such as Evelyn Waugh, Kingsley Amis and Stephen Fry has enriched British literature of the last century, but he himself was a true original, as are Jeeves and Wooster.

P G Wodehouse was very likely the funniest, most inventive and creative humorist in the English language, as agile a wordsmith as Shakespeare and far more prolific. There are very, very few of his books which are not every bit as funny today as they were when first published. (You may wish to avoid the very first school stories, but that's about it.)

The Code of the Woosters is of a piece with all Bertie/Jeeves novels, that is to say, brilliantly funny. The plot, which is as complicated and involved as any in British farce, is just about beside the point, as so much of the value in reading Wodehouse is in admiration and enjoyment of the language, the outrageous similes, the references to snippets by everyone from Browning to the Bible to contemporary stage songs, and the ridiculous characters, but even then this one is admirably involved. Somehow a book involving a would-be dictator (of the Black Shorts), a nauseautingly ugly cow-creamer, a journal of the repellent or objectionable mannerisms of one's companions, friendly aunts and domineering country-house hosts, etc etc et multiple cetera, all combine to jam 222 pages of joy, which cannot but leave you with a huge grin on your face as you close the book. Like every Jeeves & Wooster novel, it is a must buy.

All of the P.G. Wodehouse novels about Bertram ("Bertie") Wooster and his gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves, are funny. Some are reasonably complicated in their plots. But none compare to this classic in the series.
From the beginning, Bertie is up against impossible odds. Sent by his Aunt Dahlia to sneer at a Cow Creamer, Bertie dangerously bumps into Sir Watkyn Bassett, the magistrate who once fined him five guineas for copping a policeman's helmet on Boat Race night, and Roderick Spode, Britain's aspiring fascist dictator. The only trouble in this encounter is that Bertie is clutching the Cow Creamer on the sidewalk after having tripped on a cat and falling through the front door, and Sir Watkyn recognizes him as a former criminal. Barely escaping arrest on the spot, Bertie returns home to find that Aunt Dahlia wants him to debark immediately for Totley Towers where Sir Watkyn has just taken the Cow Creamer he has purchased after pulling a ruse on Uncle Tom. When there, Bertie is to steal the Cow Creamer. At the same time, he receives urgent telegrams from his old pal, Gussie Fink-Nottle, to come to Totley Towers to save his engagement to Madeleine Bassett. Bertie feels like he is being sent into the jaws of death.
Jeeves immediately fetches up a plot to get Madeleine Bassett, to whom he has been affianced twice, to invite Bertie to her father's home. Upon arriving, Sir Watkyn and Roderick Spode immediately catch him holding the Cow Creamer. Sir Watkyn threatens years in jail, until Madeleine comes in to rescue him. But Sir Watkyn proceeds to assume that everything that goes wrong from then is due to Bertie. For once, Bertie is the innocent party. But he takes the rap anyway, because of the code of the Woosters, never let a pal down.
Never has anyone had a goofier set of pals. Gussie Fink-Nottle has developed spiritually so that he has less fear, but his method of achieving this soon puts him in peril. Stephanie "Stiffy" Byng, Sir Watkyn's niece, has to be the goofiest acquaintance that Bertie has. She is a one-woman wrecking machine for creating havoc. Her fiance, another old pal of Bertie's, "Stinker" Pinker, the local curate, is only slightly better.
Just when you cannot see any way that Bertie can avoid gaol, Jeeves comes up with one brilliant plan after another. It's truly awe-inspiring as well as side-splittingly funny.
P.G. Wodehouse remarked that he preferred to write as though the subject were musical comedy, and he has certainly captured that mood here at its vibrant best. You'll be on the edge of your chair and trying to avoid falling on the floor laughing at the same time.
After you've followed more twists and turns than existed in the Labyrinth at Crete, consider how far you would go to save a pal . . . or to keep a secret . . . or to protect a loved one. What should the personal code be?
Be generous with your friends and to all humankind.

Previous: Right Ho, Jeeves
This was my first excursion into the Wonderful World of Wodehouse, and remains my favorite (though others are in close contention). The plot is simply brilliant, tightly woven together with twists and turns and ingenious irony, and flows directly from the story in Right Ho, Jeeves. Between silver cow-creamers, little leather notebooks, ferocious dogs named Bartholomew, police constables and their helmets, angry neo-Nazis with buried secrets, and the looming threat of the soppy Madeline Bassett, laugh-out-loud comedy is inevitable. Funnier still is the fact that once Bertie arrives at the dreaded Totleigh Towers, all the action takes place in one day and night, making this the most fast-paced of the Jeeves books. This is one instance in which Bertie is never to blame for the soup in which he finds himself-it is thrust upon him by others, either by cajoling or blackmail, and Bertie's ever-good-hearted nature is taken advantage of to full extent. It is Jeeves to the rescue once again. The ending will leave you smiling-and finally able to take a deep breath and relax!
Next: Joy in the Morning (Jeeves in the Morning)

The Code of the Woosters, by the inimitable P. G. Wodehouse, is a fun and enjoyable romp with Bertie Wooster and his Man Jeeves. This novel features numerous plotlines, including but not limited to, the battle over a cow creamer, a lost notebook, romantic entanglements, the theft of a policeman's helmet, a potential jail sentence for Bertie, a dictator, and more romantic entanglements. Each plotline is brought to a conclusion by the brilliance of "Plum" the excellent English humorist. The book is full of hilarious one liners and brilliant wit. Amazingly, this novel was first published in 1938, yet it is still full of timely situations.

This novel of classic comedy introduces us to Totleigh Towers and its owner, Sir Watkin Bassett. Several memorable mainstay characters are in this book including Gussie Fink-Nottle, Aunt Dahlia, Madeline Bassett, and Stiffy Bing. Any journey taken with Wooster and Jeeves is time well spent. This classic series endures because the characters are wonderful and memorable. A 5 star fun-filled romp.

The Code of the Woosters, by the inimitable P. G. Wodehouse, is a fun and enjoyable romp with Bertie Wooster and his Man Jeeves. This novel features numerous plotlines, including but not limited to, the battle over a cow creamer, a lost notebook, romantic entanglements, the theft of a policeman's helmet, a potential jail sentence for Bertie, a dictator, and more romantic entanglements. Each plotline is brought to a conclusion by the brilliance of "Plum" the excellent English humorist. The book is full of hilarious one liners and brilliant wit. Amazingly, this novel was first published in 1938, yet it is still full of timely situations.

This novel of classic comedy introduces us to Totleigh Towers and its owner, Sir Watkin Bassett. Several memorable mainstay characters are in this book including Gussie Fink-Nottle, Aunt Dahlia, Madeline Bassett, and Stiffy Bing. Any journey taken with Wooster and Jeeves is time well spent. This classic series endures because the characters are wonderful and memorable. A 5 star fun-filled romp.

The Code of the Woosters, by the inimitable P. G. Wodehouse, is a fun and enjoyable romp with Bertie Wooster and his Man Jeeves. This novel features numerous plotlines, including but not limited to, the battle over a cow creamer, a lost notebook, romantic entanglements, the theft of a policeman's helmet, a potential jail sentence for Bertie, a dictator, and more romantic entanglements. Each plotline is brought to a conclusion by the brilliance of "Plum" the excellent English humorist. The book is full of hilarious one liners and brilliant wit. Amazingly, this novel was first published in 1938, yet it is still full of timely situations.

This novel of classic comedy introduces us to Totleigh Towers and its owner, Sir Watkin Bassett. Several memorable mainstay characters are in this book including Gussie Fink-Nottle, Aunt Dahlia, Madeline Bassett, and Stiffy Bing. Any journey taken with Wooster and Jeeves is time well spent. This classic series endures because the characters are wonderful and memorable. A 5 star fun-filled romp.

The Code of the Woosters, by the inimitable P. G. Wodehouse, is a fun and enjoyable romp with Bertie Wooster and his Man Jeeves. This novel features numerous plotlines, including but not limited to, the battle over a cow creamer, a lost notebook, romantic entanglements, the theft of a policeman's helmet, a potential jail sentence for Bertie, a dictator, and more romantic entanglements. Each plotline is brought to a conclusion by the brilliance of "Plum" the excellent English humorist. The book is full of hilarious one liners and brilliant wit. Amazingly, this novel was first published in 1938, yet it is still full of timely situations.

This novel of classic comedy introduces us to Totleigh Towers and its owner, Sir Watkin Bassett. Several memorable mainstay characters are in this book including Gussie Fink-Nottle, Aunt Dahlia, Madeline Bassett, and Stiffy Bing. Any journey taken with Wooster and Jeeves is time well spent. This classic series endures because the characters are wonderful and memorable. A 5 star fun-filled romp.

Code of the Woosters served as my introduction to the oeuvre of Wodehouse, and, I must say, it was an exceedingly pleasant introduction at that. The book is absolute comic brilliance; it sets the standard for what lesser folks (like Carl Hiaasen) have tried to accomplish on their own right.

Some books are read once and discarded, but Code of the Woosters, I feel, has the rare quality of being able to be read time and time again...not just cover-to-cover, but at any particularly mirthful point which captures the reader's fancy. (The number of laugh-out-loud vignettes are too numerous to list.)

The only negatives to the book were the verbose introduction by left-wing crank Alexander Cockburn (if I had a name like "Cockburn" I'd be a bit edgy myself) and the relatively scant presence of Jeeves. Not that he plays a cameo role, but one does wish he figured more prominently.

If you haven't read this yet, you are in for a treat.

P.G. Wodehouse is the funniest writer ever to live, and this is his best book. The plot is vintage Wodehousian absurdity focusing on the struggel for an allegedly Modern Dutch cow creamer and the fractured romance between newt enthusiast Gussie Fink-Nottle and Madeline Basset. With the the leader of the Fascist Black Shorts, Sir Roderick Spode, threatening to pound Bertie Wooster into a jelly, Jeeves really has his work cut out for him. Every sentence of this book is writen with a comic sort of elegance. I love it so much. You need to read it.

This is classic, educated humor for the masses. I first became aware of Jeeves and Wooster through the Stephen Frye ('V for Vendetta)/Laurie (of 'House' fame) miniseries back in the 90's. A friend mentioned how he had read the books when he was in college and got me excited in reading them. With my obsessive makeup, I now own the mini-series, audiobooks and paperbacks of every Jeeves and Wooster (and a couple of just Jeeves) novels. The flitting dialogue, manners, morals, and realtionships are soothing literary carbohydrates for the brain. Read before 5PM, otherwise you'll be chuckling in your sleep--frightfully annoying.

Joe Keenan, who wrote and produced 'Frasier' and writes for 'Desperate Housewives' is a modern-day Wodehouse and an excellent alternative: (Blue Heaven, At the Ritz, My Lucky Star).

As with most Wodehouse books, this has enough plot twists and turns to keep the impossible situations running for as long as possible. Which is not to say that they are difficult to see coming, but even when you know that Gussie is about to pop up again with bad news, it's still fun to read. Jeeves' solutions are always fascinating, as is his "sang froid", as Bertie would say. I must strongly suggest to the first-time reader, read the introduction LAST. Alexander Cockburn does a decentish job of analyzing the story, but not without doing some major spoiling of plots. Lastly, I would argue my own opinion that the Wodehousian plots are not the strongest point of the book, but the breezy, conversational narrative style of the main protaginist, Bertram Wilberforce Wooster. This (funny in and of itself) is hilarious agaisnt the backdrop of his hyper-intelligent valet (or "gentleman's personal gentleman", as Jeeves refers to himself), strong-willed women, clutzy or (dare I use the word to describe a character of the 30's) nerdy friends, and comical villains. If you like British comedy in the least, you should read Wodehouse as he is a giant of the genre.

It all started with this antique silver cow creamer, lusted after by Bertie Wooster's Uncle Tom Travers (husband of his Aunt Dahlia) who collects such things, but also coveted by Sir Watkyn Bassett, father of Madelin Bassett to whom Bertie was once briefly engaged. Sir Bassett was once a magistrate, and he remembers Bertie from a past appearance in his court (a matter of stealing a police constable's helmet during the exuburance of his college days).

Events lead to complications as Bertie ends up as a house guest at the Bassett estate, where he tries to mend the romances of both Madeline and her cousin Stephanie, while Aunt Dahlia is intent on recovering the cow creamer that Sir Bassett had made off with - she is willing to use a little larceny. Events lead to a little blackmail - it is always useful to know something about someone that the person does not want the public to know about - and a little horse trading when you have matters that a person needs settled (preferably out of court).

It is the usual Wooster and Jeeves, with the supporting cast of characters, including Bertie's old classmate and fellow member of the Drones Club, Gussie Fink-Nottle; and introducing another old school acquaintance, Harold Pinker, who is now a curate at the local village. I don't think that it is necessarily the funniest, but it is delightful light reading. It was published in 1938, just before the onset of World War II.

This isn't just a "good" Bertie-and-Jeeves novel (they're all good); it is, along with Jeeves In the Morning, the BEST. It's the perfect introduction to Wodehouse's farcical world. The thing that makes this series stand out from the Blandings series and everything else is that they're told by clueless, intellectually-challanged Bertie Wooster, and this adds a delicious extra layer of humor. This is also why any performance of the Jeeves novels will necessarily only catch a fraction of the wit to be found in the books. You get the situations but not the narration. Jeeves In the Morning was titled Joy In the Morning in Britain, by the way. Fair warning: read either Code of the Woosters or Jeeves In the Morning and you risk becoming a Wodehouse fan for life. (Of course, I think it's a risk you should take.)

Bertie Wooster and his unflappable manservant Jeeves are enlisted by Aunt Dahlia to recover an 18th-century silver cow-creamer purchased by Sir Watkyn Bassett, the retired magistrate of Totleigh Towers. The cast of characters includes his two daughters -- "Stiffy," who has secretly decided to marry "Stinky" Pinker, the curate -- and Madalyne, engaged to Gussie Spink-Nottle, a shy bachelor entralled by the sexual habits of Newts, who is hounded by the baleful and muscle-bound Rodrick Spode. Gussie fights intimidation by compiling a list of uncomplimentary observations into a small leather book, which becomes an object of blackmail when Stiffy tries to get Bertie to steal a policemen's helmet . . . well, never mind. You get the idea. The hilarious volume is one of Wodehouse's best -- combining deft plotting and dialogue to return you to the Edwardian England, where your choice of dinner jacket was more important than your choice of politics. Highly recommended. -- Auralgo

An early critic of P.G. Wodehouse complained that his second book was identical to his first, only the character names had changed. In response, Wodehouse resolved to continue writing identical stories, but to keep his character names the same. And so, The Code of the Woosters is nearly identical to all other Jeeves and Wooster novels; Bertie gets into a sticky situation, inadvertently makes things worse, and is ultimately rescued by Jeeves. Could any one of them possibly be any good if they are all so unoriginal? Yes. In fact, they are all excellent. How? Wodehouse was a genius; reading any one of his books will prove it to you. His characters are unforgettable. His narrative is brilliant. Above all, his books are hilarious, and The Code of the Woosters is one of his finest.

Betram (Bertie) Wooster, a lazy, bumbling (but well meaning!) gentleman living in Britain during the early 1900's, is pressured by his aunt Dahlia to steal a cow-shaped milk creamer from Sir Watkyn Bassett, a magistrate who once fined Bertie five `quid' for `pinching' a policeman's helmet. The task is made complicated by the presence of Roderick Spode, the amateur dictator who founded `the black shorts' and who is a friend of Sir Watkyn; Spode is watching Bertie like a hawk and threatens to break his neck if he sees Bertie so much as glance at the cow-creamer. Things go downhill when Gussie Fink-Nottle (a newt fancying friend of Bertie's) suffers a snag with his engagement to Madeline Basset (a dreamy girl who holds opinions like `the stars are God's daisy chain,' and who thinks that Bertie is madly in love with her). Bertie rushes to patch things up between them, but nearly becomes engaged to Madeline himself. In the end, only Jeeves, Bertie's brilliant, (almost) all-knowing manservant, can guide Bertie out of these troubled waters.

If you aren't familiar with P.G. Wodehouse's dynamic duo, you owe it to yourself to read this book. I guarantee you won't be able to stop laughing. Nearly every line is comical. The narration itself (the story is told by Bertie) is positively hilarious. And so, I give The Code of the Woosters the highest marks I can!

Wilfred Sheed in the forward to "Leave it to Psmith" classified Wodehouse, along with Gilbert and Sullivan, as anti artist artists. Anti artist artists were born something out of a reaction to English public opinion against Byron and Shelley and their questionable views and lifestyles. Their motive is to knock high ideals off their perspective horses. While Europe was taking art seriously, maybe too seriously, with rebellious Wagnerian operas and psychological probings of Flauberts and Prousts and such the English were being amused by Gilbert and Sullivan and other entertainment of high silliness. There is a method to the madness of Wodehouse and that is to knock down any art that takes itself too seriously.

Wodehouse can draw one sophmoric prank out into a mini novel which at time can be tedious and at times masterful. In the end not much is really said here or is it?

A critic of P.G. Wodehouse complained that his second book was identical to his first; only the character names had changed. In response, Wodehouse resolved to keep his character names the same from then on. And so, The Code of the Woosters is nearly identical to all other Jeeves and Woosters; Bertie gets into a sticky situation, inadvertently makes things worse, and is ultimately rescued by Jeeves. Could any one of them possibly be any good if they are all so unoriginal? Yes. In fact, they are all excellent. How? Wodehouse was a genius; reading any one of his books will prove it to you. His characters are unforgettable. His narrative is brilliant. Above all, though, his books are hilarious, and The Code of the Woosters is one of his finest.

Betram (Bertie) Wooster, a lazy, bumbling (but well meaning!) gentleman living in Britain during the early 1900's, is pressured by his aunt Dahlia to steal a cow-shaped milk creamer from Sir Watkyn Bassett, a magistrate who once fined Bertie five `quid' for `pinching' a policeman's helmet. The task is made complicated by the presence of Roderick Spode, the amateur dictator who founded `the black shorts' and friend of Sir Basset, who is watching Bertie like a hawk and threatens to break his neck if he sees Bertie so much as glance at the cow-creamer. Things go further downhill when Gussie Fink-Nottle's (a newt fancying friend of Bertie's) engagement with Madeline Basset (a dreamy girl who holds opinions like `the stars are god's daisy chain' who thinks that Bertie is madly in love with her) becomes shaky and Bertie rushes to patch things up between them. In the end, only Jeeves, Bertie's brilliant, (almost) all-knowing manservant, can guide Bertie out of these troubled waters.

If you aren't familiar with P.G. Wodehouse's dynamic duo, you owe it to yourself to read this book. I guarantee you won't be able to stop laughing. Every single line is comical. The narration itself (the story is told by Bertie) is positively hilarious. And so, I give The Code of the Woosters the highest marks I can!

Wodehouse is in my opinion the most underrated author in the englich language. He is too often dismissed as merely writing 'amusing' and escapist fiction which offers no insight into our soceity or the lives we lead. I would like to point out to the advocates of so called "serious literature" that Wodehouse invokes in us the most basic feeling we can experience...laughter. I cannot help but be overcome by Wodehouse's unbelievably adept use of the english language to create the most hilariously subtle situation comedy ever written. I cant recommend this book strongly enough. Wodehouse exhausts all superlatives!

Don't break the Code of the Woosters! Jeeves will be there if you do! And Jeeves can fix anything - and that includes if you are having a bad day and need a pick-me-up!

Because reading Wodehouse is the best pick-me-up there can be...

Another rare but VERY funny Wodehouse book is Piccadilly Jim - often not seen in book stores but you can get it here - one of the best for wit, charm, farce and good plotting.

Piccadilly Jim: A British Humor Classic

Enjoy both!

The language is very witty and entertaining. However the plots are thin, forced and ridiculous. The characters, especially the female ones, are not believable. Overall, pretty lame stories told in humorous language.

As always, simple minded Bertie is in the soup. He has gotten on the wrong side of Sir Watkyn Bassett and his close pal Spode for trying to grab a silverware for his Uncle Tom, which Bassett had an eye on. Aunt Dahlia (Tom's wife) sends him to Totleigh Towers to steal it. Also, at Totleigh Towers, Bertie's pal Gussie is preparing to get married to Madeline (Watkyn's daughter). Meanwhile, Stiffy (Watkyn's nice) is in love with Pinker (another pal of Bertie). When Bertie arrives at Totleigh Towers, everything that can go wrong with the lives of these people, breaks loose. And all of them are aimed at Bertie! Bertie faces all of it with the help of his faithful butler Jeeves and all ends well.

If there were no sitcom on TV, Wodehouse would have invented it. The outlandish characters, the outrageous dialogues, all set in rich classic Britain. I couldn't help laughing out loud while reading this book. Between all these stormy characters is the real hero of the books -- Jeeves with his cucumber cool air. Wodehouse cannot be explained, has to be read. I see a definite movie potential in his books.

In case you were wondering, The Code Of The Woosters is "Never let a pal down.

Spode is one of Plum's more memorable villians, just as Mrs Travers is Bertie's kind and loving aunt.This is perhaps the second most hilarious book by Wodehouse. Sadly the name of the best(according to me) slips me right now, but that is the one Gussie Fink Nottle makes a speech at the grammar school.

When life becomes too tough or insane, Wodehouse's world helps me maintain my sanity. And Code of the Wooesters is the best of the best! Eulalie :-).

There are some side effects though - people around you look suspiciously at you when you laugh out loud while reading the book.

I also looked up the videos starring Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry after reading the book. They have done a great job, but the book HAS to be read first. See this video after reading the book -
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Hilariously insane.

Superb! This is a perfect book, ambrosia from start to finish. Includes many classic Woosterisms, plus Bertie's menu for his dream meal; I plan one day to realize that feast...as soon as I learn French. If you don't enjoy this book, there may be something rum with your thingummy.

Too often short-changed as just "amusing satire" or "a send-up of a by-gone era in British society", at his best, P.G. Wodehouse is, in my opinion, the greatest pure writer of the English Language of the Twentieth Century. His economy of language, the precision of his metaphors, the perfect symmetry of his plot structures, and the sheer hilarity of his skewering insights into human nature are reminiscent of, but, I think, a cut above the writings of Mark Twain. I am hungrily devouring all the Wodehouse I can get my hands on, but this is the best I've read so far. I couldn't possibly recommend this book highly enough.

Too often short-changed as just "amusing satire" or "a send-up of a by-gone era in British society", at his best, P.G. Wodehouse is, in my opinion, the greatest pure writer of the English Language of the Twentieth Century. His economy of language, the precision of his metaphors, the perfect symmetry of his plot structures, and the sheer hilarity of his skewering insights into human nature are reminiscent of, but, I think, a cut above the writings of Mark Twain. I am hungrily devouring all the Wodehouse I can get my hands on, but this is the best I've read so far. I couldn't possibly recommend this book highly enough.

This is probably the best novel by Wodehouse and I enjoyed every bit of it.The ever disaster stricken Bertie and Jeeves feature in this book which has some of the memorable characters- Augustus Fink Nottle,Aunt Dahila,Madeline Basset ( Stars-are-God's-daisy-chains ),Pop Basset and Roderick Spode!.Bertie is sent By Aunt Dahila to pinch an 18 th century cow-creamer and what follows is typically wodehouse material.You just can't stop reading once you pick this book up!Wodehouse at his very best.

His stories are good as satire, however, I laugh and then get depressed when I think that he really is detailing the lives of a large portion of the British upper classes at the time. Such a waste of a person's life.

This is my favourite Jeeves & Wooster story yet. It had me laughing out loud; a bit annoying for my wife trying to work nearby. This is a great story and a handsomely bound, affordable book from Overlook.

I have just been introduced to the P.G. Wodehouse collection by my Husband and this is the first book that he suggest I read. I must say, that although it started out slow for me, I was facinated by the character builds and dialog set in this book. I felt as though at somepoint in my reading I was drawn into the story and could see it all unraveling before me. Almost as if I lived in a time where and when this would have taken place. I was impressed, to say the least, and I have gone on to read other titles as well. I am now truly a fan of that extremely talented man, P.G. Wodehouse.

Light, funny, a fast read that models the power of humor and character to overcome human foibles. The plot provides a display case for behavior - the kind of behavior that could be called "good" postmodernism.

After reading some recommendations, Michael Dirda's especially, I decided to give Wodehouse a try. I was not disappointed.
The characters have character, the plot is full of expected and unexpected twists, and everything is infused with a friendly humor that isn't immature or cynical. So if you're looking for something fun to recover from The Sound and the Fury or Blood Meridian, this is a great choice.

One of Wodehouse's most hilarious Bertie and Jeeves novels, _The Code of the Woosters_ will keep you in stitches. Wodehouse throws in all the vital ingredients including the star-crossed love of an old school chum, a mistaken engagement, a hideous piece of old silver and--of course--Jeeves. All other writers should take P.G. Wodehouse's correspondence course.

All the Jeeves & Bertie stories are excellent, but Code of the Woosters somehow manages to improve on perfection. The story does pick up in the middle somewhat (you may want to read Right Ho, Jeeves first) but it's not essential. You can read Wodehouse in any order.

In this book,Wodehouse's style is pure brilliance. His writing is so funny and entertaining. This book was really enjoyable to read. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a good book.

This book had me laughing all the way through. Such a testament to the writing that this many years later it is still one of the most entertaining books out their. Very funny, such a British farce. The british speaking style takes a minute to get used to but after that you are along for the very funny ride.

I fail to see the humour. Several websites have this book rated as one of the funniest books ever written.

30 years ago perhaps. If 70s TV didn't do the genre to death, then Stephen Fry stuck in character certainly did.

No laughs & tiresome. sorry.