Carry On, Jeeves

By: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrated by: Martin Jarvis

Listen to hilarious unabridged stories starring the ever-popular Jeeves and Wooster from the master of great British comedy: P. G. Wodehouse. Stories featured: "Jeeves Takes Charge", "Jeeves and The Unbidden Guest", "The Artistic Career of Corky", "The Aunt and the Sluggard", "Clustering Round Young Bingo", "Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg", and "The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy".©2004 CSA Telltapes Ltd. (P)2004 CSA Telltapes Ltd.

Take a bow, Mr. Jarvis, take a bow!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Absolutely. Let's face it, the only reason why you'd get this audiobook would be because of the narration. And boy does Mr. Jarvis nail the narration! I would rate this as highly as Fry and Laurie's depiction of Jeeves and Wooster.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Let me say Wooster for a change. Jeeves gets too much love anyway.

What about Martin Jarvis’s performance did you like?

Martin Jarvis is amazing. And yes, even though that is a cliched word, I really don't think anything else can describe how absolutely perfect his narration is.

Any additional comments?

Jarvis does justice to the comic genius of Wodehouse. It's as if Wodehouse was narrating this!

Amusing Wastrels

One cannot but be delighted at the sheer cheek of these charming tales! What ho, what?

Hilarious

Not sure why they did it this way, but the stories in the print edition of Carry On Jeeves have been split between this audiobook and its companion volume My Man Jeeves. This may be because the Jeeves stories in My Man Jeeves are in some cases earlier versions of the same stories.

Fixing It For Freddy is the best example of this. In My Man Jeeves, this is a Reginald Pepper story and Jeeves plays no part in it. The publishers have included that story in Jarvis’s recording of My Man Jeeves, but in its revised Bertie Wooster version.

Between the two audiobooks, you’ll get all the stories in Carry On Jeeves, though in a different order.

Hope that makes at least a little bit of sense. In any case, for the full effect you should get both audiobooks. The stories are hilarious, Martin Jarvis is brilliant, and you’ll get a couple of Reggie Pepper stories into the bargain. I’m not crazy about the publishing decision — I’d rather have both books in their original format — but at least there’s a rationale for doing it this way. And Jarvis’s performance is not to be missed.

funny funny phrases

, love the descriptive language used to paint people's reactions PG wodehouse keeps me laughing. I just so enjoy his language

Terrific series

This was my first introduction to Jeeves and Bertie Wooster and I was extremely pleased. They are a humorous pair with Jeeves in the role of straightman and Bertie as the one who needs bailing out frequently. I enjoyed Martin Jarvis portrayal of both characters and found the recording well made. An excellent place to start if you want to try a novel by PG Wodehouse!