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Jeeves in the Offing

By: P. G. Wodehouse
Narrated by: Ian Carmichael
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Jeeves is on holiday in Herne Bay, and while he's away the world caves in on Bertie Wooster. For a start, he's astonished to read in The Times of his engagement to the mercurial Bobbie Wickham. Then at Brinkley Court, his Aunt Dahlia's establishment, he finds his awful former head master in attendance ready to award the prizes at Market Snodsbury Grammar School. And finally the Brinkley butler turns out for reasons of his own to be Bertie's nemesis in disguise, the brain surgeon Sir Roderick Glossop.

With all occasions informing against him, Bertie has to hightail it to Herne Bay to liberate Jeeves from his shrimping net. And after that, the fun really starts.

©2014 P.G. Wodehouse (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Classics Literature & Fiction Funny Comedy
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Thoroughly enjoyable

ian Carmichael gave a fantastic narration. One of his best. I haven't heard much Wodehouse but I really liked this Wooster is a likeable plonker rather than a halfwit in need of his career as he is sometimes portrayed. Keeps you entertained and quite funny. I normally listen only on my commute but ended up listening in the office (not firm policy) and trying to explain bursts of laughter!

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brilliant story, superbly read

Just one point. I understand that actors are not their roles & I understand they can take any job they like but Lord Peter Wimsey playing Bertie Wooster is just confusing!!

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How lovely to hear Ian Carmichael !

As ever , anything by PH Wodehouse is magnificent. What was even better was having Ian Carmichael reading as Bertie Wooster. A charming man read by a charming man !

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One of Wodehouse's best

Classic Wodehouse with a particularly well-crafted plot. Ian Carmichael's narration was first class and a worthy successor to Jonathan Cecil.

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Good story, not a favourite narrator

What three words best describe Ian Carmichael’s performance?

At first, I was a little put off by the fact that the narrator talks so quickly. Several times I had to rewind a bit and listen to something one or two times more before I could make out what it was. I got over that as I got used to the speed though. Only, the more I got used to the speed with which this is narrated, the more I started noticing the fact that the narrator seems to think that Bertie has a speech defect! Often when Bertie is saying something, he sounds like he's nearly stuttering and this doesn't seem to happen with any of the other characters. I found it quite annoying, as I'm pretty certain there has been no mention before of Bertie having this sort of trouble.

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What did you like most about Jeeves in the Offing?

You either 'get' Wodehouse and love him as I do or you don't.

What does Ian Carmichael bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Ian Carmichael and Jonathan Cecil are the only two narrators who can do justice to Jeeves and Wooster. Sorry Martin Jarvis - love your William but Wooster : NO, NO, NO.

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Very witty

Not read quite as well as previous books of this series - but the story is excellent as usual.

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Awful narration

This narrator is terrible and really spoils the book. He speaks too fast and it is sometimes difficult to figure out who is supposed to be speaking when there is a conversation. Disappointing.

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Classic Woodhouse poor sound quality

A good Jeeves and Wooster story spoilt by unusually poor sound quality for AUDIBLE. Played at 9/10 speed it is not too bad

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How to murder a great story!

The narrator, though a well known actor, appears to have been paid by the minute, galloping through at breakneck speed. Wodehouse’s joyous prose is steamrolled flat with murderous intent. Best avoided

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