The Mating Season
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__________________________________ A Jeeves and Wooster novel 'It's hard to single out one book as the entire Jeeves and Wooster collection is Bach Rescue Remedy in literary form, but this tale of romantic imbroglio is a priceless hoot... Every sentence is a perfectly wrought delight.' Independent At Deverill Hall, an idyllic Tudor manor in the picture-perfect village of King's Deverill, impostors are in the air. The prime example is man-about-town Bertie Wooster, doing a good turn to Gussie Fink-Nottle by impersonating him while he enjoys fourteen days away from society after being caught taking an unscheduled dip in the fountains of Trafalgar Square. Bertie is of course one of nature's gentlemen, but the stakes are high: if all is revealed, there's a danger that Gussie's simpering fiancée Madeline may turn her wide eyes on Bertie instead. It's a brilliant plan - until Gussie himself turns up, imitating Bertram Wooster. After that, only the massive brain of Jeeves (himself in disguise) can set things right.
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A very fun and fast read! Those who have watched the BBC series will recognize elements of the story from season three, episode “Right Ho, Jeeves,” though the book includes more characters (and therefore more complicated affairs of the heart!). For the sheer variety of trials – not to mention the many reflections on aunts – this is one of my favorite of the Jeeves & Wooster novels.
В целом мне понравилось, но второй раз читать не стал бы. Местами очень хорошие аллегории и даже возникает желание их цитировать, но в целом сюжет слишком затянутый и иногда мудреный. Прекрасной заменой будет посмотреть сериал “Дживс и Вустер”, который, конечно, не заменит книгу, но избавит вас от скучных моментов и покажет вам Англию как в книге, на случай, если у вас туго с фантазией и знаниями о той эпохе.
I can‰ЫЄt believe I left off reading Wodehouse for so many years! How could I forget how amazing and hilarious his writing is? I always think of these books as funny, which they are, situationally, but Wooster‰ЫЄs voice is just the bomb – so energetic and creative and sometimes a little bonkers. The plot here was rather twisted and ridiculous but that is utterly beside the point.
