The Mating Season

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.