- finding the whole set of Wodehouse Playhouse with the divine John Alderton and the stunning Pauline Collins on it. I love them. Love them. If you like the frocks on Downton Abbey and Miss Fisher Investigates but also like extreme silliness, I recommend them to you as well. If you can find them. see below for a sample. Failing that, read his novels.
- I read Sebastian Faulks' homage, Jeeves and the Wedding Bells, which struck just the right note I felt. Given Wodehouse is dead (sob! Ok he lasted til about 93, but still!), there's licence for him to do some tying up, which he does. And it's funny and respectful, and it made me get out 3 of the novels from the library
- Of them I have finished Joy in the morning, which is one of the best Jeeves and Wooster novels
- I have a feeling I may be hunting down the Fry and Laurie Jeeves and Wooster series next.
I am taking a break before I read more Wodehouse though - I'm reading The Man without a face, by Masha Gessen. It's a biography of Vladimir Putin, which is topical of course. But even 50 pages in, the depiction of the grimness and corruption of post-Soviet life will make Wodehouse's light-hearted froth as welcome as a warm fire on a wet day.
It's because of you that I am also a huge fan of Wodehouse (I'm pretty sure it's wood). I've got the whole box set of hte Fry and Laurie version - I feel it starts off truly brilliant but the last series is not as good by comparison. Are you also a fan of E.F. Benson? A gentler, slower form of satire, but just as satisfying :)
ReplyDeleteBad blogger, not moderating comments! Yes I do like E F Benson (must re-read him too - and watch Mapp and Lucia again). Pleased that I was the one to introduce to Wodehouse - it was Vivienne who introduced me. she also introduced me to Mapp and Lucia.
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