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Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
(1881 - 1975)
Born in Guildford, England, he began his career as a journalist before coming to the United States and finding success as a librettist for musicals and as a scriptwriter.
Wodehouse's prodigious literary output included 96 books, over 300 short stories, 16 plays that he wrote alone or with a collaborator, along with some or all of the lyrics to 28 musical plays.
His Bertie
Wooster and Jeeves books
have been extremely popular and have earned critics'
accolades. Wodehouse is among the most respected writers of
comedy.
The Readers:
All three
readers of our Jeeves titles have received glowing praise for
their portrayals of Wodehouse's zany characters. Martin
Jarvis, Jonathan Cecil, and Ian Carmichael are all acclaimed
actors who bring life to Jeeves and Bertie Wooster. For more
information about the titles and the reader for each title,
please click on images to the left.
"Brilliant!
[Jarvis] captures so effortlessly the characters of Bertie,
Jeeves, and Sir Roderick that fans of the Wodehouse stories
will be entranced.... Jarvis brings the language sparkling to
life; in fact, Wodehouse never sounded so good." --
Talking Business
"Wodehouse and
Cecil are a terrific pair. Cecil's narration is marvelous, as
he perfectly evokes the character of Wodehouse's Bertie
Wooster." -- Publishers Weekly
"Ian
Carmichael, who played Wooster on screen, gives the
protagonist an especially befuddled tone." -- AudioFile
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