The irrepressible duo first appeared on the page in 1915, coming to feature in more than 35 short stories and eleven novels over the course of Wodehouse’s lifetime. Each story in this new collection offers a delightful and original reimagining of the incomparable Bertie Wooster and his gentleman’s gentleman – seeing them journey to the horse races in Paris, solve puzzles at a wartime Bletchley Park, and even transported forward in time to the year 2025.

• Frank Skinner
• Roddy Doyle
• Alan Titchmarsh
• Dominic Sandbrook
• Deborah Frances-White
• Andrew Hunter Murray
• Scarlett Curtis
• Jasper Fforde
• John Finnemore
• Ian Moore
• William Rayfet Hunter
• Fergus Craig

JEEVES AGAIN is a joyful celebration of Wodehouse as a much-beloved British literary icon – as well as a timely and entertaining reminder of the lasting impact of his characters on a whole new generation of readers and writers.

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HEAR FROM THE WRITERS . . .

‘A Wodehouse book is a journey into joy.’ RODDY DOYLE, Booker Prize-winning author of PADDY CLARKE HA HA HA

‘Anybody who has even a vague interest in good writing should read Wodehouse.’ DOMINIC SANDBROOK, author and co-host of THE REST IS HISTORY

‘I simply adore Wodehouse.’ ALAN TITCHMARSH MBE, broadcaster and writer

‘To stumble into the world of Wodehouse is like sinking into a warm bath.’ SCARLETT CURTIS, Sunday Times bestselling author of FEMINISTS DON’T WEAR PINK (AND OTHER LIES)

‘What Wodehouse is still today, just as much as ever, is funny.’ JOHN FINNEMORE, creator of CABIN PRESSURE

‘The letters, gossipy in the kindliest, most amused/bemused manner, bear true witness to the wide-ranging influences on Wodehouse’s’ best-known novels and best-loved characters.’ THE TIMES

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The definitive edition of P.G. Wodehouse’s collected letters, edited with commentary by Oxford academic Sophie Ratcliffe.

One of the funniest and most admired writers of the twentieth century, P. G. Wodehouse always shied away from the idea of a biography. A quiet, retiring man, he expressed himself through the written word. His letters – collected and expertly edited here – provide an illuminating biographical accompaniment to legendary comic creations such as Jeeves, Bertie Wooster, Psmith and the Empress of Blandings.

Drawing on previously unpublished sources, these letters give an unrivalled insight into Wodehouse, covering his schooldays at Dulwich College, the family’s financial reverses which saw his hopes of university dashed, life in New York working in musical comedy with Jerome Kern and George and Ira Gershwin, the years of fame as a novelist, and the unhappy episode in 1940 where he was interned by the Germans and later erroneously accused of broadcasting pro-Nazi propaganda.

‘The funniest writer ever to put words to paper’ HUGH LAURIE

‘Sunlit perfection’ STEPHEN FRY

‘Paper has rarely been put to better use’ CAITLIN MORAN

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A collection of wit and wisdom from the world of Wodehouse

Featuring the most iconic quotes from P.G. Wodehouse’s best-loved duo, Jeeves and Wooster, ACCORDING TO JEEVES is the perfect treat for fans old and new!

This collection showcases Jeeves’ enlightening views on everything from romance (‘the female of the species is more deadly than the male, sir’) to the best way to avoid an unwanted conversation (‘a trip abroad might prove enjoyable’). The unfaltering valet even offers up his approach to breaking and entering (‘the recognized method in vogue in the burgling industry’).

From family life to travel, sports to fashion, and even philosophy – the ingenious Jeeves has always got the answer. And now readers can benefit from his boundless wit and wisdom in one neat package.

ACCORDING TO JEEVES is the ultimate stocking filler, and a little slice of joy to satisfy even the most learned Wodehouse fan.

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‘Ingenious. Worth reading again and again’ SPECTATOR

‘Incomparable and timeless genius’ KATE MOSSE

‘A brilliant writer. Extraordinary’ Philip Pullman

Poor Pongo Twistleton must endure his sixty-year-old Uncle Fred once a year. But this year, mischievous Uncle Fred has gone too far.

While Pongo is busy trying to impress his future father-in-law Sir Aylmer Bostock, Uncle Fred asks him to steal the man’s priceless bust and replace it with a creation made by none other than his once-fiancée, Sally Painter. It is a scheme that is doomed to fail, but why should that deter Uncle Fred, or, for that matter, the unshakeable Sally? But when it does, Uncle Fred has several more tricks up his inestimable sleeve and Pongo will have to play more than the good nephew.

Will Uncle Fred have his way? Will Pongo end up with the right wife? And is a pot of raspberry jam ever truly safe from invaders?

A caper of irrepressible joy and wit, Uncle Dynamite is a Wodehouse classic and one of the finest comedy novels ever written.

‘What a mad thing to go and do. Jolly sporting, though.’

Suspicion abounds at St Austin’s School when two silver trophies, or ‘pots’, are stolen from the cricket pavilion. Jim Thomson, a talented sportsman who due to an unfortunate series of coincidences could be thought to be the burglar, resolves to clear his name. Featuring a man from Scotland Yard, chases through the woods and an exasperated headmaster, Wodehouse’s first novel is a paean to his beloved, idyllic late Victorian schooldays, punctuated by bouts of gentlemanly sport and comic escapades. All the hallmarks of what makes Wodehouse the greatest comic writer of all are in evidence here, in a spiffing read for Wodehouse aficionados and the uninitiated alike.

‘The most industrious, prolific and beneficent author ever to have sat down, scratched his head and banged out a sentence’ Stephen Fry

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‘Your tea will be here in a moment, sir.’
‘No, Jeeves. This is no time for tea. I must concentrate.”

When his incomparable valet Jeeves suddenly resigns, how will the hapless Bertie Wooster get by?
Bertie’s dedicated but somewhat untuneful playing of the banjo has driven Jeeves, his otherwise steadfast gentleman’s gentleman, to give notice. Looking for respite, Bertie disappears to the country as a guest of his chum Chuffy, only to find his peace shattered by the arrival of his ex-fiancée Pauline Stoker, her formidable father and the eminent loony-doctor Sir Roderick Glossop. It seems Bertie cannot survive for long without Jeeves – and soon a situation arises which only Jeeves can solve.

From the moment Jeeves cures Bertie Wooster of a raging hangover with his own concoction of Worcestershire sauce and tomato juice, they become steadfast partners.

Whether it is fixing a plan-gone-wrong, or solving his friends’ love lives, Jeeves is Bertie’s unfaltering aide through a series of entirely self-imposed misadventures.

‘Jeeves, of course, is a gentleman’s gentleman, not a butler, but if the call comes, he can buttle with the best of them.’

Bertie’s friend ‘Stinker Pinker’ needs his help. But helping his friend means venturing back into the dreaded Totleigh Towers and facing Sir Watkyn Bassett, his ghastly daughter Madeline and would-be dictator Roderick Spode once more. Despite having sworn never to set foot in there again, Bertie, true to form, answers the call of friendship.

But even the best laid plans can go awry and, as usual, the only one who can set this frightful adventure straight is Jeeves.

‘A comic master’ David Walliams

‘If you haven’t read PG Wodehouse in a hot bath with a snifter of whiskey and ideally a rubber duck for company, you haven’t lived [?] A book that’s a sheer joy to read.’ Independent (40 books to read before you die)

‘To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language.’ Ben Schott

Number 15 in 100 Greatest Books of All Time list in Daily Telegraph

‘There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, “Do trousers matter?”‘

‘The mood will pass, sir.’

Aunt Dahlia has tasked Bertie with purloining an antique cow creamer from Totleigh Towers. In order to do so, Jeeves hatches a scheme whereby Bertie must charm the droopy and altogether unappealing Madeline and face the wrath of would-be dictator Roderick Spode. Though the prospect fills him with dread, when duty calls, Bertie will answer, for Aunt Dahlia will not be denied.

In a plot that swiftly becomes rife with mishaps, it is Jeeves who must extract his master from trouble. Again.

‘To have one of his books in your hand is to possess, by way of a pill, that which can relieve anxiety, rageiness, or an afternoon-long tendency towards the sour. Paper has rarely been put to better use than printing Wodehouse.’ Caitlin Moran