My man jeeves by pg wodehouse7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() Some of the stories from My Man Jeeves were later reworked by Wodehouse and included in the short story collection Carry On, Jeeves, published in 1925 in the UK and 1927 in the US. This story, along with several others included in My Man Jeeves, had previously been included in a 1917 short story collection, The Man With Two Left Feet. Published only in the UK, the earliest story in the collection is Absent Treatment, which was first published in March 1911 in The Strand Magazine (UK). Wodehouse chronology always is, because many of his works were published in magazine format on both sides of the Atlantic before appearing in book form - sometimes under different titles, and sometimes with significant revisions to the text. Wodehouse’s first Jeeves story collection. May 2019 marks 100 years since the publication of My Man Jeeves, P.G. Well, Jeeves gives you just the same impression of omniscience. ![]() You go up to them and say: “When’s the next train for Melonsquashville, Tennessee?” and they reply, without stopping to think, “Two-forty-three, track ten, change at San Francisco.” And they’re right every time. On broader lines he’s like those chappies who sit peering sadly over the marble battlements at the Pennsylvania Station in the place marked “Inquiries.” You know the Johnnies I mean. Honestly, I shouldn’t know what to do without him. Jeeves–my man, you know–is really a most extraordinary chap. My Man Jeeves was published 100 years ago in May 1919. ![]()
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