Carry On, Jeeves
Narrated by Andrew Bond
Carry On, Jeeves gathers some of P.G. Wodehouse's funniest short stories about a cheerful young gentleman who cannot stop getting into trouble, and the valet who always gets him out of it.
Bertie Wooster is rich, good-natured, and not terribly clever. Left mostly to his own devices in 1920s London, he drifts from one scrape to the next — an engagement he never meant to make, a scheme cooked up by a reckless friend, a formidable aunt bearing down with fresh demands. Whenever the walls close in, Bertie turns to Jeeves, his imperturbable valet, who fixes each disaster with a quiet word and a plan Bertie never sees coming until it's already worked.
Along the way there are meddling relatives, hopeless romantics, and a rotating cast of Bertie's fellow idle young men, all of them convinced their latest bright idea can't possibly go wrong. It always does, and Jeeves is always three steps ahead, watching it unfold with the calm of a man who has seen this exact mess before.
This is comedy of manners at its gentlest: Jazz Age England, upper-class twits, and dry wit that never raises its voice. There's no menace here, only the pleasant rhythm of trouble arriving and being smoothed away. It's a natural fit for listeners who enjoy Wodehouse's other Jeeves books, classic British humor, or any story where good manners and a stiff upper lip carry the day.
Andrew Bond ambles through it, each small disaster and its neat fix rolling by like a joke you already know. It's the old-fashioned kind of funny that eases the mind — good for slipping off before Bertie's latest scheme sorts itself out.
