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Aunts Aren't Gentlemen

PG Wodehouse author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Everyman

Published:2nd Oct '08

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A sparkling comedy of manners with the inimitable Bertie Wooster at the centre of the goings-on...

On doctor's orders, Bertie Wooster retires to the village of Maiden Eggesford but his rest-cure is interrupted by Aunt Dahlia who wants him to nobble a racehorse, Vanessa Cook who wants him to act as go-between for her and Orlo Porter - and Orlo Porter himself who would tear Bertie if he ever discovered that Bertie and Vanessa were once engaged.On doctor's orders, Bertie Wooster retires to the village of Maiden Eggesford but his rest-cure is interrupted by Aunt Dahlia who wants him to nobble a racehorse, Vanessa Cook who wants him to act as go-between for her and Orlo Porter -and Orlo Porter himself who would tear Bertie limb from limb if he ever discovered that Bertie and Vanessa were once engaged. Throw in a dotty explorer, an unreliable poacher, an irascible father and the stable cat, and the stage is set for a sublime farce

Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in. -- Evelyn Waugh
He exhausts superlatives -- STEPHEN FRY

ISBN: 9781841591582

Dimensions: 190mm x 135mm x 20mm

Weight: 294g

192 pages