Carry on, Jeeves

Bertie Wooster is at his most vulnerable when Jeeves first enters his life: hungover, out of sorts, and trapped in a disastrous engagement to the formidable Florence Craye, who is determined to improve his mind. From the moment the immaculate valet appears with his restorative drink and quiet authority, the balance of power shifts. Bertie's flashy vanity meets Jeeves's polished judgment, and the comic partnership that will define the book is set in motion. Trouble deepens when Florence summons Bertie to Easeby, where her family's respectable façade is threatened by Uncle Willoughby's scandalous manuscript of memoirs, and Bertie is bullied into stealing it before publication. What follows is a chain of escalating mishaps: a sleepless night of guilt, a near-discovery by the Boy Scout-obsessed Edwin, a missing key, suspicious relatives, and Bertie's growing fear that he will be exposed as a thief. Through it all, Jeeves remains cool, resourceful, and faintly disapproving, a steady intelligence in Bertie's world of social chaos. The same mix of embarrassment, loyalty, and explosive family tension later follows Bertie into New York, where he is drawn into the unraveling pretensions of Rocky Todd and his suspicious Aunt Isabel. Wry, elegant, and full of comic peril, these episodes showcase Wodehouse's classic blend of upper-class absurdity, romantic trouble, and the triumph of servant over master. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.