Piccadilly Jim: P.G. Wodehouse’s Famous Classic Novel all Time: Fiction, Humorous – P.G. Wodehouse’s Hilarious Classic:
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Price: $3.99 (as of Aug 14, 2024 07:38:25 UTC – Details)
By: P G Woodhouse (Author)
Piccadilly Jim: P G Woodhouse’s Famous Classic…
Reviews
Raymund A Mullan –
Piccadilly Jim – if you’ve never read a PG Wodehouse novel you’re in for a treat.
I am an avid fan of PG Wodehouse and have read every one of his 99 (yep, 99) books. His stories are simple enough but the magic is in the humor, the marvelous similes, and the exquisite, creative use of the English language which all add up to pure entertainment and which leave one breathless in admiration. A testimony to Wodehouse’s popularity and the awe in which he is held by readers all over the world is the fact that 40 years after his death there is a flourishing P.G Wodehouse Society America, and many others in countries all over the world, even in Japan, Granted, Wodehouse’s early novels are not quite up to the quality of his later works, but from all of them he earned the reputation of being the 20th century’s greatest writer of the English language. If I were teaching English anywhere in the country I would make PG Wodehouse compulsory reading for my students.Piccadilly Jim is entertaining from page one. I can’t help but quote the first paragraph of chapter 2:”London brooded under a grey sky. There had been rain in the night and the trees were still dripping. Presently, however, there appeared in the leaden haze a watery patch of blue, and through this crevice in the clouds the sun, diffidently at first but with gradually increasing confidence, peeped down on the fashionable and exclusive turf of Grosvenor Square. Stealing across the square its rays reached the massive stone walls of Drexdale House, until recently the London residence of he earl of that name; then passing through the window of the breakfast room, played lightly on the partially bald head of Mr. Bingly Crocker, late of New York, of the United States of America as he bent over his morning paper. Mrs. Bingly Crocker, busy across the table reading her mail, the rays did not touch. Had they done so she would have rung for Bayliss the butler to come and lower the shade, for she endured liberties neither from man nor from nature.”Need I say more? PG Wodehouse’s descriptive power at its best.
Amazon Customer –
kindle purchased with audiobook issues
At the time I purchased this kindle book I also bought the linked audio book thinking I was purchasing the Martin Jarvis narrated version. What I got was the Frederick Davidson version. I would be more upset but looking into it I find that the Martin Jarvis version is actually abridged while the Frederick Davidson version is genuinely unabridged. I’m still annoyed by the bait and switch tactics used by Amazon in this case.Wodehouse is always wonderful in my opinion. Piccadilly Jim is not as hilarious as the Jeeves books but it is still fun and funny. Definitely worth a read.Amazon has made changes to this page so it links to the Frederick Davidson narrated book at least, although it is no longer clear if the audio book will be discounted if you buy the kindle version. The kindle plus audio book pages for Wodehouse books have been a mess. I hope Amazon is fixing them. Wodehouse deserves better support from Amazon.I have run into other incidences where it looks like I’m buying one version of an audio book when I buy the kindle book only to have a different and less desirable version of the audio book substituted for the one I thought I was getting. It has happened too many times to be accidental. I no longer purchase audio books with their kindle counterpart. I buy the kindle book and then check the page for the audio book version I am interested in. If there are multiple versions of an audio book this seems to be the only way you can find out what you are getting before you buy it. I’m very sad that Amazon has become untrustworthy in this. It seems very petty of them.
Amazon Customer –
And Much Hilarity Ensued
I will have to name a pet Wodehouse. Maybe a dog, a long-lasting companion.I enjoyed this story so much and look forward to reading more Wodehouse in the near future.
M. F. Crowl –
Wonderfully daft
A wonderful spoof of a book with three or four characters each pretending to be someone else, and none of them able to explain who they really are.A great Wodehouse plot with ridiculous complications, many splendid lines, and a typically wide range of characters tripping over themselves to make sense of everything around them. Even the abominable Ogden gets his comeuppance in this, in spite of appearing to be an impregnable little mountain of lard.The book appears to be the work of someone trying to make a Kindle version available. Thankfully they don’t appear to have done any damage to the text, and have even tried to reconcile the US and UK editions – not that there seem to be many problems there. But apart from that, the odd non-Wodehouse subtitle, which appears to have a couple of words missing from it, is unnecessary, and the layout of the book is often annoying: paragraph breaks where there should be none, and paragraph breaks missing in other places. Fortunately, Wodehouse survives even this mistreatment.
Carol –
A Nice Read
This early Wodehouse doesn’t have the polish of his later books, but it’s still a good read. Jim’s antics and the consequences, which so appall his family and the girl he falls in love with, prove entertaining to the reader, while his efforts to impress his girl- without letting her know his real identity- are bound to amuse.
illiandantic –
Another Very Good Wodehouse Book
Ah! It’s so refreshing reading a good Wodehouse story. With “Piccadilly Jim,” P.G. Wodehouse has done it again. A nicely intertwined set of plots with interesting characters and excellent descriptions — all done with wit and charm. I’m rating the book at a Very Good 4 stars out of 5. But, it’s probably about a half a star better. The only reason I’m not giving it 5 stars is that I felt the beginning was a bit slow and I disagreed a bit with what his father did. Minor gripes. So, since the book is free, definitely give it a try.
PaulCord –
Amusing light reading by a master storyteller!
A delightful romp! Unbelievable , quirky characters make it even more enjoyable! Light.escapism and fun! A typical Wodehouse romp!.Enjoy it!
Heather –
I love this type of humour, it’s clean and clever and I wish we had more of it nowadays.Also the characters are likeable even the rogues are nice in a way. Enjoy.
sanatan mishra –
Excellent book one of the best p g wodehouse. Not a single page without wittiest and exhilarating twist. Better to read in one sitting for full enjoyment
Dunby –
Book arrived on time. Have not had time to read it yet. Difficult to reach the twnety word limit under these circumstances.
A. Lee An Guy –
Another Wodehouse masterpiece on kindle cheap … I just discovered PG Wodehouse a couple months ago… I found some of his books available for only 119 yen each …. some other publishers are listing them for much higher prices …. so I tried one of these affordable books entitled “right oh jeeves” and I was amazed …. it’s so hard to find nice books to read …. since then I’ve read about a dozen of his books and purchased most of the affordably priced ones available…. This is much better than the description on Amazon led me to believe… very humorous but also very much about human nature….. many of his books seem to have a similar theme but he varies this in the most surprising original and enjoyable manner… Compared to the other Wodehouse books I’ve read this Embraces romantic comedy as well as action adventure and mystery …. This one is set in London and New York …. This is for the Kindle edition – priced at Â¥119.
mohan rao b c –
Classic P G Wodehouse light hearted comedy with well built characters. A good read on a winter evening with hot chocolate and marshmallows
Raymund A Mullan –
Piccadilly Jim – if you’ve never read a PG Wodehouse novel you’re in for a treat.
I am an avid fan of PG Wodehouse and have read every one of his 99 (yep, 99) books. His stories are simple enough but the magic is in the humor, the marvelous similes, and the exquisite, creative use of the English language which all add up to pure entertainment and which leave one breathless in admiration. A testimony to Wodehouse’s popularity and the awe in which he is held by readers all over the world is the fact that 40 years after his death there is a flourishing P.G Wodehouse Society America, and many others in countries all over the world, even in Japan, Granted, Wodehouse’s early novels are not quite up to the quality of his later works, but from all of them he earned the reputation of being the 20th century’s greatest writer of the English language. If I were teaching English anywhere in the country I would make PG Wodehouse compulsory reading for my students.Piccadilly Jim is entertaining from page one. I can’t help but quote the first paragraph of chapter 2:”London brooded under a grey sky. There had been rain in the night and the trees were still dripping. Presently, however, there appeared in the leaden haze a watery patch of blue, and through this crevice in the clouds the sun, diffidently at first but with gradually increasing confidence, peeped down on the fashionable and exclusive turf of Grosvenor Square. Stealing across the square its rays reached the massive stone walls of Drexdale House, until recently the London residence of he earl of that name; then passing through the window of the breakfast room, played lightly on the partially bald head of Mr. Bingly Crocker, late of New York, of the United States of America as he bent over his morning paper. Mrs. Bingly Crocker, busy across the table reading her mail, the rays did not touch. Had they done so she would have rung for Bayliss the butler to come and lower the shade, for she endured liberties neither from man nor from nature.”Need I say more? PG Wodehouse’s descriptive power at its best.
Amazon Customer –
kindle purchased with audiobook issues
At the time I purchased this kindle book I also bought the linked audio book thinking I was purchasing the Martin Jarvis narrated version. What I got was the Frederick Davidson version. I would be more upset but looking into it I find that the Martin Jarvis version is actually abridged while the Frederick Davidson version is genuinely unabridged. I’m still annoyed by the bait and switch tactics used by Amazon in this case.Wodehouse is always wonderful in my opinion. Piccadilly Jim is not as hilarious as the Jeeves books but it is still fun and funny. Definitely worth a read.Amazon has made changes to this page so it links to the Frederick Davidson narrated book at least, although it is no longer clear if the audio book will be discounted if you buy the kindle version. The kindle plus audio book pages for Wodehouse books have been a mess. I hope Amazon is fixing them. Wodehouse deserves better support from Amazon.I have run into other incidences where it looks like I’m buying one version of an audio book when I buy the kindle book only to have a different and less desirable version of the audio book substituted for the one I thought I was getting. It has happened too many times to be accidental. I no longer purchase audio books with their kindle counterpart. I buy the kindle book and then check the page for the audio book version I am interested in. If there are multiple versions of an audio book this seems to be the only way you can find out what you are getting before you buy it. I’m very sad that Amazon has become untrustworthy in this. It seems very petty of them.
Amazon Customer –
And Much Hilarity Ensued
I will have to name a pet Wodehouse. Maybe a dog, a long-lasting companion.I enjoyed this story so much and look forward to reading more Wodehouse in the near future.
M. F. Crowl –
Wonderfully daft
A wonderful spoof of a book with three or four characters each pretending to be someone else, and none of them able to explain who they really are.A great Wodehouse plot with ridiculous complications, many splendid lines, and a typically wide range of characters tripping over themselves to make sense of everything around them. Even the abominable Ogden gets his comeuppance in this, in spite of appearing to be an impregnable little mountain of lard.The book appears to be the work of someone trying to make a Kindle version available. Thankfully they don’t appear to have done any damage to the text, and have even tried to reconcile the US and UK editions – not that there seem to be many problems there. But apart from that, the odd non-Wodehouse subtitle, which appears to have a couple of words missing from it, is unnecessary, and the layout of the book is often annoying: paragraph breaks where there should be none, and paragraph breaks missing in other places. Fortunately, Wodehouse survives even this mistreatment.
Carol –
A Nice Read
This early Wodehouse doesn’t have the polish of his later books, but it’s still a good read. Jim’s antics and the consequences, which so appall his family and the girl he falls in love with, prove entertaining to the reader, while his efforts to impress his girl- without letting her know his real identity- are bound to amuse.
illiandantic –
Another Very Good Wodehouse Book
Ah! It’s so refreshing reading a good Wodehouse story. With “Piccadilly Jim,” P.G. Wodehouse has done it again. A nicely intertwined set of plots with interesting characters and excellent descriptions — all done with wit and charm. I’m rating the book at a Very Good 4 stars out of 5. But, it’s probably about a half a star better. The only reason I’m not giving it 5 stars is that I felt the beginning was a bit slow and I disagreed a bit with what his father did. Minor gripes. So, since the book is free, definitely give it a try.
PaulCord –
Amusing light reading by a master storyteller!
A delightful romp! Unbelievable , quirky characters make it even more enjoyable! Light.escapism and fun! A typical Wodehouse romp!.Enjoy it!
Heather –
I love this type of humour, it’s clean and clever and I wish we had more of it nowadays.Also the characters are likeable even the rogues are nice in a way. Enjoy.
sanatan mishra –
Excellent book one of the best p g wodehouse. Not a single page without wittiest and exhilarating twist. Better to read in one sitting for full enjoyment
Dunby –
Book arrived on time. Have not had time to read it yet. Difficult to reach the twnety word limit under these circumstances.
A. Lee An Guy –
Another Wodehouse masterpiece on kindle cheap … I just discovered PG Wodehouse a couple months ago… I found some of his books available for only 119 yen each …. some other publishers are listing them for much higher prices …. so I tried one of these affordable books entitled “right oh jeeves” and I was amazed …. it’s so hard to find nice books to read …. since then I’ve read about a dozen of his books and purchased most of the affordably priced ones available…. This is much better than the description on Amazon led me to believe… very humorous but also very much about human nature….. many of his books seem to have a similar theme but he varies this in the most surprising original and enjoyable manner… Compared to the other Wodehouse books I’ve read this Embraces romantic comedy as well as action adventure and mystery …. This one is set in London and New York …. This is for the Kindle edition – priced at Â¥119.
mohan rao b c –
Classic P G Wodehouse light hearted comedy with well built characters. A good read on a winter evening with hot chocolate and marshmallows