The Code of the Woosters
(Libby/OverDrive eBook, Kindle)
Author
Contributors
Wodehouse, P. G. Author
Series
Jeeves and Wooster volume 8
Published
W. W. Norton & Company , 2011.
Status
Checked Out
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Description
Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman’s gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new edition of one of the greatest comic novels in the English language. When Aunt Dahlia demands that Bertie Wooster help her dupe an antique dealer into selling her an 18th-century cow-creamer. Dahlia trumps Bertie's objections by threatening to sever his standing invitation to her house for lunch, an unthinkable prospect given Bertie's devotion to the cooking of her chef, Anatole. A web of complications grows as Bertie's pal Gussie Fink-Nottle asks for counseling in the matter of his impending marriage to Madeline Bassett. It seems Madeline isn't his only interest; Gussie also wants to study the effects of a full moon on the love life of newts. Added to the cast of eccentrics are Roderick Spode, leader of a fascist organization called the Saviors of Britain, who also wants that cow-creamer, and an unusual man of the cloth known as Rev. H. P. "Stinker" Pinker. As usual, butler Jeeves becomes a focal point for all the plots and ploys of these characters, and in the end only his cleverness can rescue Bertie from being arrested, lynched, and engaged by mistake!
More Details
Format
eBook, Kindle
Street Date
07/05/2011
Language
English
ISBN
9780393342208
Subjects
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wodehouse, P. G. (2011). The Code of the Woosters . W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wodehouse, P. G. 2011. The Code of the Woosters. W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wodehouse, P. G. The Code of the Woosters W. W. Norton & Company, 2011.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Wodehouse, P. G. (2011). The code of the woosters. W. W. Norton & Company.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wodehouse, P. G. The Code of the Woosters W. W. Norton & Company, 2011.
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