This is a writer I discovered late in my reading life, and I have rued that not a little.

Wodehouse’s style is simple and elegant. Especially in the Jeeves series, what seems most interesting is Jeeves’s eloquence which is admired and accepted by his employer Bertie Wooster. And Wooster himself, makes any reader envious at times. He is a bachelor with not a single worry on his mind, and enjoys the simple pleasures of life. And in the event of a problem, Jeeves is there to help him solve it.

Currently I am reading ‘Frozen Assets’. It is a somewhat different cup of tea compared to ‘Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves’, ‘Right Ho, Jeeves’ and ‘The Inimitable Jeeves’ or even ‘Uncle Dynamite’. It is almost as if the writer is still not confident enough on whether he will have takers for his style and this hesitation shows in the way the witty lines are put forth – not with the debonair panache of Wooster in first person but with words from half-confident characters in third person (and the latter very clearly comes through, sadly, as the author’s voice itself).

And yet, despite some deficiencies, P. G. Wodehouse’s writings still continue to amaze and enthrall me!