
Back in London after a sun‑splashed two‑month stay on the French Riviera, our affable narrator finds himself back in his modest flat, juggling the usual post‑vacation chores. His Aunt Dahlia has just returned with her daughter Angela, fresh from a near‑shark encounter and a disastrous baccarat session. Meanwhile, his faithful valet Jeeves has just left Ascot, already thinking ahead to the next set of predicaments that await his master.
The calm is shattered when Jeeves mentions a certain Mr. Gussie Fink‑Nottle, an eccentric newt‑obsessor who has somehow vanished from his rural hideaway and is now knocking on the door of London society. The mere hint of his return promises a cascade of misunderstandings, romantic entanglements, and the kind of absurd schemes that only a well‑meaning but hapless gentleman can create. As always, Jeeves stands ready with a subtle solution, while the narrator flounders in his own bewildered charm.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (401K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Christine Gehring, Richard Prairie, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Release date
2004-01-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1881–1975
Best known for creating Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, he wrote comic fiction so polished and light on its feet that it still feels fresh a century later. His novels, stories, lyrics, and musical comedies helped define English-language humor for generations of readers.
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