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Jeeves in the Offing
- Narrated by: Ian Carmichael
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
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Summary
Jeeves is on holiday in Herne Bay, and while he's away the world caves in on Bertie Wooster. For a start, he's astonished to read in The Times of his engagement to the mercurial Bobbie Wickham. Then at Brinkley Court, his Aunt Dahlia's establishment, he finds his awful former head master in attendance ready to award the prizes at Market Snodsbury Grammar School. And finally the Brinkley butler turns out for reasons of his own to be Bertie's nemesis in disguise, the brain surgeon Sir Roderick Glossop.
With all occasions informing against him, Bertie has to hightail it to Herne Bay to liberate Jeeves from his shrimping net. And after that, the fun really starts.
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- AudiobookDevotee
- 10-01-18
Thoroughly enjoyable
ian Carmichael gave a fantastic narration. One of his best. I haven't heard much Wodehouse but I really liked this Wooster is a likeable plonker rather than a halfwit in need of his career as he is sometimes portrayed. Keeps you entertained and quite funny. I normally listen only on my commute but ended up listening in the office (not firm policy) and trying to explain bursts of laughter!
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- DavidJones
- 05-04-21
How lovely to hear Ian Carmichael !
As ever , anything by PH Wodehouse is magnificent. What was even better was having Ian Carmichael reading as Bertie Wooster. A charming man read by a charming man !
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- Steve Brown
- 22-01-20
One of Wodehouse's best
Classic Wodehouse with a particularly well-crafted plot. Ian Carmichael's narration was first class and a worthy successor to Jonathan Cecil.
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- Merete
- 28-08-13
Good story, not a favourite narrator
What three words best describe Ian Carmichael’s performance?
At first, I was a little put off by the fact that the narrator talks so quickly. Several times I had to rewind a bit and listen to something one or two times more before I could make out what it was. I got over that as I got used to the speed though. Only, the more I got used to the speed with which this is narrated, the more I started noticing the fact that the narrator seems to think that Bertie has a speech defect! Often when Bertie is saying something, he sounds like he's nearly stuttering and this doesn't seem to happen with any of the other characters. I found it quite annoying, as I'm pretty certain there has been no mention before of Bertie having this sort of trouble.
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- Ann Watson
- 30-06-13
No review needed!
What did you like most about Jeeves in the Offing?
You either 'get' Wodehouse and love him as I do or you don't.
What does Ian Carmichael bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
Ian Carmichael and Jonathan Cecil are the only two narrators who can do justice to Jeeves and Wooster. Sorry Martin Jarvis - love your William but Wooster : NO, NO, NO.
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- Nicola
- 08-12-20
Very witty
Not read quite as well as previous books of this series - but the story is excellent as usual.
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- Emma
- 30-11-20
Awful narration
This narrator is terrible and really spoils the book. He speaks too fast and it is sometimes difficult to figure out who is supposed to be speaking when there is a conversation. Disappointing.
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- BebeStTropez
- 03-06-18
Sorry, too fast
Had to return it as was read too fast for my taste, Sorry to have to return it. Will try another reader.
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- ZoeJen
- 08-11-21
Unable to listen to this voice
The voice actor sounds like a ridiculous parody of a posh person, and he talks far, far too quickly in rapid fire bursts. The accent is terrible, and the characterisation doesn't suit Bertie at all. I couldn't even finish this, and I adore Wodehouse above all else. This version is terrible.
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- Mitzie
- 02-07-15
story spoiled by narration
Found the words difficult to hear, as the narrator speaks very quickly. This should be a relaxing listen, given the story, but instead the over- rapid narration makes it a tense listening experience, in which the pleasure of Wodehouse's language is much diminished by the narration. I would not recommend this narrator.
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