My Man Jeeves — Studio AI narration
Source recording: Not established. Held by: Would be the BBC or the interviewing broadcaster for any interview material; German radio archives for the 1941 broadcasts; the Wodehouse estate. Copyright: status unresolved on the available evidence — see Voice Rights.
“I'm not absolutely certain of my facts, but I rather fancy it's Shakespeare who says that it's always just when a fellow is feeling particularly braced with things in general that Fate sneaks up behind him with the bit of lead piping.”
About this work
My Man Jeeves, first published in 1919, is where it all begins: the collection that introduced the affable, accident-prone Bertie Wooster and his peerless valet, Jeeves, to the world. Of its eight stories, half feature the immortal Jeeves and Bertie, while the rest follow Reggie Pepper, an early prototype for Bertie. It is the foundation stone of one of the most famous double-acts in English comic literature.
Hearing these origin stories in a narration built in the spirit of Wodehouse adds a quiet delight: the timing and understatement that defined the genre, carrying the moment his most enduring characters first walked onstage.
Who was P. G. Wodehouse?
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881–1975) was one of the most beloved and prolific comic writers of the twentieth century. Over a career spanning more than seventy years he produced some hundred books, along with stories, lyrics, and Broadway and Hollywood scripts, perfecting a style of sunlit, intricately plotted farce that has never quite been equalled. His sentences are engineered like clockwork, and his world of amiable young men, formidable aunts, and country houses remains a comic universe unto itself.
In person Wodehouse was as genial and self-deprecating as his prose suggests. Those who met and interviewed him describe a gentle, unhurried, very English manner — the same warmth that radiates from every page.
About the voice
This edition uses a studio AI voice, not a restoration of P. G. Wodehouse's recording. It is a new AI performance, not a recording of the author reading this work.
Provenance: Studio AI voice. We label every voice by the source used for this edition — restored, studio AI, or disputed.
Questions
Is this P. G. Wodehouse’s recorded voice?
This edition uses a studio AI voice, not a restoration of P. G. Wodehouse's recording. It is a new AI performance, not a recording of the author reading this work.
Is this P. G. Wodehouse’s recorded voice?
This edition uses a studio AI voice, not a restoration of P. G. Wodehouse's recording. It is a new AI performance, not a recording of the author reading this work.
Is My Man Jeeves in the public domain?
Yes. First published in 1919, My Man Jeeves is in the public domain in the United States and Canada, which is why this complete reading of the first Jeeves stories can be offered.
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