Reggie and his man, Voules, were early prototypes for Bertie Wooster and Jeeves. Wodehouse's bantering tone is already fairly well established here, but the prose lacks the spare descriptive style of later, and the characters are drawn with less subtlety and warmth. There is little sense of the relationship between them, and the clear but unspoken social commentary on class, which are the mainstays of the later books. I don't think they would have caught the love of the public as Wooster and Jeeves later did, and i suppose Wodehouse came eventually to that conclusion.
When you wanted a Hugh Laurie accent, but got a Gregory House one. (Thanks for putting this up, just teasing)
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PG Wodehouse is quintessentially English, and a traditional English narrator voice would have been a good choice.
Thanks for the input, I just don't have an English accented reader available all the time. Hope it was still enjoyable. Thanks for watching =)
@WickedStoryTime-42 Thanks - it was enjoyable, and well read. I assumed it was AI, and you could have switched to an English accent!
Reggie and his man, Voules, were early prototypes for Bertie Wooster and Jeeves.
Wodehouse's bantering tone is already fairly well established here, but the prose lacks the spare descriptive style of later, and the characters are drawn with less subtlety and warmth. There is little sense of the relationship between them, and the clear but unspoken social commentary on class, which are the mainstays of the later books.
I don't think they would have caught the love of the public as Wooster and Jeeves later did, and i suppose Wodehouse came eventually to that conclusion.
Thanks for commenting and watching =)