Right Ho, Jeeves

Right Ho, Jeeves is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in 1934.

Back from the Riviera and brimming with confidence, Bertie Wooster decides to take matters into his own hands at Brinkley Court. When his aunt asks him to handle a local school prize-giving, he cunningly volunteers a shy friend in his stead. From that moment, a chain of well-meant but ill-advised schemes begins to unwind, setting the stage for spectacular social blunders.

Romances wobble, tempers flare, and the household’s prized chef threatens departure as misunderstandings spiral out of control. A notorious prize-day speech delivered under the most unsuitable conditions turns calamity into legend, while jealous quarrels and mixed messages fuel an intricate clockwork of farce that only tightens with every attempt to set it right.

Enter the calm corrective: Jeeves. With quiet, surgical problem-solving, he restores order—reuniting the right couples, soothing bruised egos, and rescuing dinner. The result is a showcase of wit, timing, and social satire, where chaos bows to composure and the art of being helpful looks effortless.

"I don’t know if you have had the same experience, but the snag I always come up against when I’m telling a story is this dashed difficult problem of where to begin it. It’s a thing you don’t want to go wrong over, because one false step and you’re sunk. I mean, if you fool about too long at the start, trying to establish atmosphere, as they call it, and all that sort of rot, you fail to grip and the customers walk out on you."