Ontelly

Afternoon Reading - Bright Young Things - Jeeves and the Yuletide Sprit

Logo for Afternoon Reading - Bright Young Things - Jeeves and the Yuletide Sprit

Series of three classic short stories celebrating the riotous, witty, cocktail-swilling party people of the 1920s, dubbed by Evelyn Waugh the 'Bright Young Things'. By PG Wodehouse. An unexpected invitation to spend the festive season in the country throws Jeeves's plans for a yuletide break in Monte Carlo into disarray. But as the halpess Bertie Wooster gaily wreaks havoc in the season of goodwill, his loyal manservant soon has Monte Carlo back in his sights. Read by Julian Rhind Tutt. Abridged by Richard Hamilton Part of the BBC Christmas 2009 season.