![]() ![]() I intend to download many more PG Wodehouse audio books but I will assiduously avoid any read by Nicolas Coster. This has already been done brilliantly with Hugh Lawrie and Stephen Fry taking on the two main roles in perfect performances. No one not even in the landed Edwardian era spoke in quite such an affected style.Ĭould you see The Code of the Woosters being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be? This started off as comic, then began to grate a little and finally became very, very annoying. ![]() On this occasion, the problem concerns a certain cow-creamer, that should have belonged to Uncle Tom, but, with the use of trickery, was purchased by Sir Watkyn Bassett. For instance Dahlia (as in Aunt Dahlia) became Darlia crossed became crawssed and worst of all ass became arse. Wodehouse 2 Customer Reviews Filter Results Expedited Shipping Available Bertie Wooster is in the proverbial soup again. I found the ultra affected style of the reading appalling. What didn’t you like about Nicolas Coster’s performance? The writing is brilliant and the similies are masterpieces. ![]() The way it twists and turns to get poor Bertie deeper and deeper in the mire until he is finally rescued by Jeeves.and all ends well. One of my favourite books by a favourite author. What did you like best about The Code of the Woosters? What did you like least? Wonderful book - shame about the narrator. ![]()
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