The Jeeves of the Opera

[ladymoondancer.livejournal.com]

I would like to give a well deserved plug to the story that recently rekindled my interest in J&W . . .

Jeeves and the Opera Ghost

Basically, if Wodehouse had decided to do a crossover with Phantom of the Opera, this would be it. Absolutely flawless dialogue and Raoul, Christine's love, is perfect as one of Bertie's foppish friends.

Odd sort, old Raoul. One of those dreamy, romantic types. Not quite as dangerously far gone as Madeline, but still, definitely of the brooding, contemplative temperament. He was actually some sort of nobility in his native France—a vicomte, viscount, or both. I was never too clear on it, really, and he wasn't the type to chat it up. When he was about fourteen his older brother Philippe, who was also his guardian, sent him away to boarding school in England, apparently in order to "forget a girl."

Naturally Bertie and Jeeves end up travelling to France to help deal with this rummy "Opera Ghost" business that's sprung up and to meet this girl Raoul is so crazy about.

"I am curious to meet this lass Raoul's been wild about since he was but a mere stripling, this Christine Day—Dyer—Dahee—oh, blast it, Jeeves, how do you pronounce that damned name?"

"Die-ay, I believe, is the correct enunciation, sir."

"Die-ay, eh? That's what you get from D-A-A-E with that little dash on top of the last letter?"

"An accent, sir."

"Well, of course you'd say it in an accent, but it's still a rummy little symbol to attach willy-nilly to the last letter of a word."

Hilarity ensues. :D

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[kawaiigami.livejournal.com]

Thank you~ Being both a Wodehouse and Phantom fan, this is right up my alley. *puts on the read-once-holiday-activity-has-settled-down list.*