I would say borrow it from a library if it's available and you want to read it.
Bertie figures prominently in two chapters and slightly more peripherally in the final two, totaling a little over a third of the book. Bertie is obviously a huge presence in Jeeves's life, as one might expect from how much Bertie wrote about him. Parkinson has Jeeves working for Lord Worplesdon (and Aunt Agatha) after he's worked for Bertie, which I honestly can't see, given how Agatha dislikes him so much. I can't see Percy hiring him under those circs at all.
The book covers Jeeves from his birth -- with a bit on his family prior to that -- to his retirement (he is still alive while the author was writing, and planning to write his own autobiography at some point, so no, he will not share his detailed diaries, thank you very much). The author has him taking over the Angler's Rest Pub/Inn from Mr. Mulliner, as Mulliner wants to retire, and Bertie owns the place as part of his holdings as the 9th Earl of Yaxley. Parkinson also has Bertie marrying Bobbie Wickham, of all people.
Parkinson notes that Bertie and Jeeves pretty much gradually "drifted apart," probably in order to justify making way for the events of The Return of Jeeves, wherein Bertie is no more than a background presence.
He doesn't attempt to really create a timeline for Bertie and Jeeves's adventures together. He does list a dozen women with whom Bertie was romantically involved over the years.
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Date: 2011-12-20 03:24 am (UTC)Bertie figures prominently in two chapters and slightly more peripherally in the final two, totaling a little over a third of the book. Bertie is obviously a huge presence in Jeeves's life, as one might expect from how much Bertie wrote about him. Parkinson has Jeeves working for Lord Worplesdon (and Aunt Agatha) after he's worked for Bertie, which I honestly can't see, given how Agatha dislikes him so much. I can't see Percy hiring him under those circs at all.
The book covers Jeeves from his birth -- with a bit on his family prior to that -- to his retirement (he is still alive while the author was writing, and planning to write his own autobiography at some point, so no, he will not share his detailed diaries, thank you very much). The author has him taking over the Angler's Rest Pub/Inn from Mr. Mulliner, as Mulliner wants to retire, and Bertie owns the place as part of his holdings as the 9th Earl of Yaxley. Parkinson also has Bertie marrying Bobbie Wickham, of all people.
Parkinson notes that Bertie and Jeeves pretty much gradually "drifted apart," probably in order to justify making way for the events of The Return of Jeeves, wherein Bertie is no more than a background presence.
He doesn't attempt to really create a timeline for Bertie and Jeeves's adventures together. He does list a dozen women with whom Bertie was romantically involved over the years.