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Penn's Village Reads: “Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg” by P.G. Wodehouse

Brian Wengenroth will read the short story “Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg,” by P.G. Wodehouse, which was first published in the Saturday Evening Post in the United States in March, 1917.

In this story, set in New York, a friend of Bertie, "Bicky" Bickersteth, gets into financial trouble and asks Jeeves to help. Jeeves proposes a scheme to help Bicky that involves Bicky's uncle, the miserly Duke of Chiswick, and a convention of men from Birdsburg, Missouri. The story is part of a collection entitled My Man Jeeves, featuring the amiable, wealthy and idle young London gentleman Bertie Wooster, who is regularly rescued from the consequences of his idiocy by the benign interference of his highly competent valet, Jeeves.

Critics have said that Wodehouse “had a gift for highly original aptness of phrase,” and “the humour comes from Wodehouse's ability to accentuate resemblances which at first glance seem highly incongruous.” Bertie Wooster and Jeeves have been described as "one of the great comic double-acts of all time.”

This will be an online event hosted via Zoom Conferencing.

Please email us at info@pennsvillage.org in advance or check out our new Zoom Instructions if you need assistance installing the Zoom app. If you cannot join the event using your computer or mobile device and the Zoom app, you can join the event via teleconference and hear the audio portion. You will receive an email a day or so before the event with a link to the meeting, the Meeting ID, call-in telephone numbers and instructions for joining the meeting.

Please register through our website by clicking the Register Now on the right. Directions for Self Registration can be found here. You can also register by emailing Info@pennsvillage.org or calling 215-925-7333.

This program is free of charge to our members, volunteers and donors. Guests are welcome to attend up to three programs before being required to join and/or volunteer with Penn’s Village.
During the coronavirus crisis, we are waiving the three-program limit and $10 fee for non-member guests to help our neighbors stay connected and engaged while social distancing.

Penn’s Village welcomes and actively encourages an inclusive and diverse community of members, staff, Board of Directors and volunteers. Inclusiveness and diversity means welcoming all and excluding no one because of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, social-economic status, physical abilities, religious beliefs or political beliefs.

When:

Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 3:30 PM until 4:30 PM

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A Zoom Conference link will be included in the confirmation and reminder emails sent to all register
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