 Front cover and spine of first UK edition | |
| Author | P. G. Wodehouse |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Jeeves |
| Genre | Comic novel |
| Publisher | Barrie & Jenkins |
Publication date | 15 October 1971 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 192 |
| ISBN | 0214653609 |
| OCLC | 832988 |
| LC Class | PZ3.W817 Ms FT MEADE |
| Preceded by | Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves |
| Followed by | Aunts Aren't Gentlemen |
Much Obliged, Jeeves is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse, published in the United Kingdom by Barrie & Jenkins, London, and in the United States by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York under the name Jeeves and the Tie That Binds. Both editions were published on the same day, 15 October 1971, which was Wodehouse's 90th birthday.
Much Obliged, Jeeves is the penultimate novel featuring Wodehouse's characters Jeeves and Bertie Wooster. Taking place at Brinkley Court, the home of Bertie's Aunt Dahlia, the story involves Florence Craye and her fiancé Ginger Winship, Roderick Spode and his fiancée Madeline Bassett, and the Junior Ganymede club book, which is full of confidential and valuable information.
The two editions have slightly different endings. The book's American editor Peter Schwed changed the ending slightly and gave the US edition a new title.[1] In the British version, when Jeeves reveals he has destroyed Bertie's pages from the Junior Ganymede's book as Bertie wanted, Bertie merely says, "Much obliged, Jeeves." In the American version, Bertie instead asks Jeeves why he destroyed the pages; Jeeves answers that no other valet will ever need to see the pages, because he will be Bertie's valet indefinitely, as there is a "tie that binds" between them.[2]