Blandings Castle and Elsewhere, P. G. Wodehouse
Blandings Castle and Elsewhere, P. G. Wodehouse
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Blandings Castle and Elsewhere

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: James Saxon

Unabridged: 8 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2012


Synopsis

Here are a dozen stories to delight all Wodehouse addicts...A crooning tenor is attempting to captivate the affections of the Rev. Rupert Bingham's fiancee, Lord Emsworth is striving to remove a pumpkin-shaped blot on the family escutcheon, the Hon. Freddie Threepwood is making a last-ditch attempt to convert Lady Alcester to the beneficial quality of Donaldson's Dog-Joy, and in the bar-parlor of the Anglers' Rest, Mr. Mulliner fascinates everyone with the secret history of old Hollywood.

About P. G. Wodehouse

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881–1975) was an English humorist who wrote novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. He was highly popular throughout a career that lasted more than seventy years, and his many writings continue to be widely read. He is best known for his novels and short stories of Bertie Wooster and his manservant Jeeves and for his settings of English upper-class society of the pre– and post–World War I era. He lived in several countries before settling in the United States after World War II. During the 1920s, he collaborated with Broadway legends like Cole Porter and George Gershwin on musicals and, in the 1930s, expanded his repertoire by writing for motion pictures. He was honored with a knighthood in 1975.

About James Saxon

James Saxon’s (1955–2003) long acting career included roles in such television series as Doctor Who, Tales from the Crypt, and Vanity Fair.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on September 30, 2021

This is going on my Favorites shelf for sure! First, let me say that James Saxon was the narrator of the audiobook version that I listened to, and he was hysterical. I seriously think he made the book 10x funnier just by reading it the way he did. I normally wouldn't suggest listening to a book over r......more

Goodreads review by Praveen on April 01, 2021

Have you ever seen this trefoil plant? And that fairy fly? Those three leaves adjoined at one slender stem and that yellowish flower on top of them! This three-leaf structure below and its flower above looks so guiltless to me and that fairy fly looks squeaky-clean, Impeccable. I felt like such a new......more

Goodreads review by Nandakishore on October 28, 2018

It's a long time since I have read a Wodehouse book afresh - I have finished them all long back so I have to do with re-reads. This was also one, but since there was thirty-five year gap between my previous perusal (during my college days) and this, most of the stories were forgotten and came across......more

Goodreads review by John on September 07, 2021

Once again Wodehouse delivers screwball comedy and absurd situations. Twelve short stories. So set in the familiar Blandings Castle setting with Clarence the eccentric, put upon and absent minded Nonth Earl of Emsworth in lovely Shropshire. The other six stories are across the ocean in that flesh po......more

Goodreads review by Steven R. on October 12, 2018

I slipped in another Wodehouse, since these are trying times and he is balm for the soul. The stories in this collection are what he refers to in the preface as "the short snorts in between the solid orgies" (8). There are a couple of Blandings stories, a Bobbie Wickham story, and some American stor......more


Quotes

“I envy those who’ve never read [Wodehouse] before—the prospect of realms of unread Wodehouse stretching out in front of you is…something which is enticing to contemplate.” Tony Blair

“Wodehouse captured the sublime silliness of the human race in phrase after economical phrase…In every case, Wodehouse delights.” AudioFile

“Essential reading to Emsworth devotees.” Library Journal

“Enormously popular among fans of comedy, P. G. Wodehouse gives added meaning to ‘dotty’ and ‘bumptious’.” Booklist