Blandings Castle Saga Lib/E, 1947: Full Moon Lib/E (Audiobook)

from PhilSyphe

Blandings is my favourite Wodehouse series, though this instalment is among the least impressive. Yes, it has some funny moments, but not as many as hoped for. This is partially down to limited appearances by Lord Emsworth, who I consider P. G. Wodehouse's greatest character creation. The scenes ...

from Bjace

When Lord Emsworth's niece Prudence is torn from her fiancee on their wedding day and sent to Blandings Castle, the Hon. Galahad tries to sneak him onto the premises to paint the portrait of the Empress of Blandings. Of course, mayhem ensues. You get the feeling that Wodehouse was tired when he w...

from nohablo

Does Wodehouse induce hella deja vu here? Yeah, but I suppose there're only so many new and exciting ways of depicting O! MISTAKEN IDENTITIES MY BAD! and MY AUNT IS SO MEAN, GUYS. Anyway! That does not matter so much. Always a nice, soothing, effortless (and, uh, semi-mindless, true) read.

from raizel

Yes, the story does sound familiar, with lots of business found in his other books. There's a necklace and trinket at the same jewelers, and the fact that Freddie asks his father, Lord Emsworth, to have the former sent to Paris and to bring the latter back with may be proof that Freddie is as lac...

from atimco

Classic hilarious Wodehouse. A country house, an American millionaire, a pilfered diamond necklace, a brainless beauty, her scheming parents, a confused peer, and (something new) the world-famous Donaldson's Dog-Joy dog food, assiduously hawked to an eager public by none other than Freddie Threep...