Blandings Castle

De: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrado por: James Saxon

Duración: 8 h y 45 m

Resumen del Editor

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 fiancée; 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.

©2012 The Trustees of the Wodehouse Estate (P)2012 AudioGO

Short story collection

Collection of short stories mostly about Blandings Castle with the delightful Freddy Threepwood and Lord Emsworth. These are the best stories. The latter third of the book is a group called The Mulliners and they aren't up to the same humor level of Blandings. Great read overall though!

Disappointing reader

It takes a certain kind of suave humor to read Wodehouse successfully. Saxon is adequate on any character with a British accent, though he doesn’t have the nuance to make the humor flow as it could. His American accents are atrocious. His upper class Americans sound like Brooklyn thugs in 30’s movies. He might as accurately read Lord Emsworth as a Cockney. Skip any story with an American character, is my advice.

Laugh out loud performance

I had thought that Jonathan Cecil was the only Wodehouse narrator who could have me in stitches, but James Saxon's interpretation and characterizations in this collection of Blandings and Mulliner stories is wonderful. I’m sorry he didn’t make more Wodehouse recordings, now that I’ve exhausted all of Cecil's work.

Different than the previous in the series

I just wasn't as entertained with the Hollywood setting as I am with the castle setting. There is the same excellence in wordcraft, humor, and performance as in the rest of the series.

Another great plot

Wodehouse never ceases to amaze. Admittedly, not as rib tickling as his Jeeves, but still a great plot.

Wonderful reading

Another fantastic reading of P. G. Wodehouse's great stories. These aren't as famous as the Jeeves and Wooster but every bit as good in their own way.

Best pairing of story and narrator

James Saxon is the best narrator for PG Wodehouse I have ever heard. I love these short stories and James Saxon’s reading only makes them better. I only wish I could find other Wodehouse titles narrated by Saxon.

Plum Great Work

Wonderful stories with colorful characters that represent what made Wodehouse great. A fun listen well performed.

I can’t give the story a fair review yet

I’m writing this not for the story but for the performance. I have barely started and I wish I could chuck it because the narrator is not doing well at all. Other narrators tend to have a relaxing but humorous execution of the story which I think Wodehouse stories demand. This one is full of awkward pauses, very overdone voices, and annoying bursts of speed. And it’s the only version I see on Audible. I might get the kindle version and quit on this, it’s such a train wreck so far.

Misleading title

Misleading title. Not all chapters about Blandings Castle.
Some from Mr. Mulliner's Anglerd' Rest stories.