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Lord Emsworth and Others
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A Pelican at Blandings
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The usual suspects, including Lord Emsworth and his prize pig, the Empress, line up at Blandings Castle for a Wodehousian caper that sees members of the upper-classes getting hot and bothered over a nude painting they all want to get their hands on. This is wit at its very finest, read by one of our superlative actors, who reads Wodehouse with the requisite style and panache.
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P G Wodehouse is always delightful
- By Christopher J. Albertyn on 12-05-11
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Heavy Weather
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- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Galahad Threepwood is causing scandal again...this time by deciding to NOT publish his potentially humiliating high-society memoirs. His decision causes rifts in the ranks at castle Blandings and all involved split into three camps: those who want the book suppressed, those who want it published, and those, who for some reason or another, that have been sent to steal it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hilarious - and this is a really good reading, too
- By Sarah on 01-30-09
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Galahad at Blandings
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 70
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A major mix-up at Blandings Castle, in which Galahad introduces yet another imposter to Lord Emsworth's residence and the Empress of Blandings gets sloshed in her sty. Formidable comic characters designed to interrupt Lord Emsworth's peace include his overbearing sister Lady Hermione Wedge who comes complete her own meddling secretary, and Dame Daphne Winkworth who has her eye on becoming the next Countess. As ever the stage is set for Gally to try and restore order to the ensuing chaos!
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Corker
- By Fraser Pearce on 02-11-13
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Blandings Castle
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: James Saxon
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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12 Great Stories...and 6 Back Stories
- By John on 10-28-13
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Service with a Smile
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21
The debonair Uncle Fred makes a welcome return to Blandings, where plotting and confusion is rife. Blackmail, sabotage, jilted lovers and pigs under threat of kidnap all feature largely, making this hilarious instalment in the Blandings series irresistible to fans and newcomers alike. The story sees lovely debutante Myra Schoonmaker unhappily ensconced in Blandings at the insistence of Lady Constance Keeble, who objects to Myra’s entanglement with curate Bill Bailey.
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Full Moon
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Jeremy Sinden
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9
Despite marriage to a millionaire's daughter and success as a vice president of Donaldson's, Inc. - manufacturers of the world-famous Donaldson's Dog-Joy - Freddie Threepwood, Lord Emsworth's younger son, still goes in fear of his aunts when at Blandings Castle. Full Moon tells the story of how he faces them down, while promoting the love of Bill Lister and Prudence Garland. A charming Blandings comedy with a full Wodehouse complement of aunts, pigs, millionaires, colonels, imposters, and dotty earls.
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A Pelican at Blandings
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
The usual suspects, including Lord Emsworth and his prize pig, the Empress, line up at Blandings Castle for a Wodehousian caper that sees members of the upper-classes getting hot and bothered over a nude painting they all want to get their hands on. This is wit at its very finest, read by one of our superlative actors, who reads Wodehouse with the requisite style and panache.
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5 out of 5 stars
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P G Wodehouse is always delightful
- By Christopher J. Albertyn on 12-05-11
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Heavy Weather
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 79
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 77
Galahad Threepwood is causing scandal again...this time by deciding to NOT publish his potentially humiliating high-society memoirs. His decision causes rifts in the ranks at castle Blandings and all involved split into three camps: those who want the book suppressed, those who want it published, and those, who for some reason or another, that have been sent to steal it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hilarious - and this is a really good reading, too
- By Sarah on 01-30-09
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Galahad at Blandings
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 70
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 70
A major mix-up at Blandings Castle, in which Galahad introduces yet another imposter to Lord Emsworth's residence and the Empress of Blandings gets sloshed in her sty. Formidable comic characters designed to interrupt Lord Emsworth's peace include his overbearing sister Lady Hermione Wedge who comes complete her own meddling secretary, and Dame Daphne Winkworth who has her eye on becoming the next Countess. As ever the stage is set for Gally to try and restore order to the ensuing chaos!
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Corker
- By Fraser Pearce on 02-11-13
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Blandings Castle
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: James Saxon
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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12 Great Stories...and 6 Back Stories
- By John on 10-28-13
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Service with a Smile
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21
The debonair Uncle Fred makes a welcome return to Blandings, where plotting and confusion is rife. Blackmail, sabotage, jilted lovers and pigs under threat of kidnap all feature largely, making this hilarious instalment in the Blandings series irresistible to fans and newcomers alike. The story sees lovely debutante Myra Schoonmaker unhappily ensconced in Blandings at the insistence of Lady Constance Keeble, who objects to Myra’s entanglement with curate Bill Bailey.
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Full Moon
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Jeremy Sinden
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9
Despite marriage to a millionaire's daughter and success as a vice president of Donaldson's, Inc. - manufacturers of the world-famous Donaldson's Dog-Joy - Freddie Threepwood, Lord Emsworth's younger son, still goes in fear of his aunts when at Blandings Castle. Full Moon tells the story of how he faces them down, while promoting the love of Bill Lister and Prudence Garland. A charming Blandings comedy with a full Wodehouse complement of aunts, pigs, millionaires, colonels, imposters, and dotty earls.
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Summer Lightning
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: John Wells
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 51
While Blandings Castle sleeps in the summer sun, the Hon. Galahad Threepwood, brother of the Earl of Emsworth, is busily engaged in writing his Reminiscences, and they look set to be as warm as the weather, if not warmer. For Galahad has led a thoroughly misspent life, and his acquaintances can all too easily recall their past follies in his company. Reputations are at stake and even the nobility and gentry are beginning to panic.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not good enough to continue listening.
- By jane on 04-18-16
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Leave It to Psmith
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 139
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 138
The idyll of Blandings Castle is about to be disturbed, for the Hon. Freddie Threepwood is poised to make his debut as a jewel thief. Freddie, however, is not alone: Blandings is simply brimming with criminals and impostors all intent on stealing Aunt Constance's 20,000 pound diamond necklace. It is left to the debonair Psmith, with his usual aplomb, to unscramble the passion, problems, and identities, of one and all.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can I give this a 10 stars?
- By zi on 07-14-16
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Pigs Have Wings
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Jeremy Sinden
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 63
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 63
Can the Empress of Blandings win the Fat Pigs class at the Shropshire Show for the third year running? Galahad Threepwood, Beach the butler, and others have put their shirt on this, and for Lord Emsworth it will be paradise on earth. But a substantial obstacle lurks in the way: Queen of Matchingham, the new sow of Sir Gregory Parsloe. Galahad knows this pretender to the crown must be pignapped. But can the Empress in turn avoid a similar fate? Pigs rise above their bulk to vanish and reappear in the most unlikely places....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Some Books Have Wings, Too
- By John on 05-29-14
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Something Fresh
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 444
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 400
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 400
The one thing that could be expected to disturb the peace of life at Blandings is the incursion of imposters. Blandings has imposters like other houses have mice. On this occasion there are two of them--both intent on a dangerous enterprise.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Story. Well Read. but. . .
- By Heather on 10-29-13
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Young Men in Spats
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 95
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 96
From the author, whom the Times called "a comic genius" and "an old master of farce", are 11 further stories featuring such eccentric characters as Freddie Widgeon, Cyril (Barmy) Fotheringay Phipps, Percy Wimbolt, and Pongo. Young Men in Spats includes the following stories: "Fate", "Tried in the Furnace", "Trouble Down at Tudsleigh", "The Amazing Hat Mystery", "Good-bye to All Cats", "The Luck of the Stiffhams", "Noblesse Oblige", "Uncle Fred Flits By", "Archibald and the Masses", and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Spats. Cats. Hats. This Book has Everything.
- By John on 05-19-14
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Uncle Dynamite
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 51
A chance meeting on a train brought together Lord Ickenham and Bill Oakshott - although being told that the love of his life, Hermione, was engaged to none other than Pongo, Lord Ickenham's nephew, did make Bill feel like he'd been struck behind the ear.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hermione...Herold Potter...Hmmm.
- By C. B. Lane on 09-11-15
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Eggs, Beans, and Crumpets
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
These wonderfully funny short stories feature a cast of outrageous characters, all plotting to save themselves from wedlock, poverty, or ignominy - with various degrees of success. This recording includes the following stories: "All's Well with Bingo", "Bingo and the Peke Crisis", "The Editor Regrets", "Sonny Boy", "Anselm Gets His Chance", "Romance at Droitgate Spa", "A Bit of Luck for Mabel", "Buttercup Day", and "Ukridge and the Old Stepper".
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The Luck of the Bodkins
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 70
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 69
Monty Bodkin loves Gertrude, who thinks he likes Lotus Blossom, a starlet who definitely adores Ambrose, who thinks that she has a thing for his brother, Reggie, who is struck by Mabel Spence, sister-in-law of Ikey Llewellyn (movie mogul, Ambrose’s prospective employer and reluctant smuggler), but hasn’t the means to marry her. With well-meaning but unhelpful ship’s steward Albert Peasemarch and a toy mouse thrown in for good measure, it will take the luck of the Bodkins to sort it all out.
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2 out of 5 stars
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There's a Serious Gap in this Recording
- By John on 01-12-13
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Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
- Abridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 48
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Story5 out of 5 stars 48
The Collected Blandings Short Stories. Blandings Castle is the home of Lord Emsworth, who likes nothing better than to potter at home in his enormous castle garden. But his rural idyll is once again set to be disturbed in these nine hilarious fables. No peace is possible when his sister Constance is let loose, and she is constantly trying to reorganise the household and its inhabitants! Without great success…
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4 out of 5 stars
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No gap between stories!
- By Charmianne on 05-08-18
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Laughing Gas
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Joey Cooley is a golden-curled child film star, the idol of American motherhood. Reginald, Third Earl of Havershot, is a boxing blue on a mission to save his wayward cousin from the fleshpots of Hollywood. Both are under anesthetic at the dentists when something strange happens - and their identities are swapped. Suddenly Joey can use his six-foot frame to get his own back on his Hollywood persecutors. But Reggie has to endure everything Joey had to put up with in the horrible life of a child star - including kidnapping.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of Wodehouse's most ambitious books
- By John on 05-10-13
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The Inimitable Jeeves
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 672
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 505
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 500
Bertie Wooster is in trouble again as his lovesick pal, Bingo Little, falls in love with every girl he lays eyes on. The real problem starts when Bingo decides to marry one of the girls, and he enlists Bertie's help. Luckily for Bertie, Jeeves once again comes to the rescue!
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4 out of 5 stars
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laugh out loud
- By Scott on 12-28-05
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Uncle Fred in the Springtime
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 78
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Story5 out of 5 stars 77
Uncle Fred, or to give him his full title of Frederick Altamont Cornwallis Twistleton, fifth Earl of Ickenham, is considered by some as a splendid gentleman - a sportsman to his fingertips. Mr. Twistleton, nephew to the Earl, and otherwise known as Pongo to his friends, has a differing view. He simply describes his uncle as being loopy to the tonsils. But when the eccentric and well-loved Uncle Fred plays Cupid to Lord Emsworth, his old friend at Blandings Castle, little did he know that he would be known as Impostor A and the Lord’s beloved pig, the Empress, as Impostor B....
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5 out of 5 stars
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"I say dear man . . . would you spot me a . . .?"
- By Diana on 05-15-14
Publisher's Summary
Contained here are nine glorious episodes from the idyllic world of Wodehouse. There’s a crime wave which broke out toward the middle of a fine summer afternoon and was to rock Blandings Castle to its foundations; Ukridge appears on Corky’s doorstep at three in the morning, wearing his yellow mackintosh and requesting a whisky and soda; while the Oldest Member warns of the folly of driving into the father of the girl you love....
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- John
- 02-20-13
A Veritable Smorgasbord of Wodehouse
This volume has everything: Blandings Castle, Mr. Mulliner, Golf Stories, Freddie Widgeon of the Drones and three of the best Ukridge tales Wodehouse ever wrote. The only dimension of his imaginary universe that's missing here is Jeeves and Wooster. But what's here is all so good you don't notice the gap. Oh, and then there's Nigel Lambert's perfect performance of these nine stories. (So why haven't you clicked "purchase" yet?)
Bought this one on cassette years ago and listened till the tapes wore out. It's good to have these screwball sagas again, in a far more portable format and at an unbelievable reasonable price.
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- Troy
- 08-23-15
The Pinnacle of Wit
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If you are a fan of Jeeves & Wooster stories, you'll definitely one to give this one a go. While it's a mixed bag of characters, every sentence of every story carries that patented P.G. Wodehouse wit, which is a pleasure to the ear and never fails to bring a chuckle. There are a fair number of golf-related stories in this volume too, if that tickles your fancy.