P. G. Wodehouse Volume 2

The Blandings Collection

By: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrated by: Stephen Fry

Length: 45 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

Audible Studios presents the second volume of the best-selling PG Wodehouse collection. In this volume, Stephen Fry lends his voice to the Blandings stories. This collection contains:

Summer Lightning

Heavy Weather

Blandings Castle and Elsewhere

Lord Emsworth and Others

Uncle Fred in the Spring Time

Stephen Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter, film director and all-round national treasure. Whilst at university, Fry became involved with the Cambridge Footlights, where he met his long-time collaborator and friend, Hugh Laurie. As half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster. Fry’s acting roles include Blackadder, Kingdom, Bones, V for Vendetta, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and The Hobbit trilogy. He has written and presented several documentary series and as a proudly out gay man, the award-winning Out There, documenting the lives of lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender people around the world is part of his 30-year advocacy of the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. Fry has written four novels: The Liar, The Hippopotamus (made in to a feature film in 2018), Making History and The Stars’ Tennis Balls. Translated into many languages, they have never been out of print. The most recently published works are Mythos, Heroes and Troy, a trilogy retelling the Greeks myths from the Creation to the aftermath of the Trojan War.

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Fabulous

Stephen Fry is an accomplished narrator - a pleasure to listen to. He brought to life each of PGW’s unique characters. Male, female, pig…their personalities came through. Perhaps British ears may find fault with his various accents but to my American ears they sounded great. The plots are delightful farces, romance prevails. No violence, no one dies. Wonderful.

A must have. Simply brilliant. More!

Thoroughly enjoyed it. You will too. I don't think anyone can do justice to Wodehouse work more than Stephen Fry. Want more of his work presented by the narrator.

Fun Stories, Great Performance

First and foremost I must compliment Stephen Fry's wonderful renderings of these stories, keeping all of the characters in line for 45 hours. This was my introduction to Wodehouse, and I found the stories to be mostly quite fun, though also repetitive. I suppose this much listening/reading of one author in a row would bring about the same reaction. But the stories are all a series of bad decisions mostly regarding money or marriage. One wonders if the British aristocracy were all such bad decision makers, how on Earth they ever put together an empire. The stories set in Hollywood I didn't like as much as those set in England, even though there was a good ending to them. All in all, I can recommend this production, but also suggest that the listener take breaks and maybe listen to something else in between. That would keep the stories more fresh.

Humourous and entertaining!

Stephen Fry is a masterclass. I can think of no other narrator who brings a story more to life then he. From start to finish, Mr. Fry brings a richness and depth to the stories that I believe even P.G. Wodehouse would’ve been happy with! The stories are entertaining and rich in humor and wry wit. You can’t go wrong with this book - well worth your token or purchase!

Anything is better with Stephen Fry

I didn’t think anything could improve P. G. Wodehouse, but Stephen Fry does. These hilarious stories are even better narrated by his wonderful voice.

Love Stephen Fry and P.G. Wodehouse

Stephen Fry does an excellent job with a huge range of characters, from Lady ‘Aunt Connie’ Constable, Pongo, Mr Pott, Lord Emsworth, and many more. If you enjoy P.G. Wodehouse, you’ll love this collection. My favorite was the last story, Uncle Fred in the Springtime. Ridiculous, relaxing, and highly enjoyable. Enjoy!

Stephen Fry is great

Great storytelling of Blandings Castle stories. I especially like Uncle Fred in the Springtime. I hope he will be narrating more PG Wodehouse books.

Volume 1 is not sold in US

I reached out to customer service and found out that volume one is in the audible catalog but not sold in the US.

https://www.audible.com/pd/B08QDKRNG1

Let’s ask and ask until it is!

A Credit To The Master

To my ear, the narrator's pacing and vocal
characterizations are spot-on. Providing a pleasure, bordering on the hedonistic to this listener. Indeed, I say it was a, no, I shan't use the now hackneyed "B" word. Let me suggest simply that Mr. Frye must certainly have applied some of the good 'ole Brillantine on his locks to bring out the lustre of this crown-worthy performance!!

A hoot from start to finish

What a brilliant and enjoyable experience listening to Stephen Fry read PG Wodehouse's tales.