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The Blandings Castle Saga (Book 1915)
- Author
- P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrator
- Jonathan Cecil
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 1 May 2011
- Run Time
- 7 hours 28 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 3.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Welcome to Blandings Castle, a place that is never itself without an imposter.
Wodehouse himself once noted that "Blandings has impostors like other houses have mice." On this particular occasion there are two, both intent on a dangerous enterprise. Lord Emsworth's secretary, the Efficient Baxter, is on the alert and determined to discover what is afoot—despite the distractions caused by the Honorable Freddie Threepwood's hapless affair of the heart.
Freddie is engaged to marry the daughter of a wealthy American who is a passionate collector of ancient Egyptian scarabs. When one goes missing, a thousand-pound reward is offered for its return and Blandings becomes a madhouse as friends turn rivals in the scramble to retrieve the object.
Critics Review
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“Wodehouse is the greatest comic writer ever.”
Douglas Adams
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“For Wodehouse there has been no fall of Man…The gardens of Blandings Castle are the original gardens of Eden from which we are all exiled.”
Evelyn Waugh
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Details
- Author
- P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrator
- Jonathan Cecil
- Duration
- 7 hours 28 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 May 2011
- ISBN
- 9781609984434
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Humorous fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Satirical fiction and parodies
- Rating
- 3.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 4.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Welcome to Blandings Castle, a place that is never itself without an imposter.Wodehouse himself once noted that "Blandings has impostors like other houses have mice." On this particular occasion there are two, both intent on a dangerous enterprise. Lord Emsworth's secretary, the Efficient Baxter, is on the alert and determined to discover what is afoot—despite the distractions caused by the Honorable Freddie Threepwood's hapless affair of the heart.Freddie is engaged to marry the daughter of a wealthy American who is a passionate collector of ancient Egyptian scarabs. When one goes missing, a thousand-pound reward is offered for its return and Blandings becomes a madhouse as friends turn rivals in the scramble to retrieve the object.
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