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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Xenophon
Format:Hardcover
If you want an unbiased review, you had better go elsewhere. I have been a devotee of P.G.Wodehouse for decades. Why?
Because of his beautiful English; because of his clever plotting; because his characters are totally harmless; because his similes and metaphors are outrageously inventive; because he is funny; and - oh, just because.
Wodehouse has no hidden scenario, no sub-text, no 'message', no axe to grind; he writes simply to entertain.
If you don`t believe me, just read it. But beware; there should be a health warning on the cover. It can be addictive. But if you do get hooked, think what a lovely prospect opens out before you: Wodehouse wrote over 90 books.
Because of his beautiful English; because of his clever plotting; because his characters are totally harmless; because his similes and metaphors are outrageously inventive; because he is funny; and - oh, just because.
Wodehouse has no hidden scenario, no sub-text, no 'message', no axe to grind; he writes simply to entertain.
If you don`t believe me, just read it. But beware; there should be a health warning on the cover. It can be addictive. But if you do get hooked, think what a lovely prospect opens out before you: Wodehouse wrote over 90 books.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Paul D
Format:Hardcover
Now that Lord Emsworth's fearsome sister Connie is safely married to a millionaire and living in America, another even more domineering sister rules the Blandings roost: Lady Hermione Wedge, who looks like a cook - sometimes a cook pleased with her soufflé, sometimes a cook about to give notice, but always a cook. She has instructed her daughter, the cloth-headed Veronica, to break-off her engagement to another American millionaire, Tipton Plimsoll, in the mistaken belief that he has lost all his money in a stock-market crash. Hermione is also trying to manoeuvre Lord Emsworth into marrying another overbearing female, Dame Daphne Winkworth. As if this weren't enough to cope with, Lord Emsworth has yet another new secretary, Sandy Callender, who is loved by Sam Bagshot, although their relationship has hit a rough patch. Who better to unite the sundered lovers, and extricate Lord Emsworth from a fate worse than death with Dame Daphne, than Lord Emsworth's brother, The Hon. Galahad Threepwood. With Gally in charge, the stage is set for another of Wodehouse's classic farces involving pigs, domineering sisters, and imposters, all under the disapproving eye of Beach, the Butler.
This is the ninth novel in the Blandings series, published in 1965 when Wodehouse was already eighty-three. Despite his age, and although there are echoes of earlier books, and even entire phrases lifted verbatim, Wodehouse is still master of his craft, and the old magic is still very much in evidence. The plot is as complicated as anything he ever wrote, and it runs along nicely in its accustomed groove. Wodehouse was a master, not just of comic writing, but of the English language, and his prose style is one of the most beautiful in the whole of literature. The novel contains many of those verbal felicities Wodehouse devotees have come to love. This is another of those supreme farces set in Wodehouse's perfect idyll, Blandings Castle.
This is the ninth novel in the Blandings series, published in 1965 when Wodehouse was already eighty-three. Despite his age, and although there are echoes of earlier books, and even entire phrases lifted verbatim, Wodehouse is still master of his craft, and the old magic is still very much in evidence. The plot is as complicated as anything he ever wrote, and it runs along nicely in its accustomed groove. Wodehouse was a master, not just of comic writing, but of the English language, and his prose style is one of the most beautiful in the whole of literature. The novel contains many of those verbal felicities Wodehouse devotees have come to love. This is another of those supreme farces set in Wodehouse's perfect idyll, Blandings Castle.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is not the story of the girl who said to her betrothed `I will not be dictated to!' and then went and got a job as a stenographer, it is rather the ninth Blandings novel continuing the saga with the characters Timpson Plimsoll and Veronica Hermoine whom we previously met in `Full Moon'. Once again Galahad Threepwood must re-unite them as well as bringing wedding bells to his nephew Wilfred Allsop and Sam Bagshott whom have fallen in love respectively with Lord Emsworth's pig girl Monica Simmons and secretary Sandy Callender.
Blandings Castle which, as has been noted previously, has imposters in much the same way other Castles have mice and here is no exception with Sam appearing as legendary pig authority Augustus Whipple, author of `The Care of the Pig'. The Butler, Beach, is aware of the deception but initially struggles to be taken seriously.
And so mistaken identity and misunderstanding build this into a typical Wodehouse farce which leaves us gasping as Galahad manages to dot all the i's and cross all the t's before the sun sets on Blandings.
Blandings Castle which, as has been noted previously, has imposters in much the same way other Castles have mice and here is no exception with Sam appearing as legendary pig authority Augustus Whipple, author of `The Care of the Pig'. The Butler, Beach, is aware of the deception but initially struggles to be taken seriously.
And so mistaken identity and misunderstanding build this into a typical Wodehouse farce which leaves us gasping as Galahad manages to dot all the i's and cross all the t's before the sun sets on Blandings.
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A splendid book featuring the celebrated Pelican
This novel is dedicated to the wonderful efforts of Galahad Threepwood and his bizarre past. This chivalrous, inventive man aims to bring sunshine and light to those around him and... Read more
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Very funny book, very sharp wit, which is interesting as PGW was about eighty when he wrote it. There is also something a bit different in this one, which enriches it in a subtle... Read more
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"Walk up. Clasp in arms. Kiss. And say `My woman!' It's as easy as...
In this ninth of his eleven Blandings Castle farces, P. G. Wodehouse brings a large cast of mostly repeating characters to Blandings Castle in Shropshire, where their adolescent... Read more
Published on 28 July 2009 by Mary Whipple
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Fruity Fun Frolics About British Upper Class Follies
P.G. Wodehouse once said that you could write about life as it is or as musical comedy. He chose to do the latter. Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2005 by Donald Mitchell
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Fruity Fun Frolics About British Upper Class Follies
P.G. Wodehouse once said that you could write about life as it is or as musical comedy. He chose to do the latter. Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2004 by Donald Mitchell
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Fruity Fun Frolics About British Upper Class Follies
P.G. Wodehouse once said that you could write about life as it is or as musical comedy. He chose to do the latter. Read more
Published on 15 May 2004 by Donald Mitchell
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A great read.
Like most of the Blanding Castle series this story will make you laugh, cringe and always want to read more. It's light and funny and a great escape.
Published on 23 Oct 2002
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Superb
What can you say. Classic Wodehouse, wonderful escapism, a mastery of the comical side of the English language unsurpassed. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2001
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