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Something Fresh (Paperback)

by P.G. Wodehouse (Author)
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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (22 Nov 1979)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140050353
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140050356
  • Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.9 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 692,873 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is a Blandings novel. This is the first Blandings novel, in which P.G. Wodehouse introduces us to the delightfully dotty Lord Emsworth, his bone-headed younger son, the Hon. Freddie Threepwood, his long-suffering secretary, the Efficient Baxter, and Beach the Blandings butler. As Wodehouse wrote, 'without at least one impostor on the premises, Blandings Castle is never itself'. In "Something Fresh" there are two, each with an eye on a valuable scarab which Lord Emsworth has acquired without quite realizing how it came into his pocket. But of course things get a lot more complicated than this... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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A Blandings novel

This is the first Blandings novel, in which P.G. Wodehouse introduces us to the delightfully dotty Lord Emsworth, his bone-headed younger son, the Hon. Freddie Threepwood, his long-suffering secretary, the Efficient Baxter, and Beach the Blandings butler.

As Wodehouse wrote, ‘without at least one impostor on the premises, Blandings Castle is never itself’. In Something Fresh there are two, each with an eye on a valuable scarab which Lord Emsworth has acquired without quite realizing how it came into his pocket. But of course things get a lot more complicated than this… --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Birth of a legend, 18 Oct 2007
This review is from: Something Fresh: A Blandings Story (Paperback)
`Something Fresh' is the first book in what was to become the Blanding's Saga, at the time it was written Wodehouse obviously had no idea how popular the Threepwood family were to become and consequently it does not really fit into the Saga as a whole. In `Something Fresh' Blanding's Castle is no more than a setting for Wodehouse's latest farce and Lord Emsworth one of many comic characters to sit in the background to entertain whilst the romance of Ashe Marson and Joan Valentine is played out.

That is no to say it is a weak novel, it stands head and shoulders above the books Wodehouse was writing at that time and points to the heights he was about to climb. In future Blanding's books the central romance was generally submerged in the tapestry as a vehicle for the members of the household to perform the business of a comedy, here the leads have more work to do and go about it in a workman like way.

Ashe Marson has come to Blanding's posing as valet to J. Preston Peters who has actually employed him to retrieve his priceless Egyptian scarab from Lord Emsworth's collection. Joan Valentine is posing as maid to J. Preston Peter's daughter Aline in order to retrieve the scarab herself and separate the millionaire from a fortune for securing it's return. Matters are confused further by Freddie who is engaged to Aline but is living in fear of been sued for breach of promise by Joan to whom he sent compromising letters when she served in the Chorus on the London Music Hall Scene.

Lord Emsworth is entirely unconscious of the tangle that he initiated by absent-mindedly taking the scarab from Peter's home under the impression it was given to him. The loathsome Rupert Baxter, who serves as Lord Emsworth's secretary, suspects everything is not as it seems but his attempts to take hold of the situation merely serves to loose him his on several occasions.

Can all this confusion be sorted out? Will the boy get the girl? Will the man get the scarab? Will Baxter get the sack? Only Wodehouse can bring us to a safe conclusion, but with Wodehouse as with life, it's not the arriving it's the journey that's important.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A twisted plot of romance, deceit and pigs!, 17 Sep 2000
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There is always at least one imposter at Blandings in this book! Mr. Peters hires Ashe to steal a scarab, while Aline hires Joan to do the same. The reward for returning it to Mr. Peters is £1000 and neither knows that the other is after the money too. Freddie is engaged to marry Aline, but first he must make sure that there is no chance of a breach of promise case, and to do that he must make contact with the chorus who he sent love letters to in his younger days! A wonderful book. A book with such a twisted plot is yet to be written!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Pure farce!, 21 Aug 2009
This review is from: Something Fresh (Paperback)
Ashe Marson and Joan Valentine are both employed to retrieve the scarab that Lord Emsworth absent-mindedly pocketed when visiting Mr Peters his son's future father-in-law. Lord Emsworth under the impression that Mr Peters has given him the scarab has exhibited it in the museum at his family home Blandings Castle.

Alerted to the plans to steal back the scarab, Baxter - the Efficient Baxter - Lord Emsworth's secretary, sits on guard all night to foil the thief. The result is pure farce, with fights in the dark, mistaken identites, crashing furniture and valuable china smashed - most enjoyable mayhem. I much prefer farce on the page than on stage!
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