Il castello di Blandings

This was my first ever Wodehouse. So as you can imagine, it has a special spot in my heart. The dotty Lord Emsworth, the indomitable Lady Constance, the hapless Freddie, and her porkiness...the Empress of Blandings. You root for Lord Emsworth to find the backbone to stand up to his sister and head gard Leggi tutto

I laughed. I laughed. And I laughed some more. Five stars for the Blandings Castle stories. The Mulliners were a cut below that, but this is still some prime Wodehouse. "Years before, when a boy, and romantic as most boys are, his lordship had sometimes regretted that the Emsworths, though an ancient cl Leggi tutto

I'm rereading all the Blandings Castle stories and thought I might have missed these Blanding short stories first time round but, as it turned out, they were all familiar to me. Still, as you know, Wodehouse is always a treat, the plots are secondary to the joy of the characters, turn of phrase, and Leggi tutto

The title is a bit of a misnomer. The first half of the book indeed is all about the delightful Blandings Castle and its crazy gang. But the second half covers stories from the Mr. Mulliner saga. To be honest, while I adore the Blandings stories, I can't say the same for Mr. Mulliner. The Mulliner c Leggi tutto