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Another Wodehouse winner! Unlike such renowned British writers as Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde and Noel Coward, P.G. Wodehouse apparently never felt the urge to branch out from comedy. He didn't feel compelled to exercise that part of his brain that would balance laughs with drama.  Of course, there's alw Leggi tutto

Once again Frederick Altamont Cornwallis Twistleton, for fifth Earl of Ickenham spreads sweetness and light. A visit to Blanding Castle where Uncle Fred comes to the assistance of Clarence Elmsworth and the Empress. His horrible secretary Lavender Briggs and his pig man George Cyril Wellbeloved are

It's always a pleasure to dip back into the world of P.G. Wodehouse and, in such troubled times, doubly so. Service With a Smile (1961) is the final Uncle Fred novel and the 10th Blandings Castle novel. I was unsure if I'd read this one before or not and was delighted to discover this one was new to Leggi tutto

One of Wodehouse's novels about Blandings Castle, another one of those wonderful country estates filled with crabby gentlemen, mixed up engagements and calm, cool butlers. My favorite character is described like this. I wish this was a description of me, actually. I love it: "Of Frederick Altamon

Not the best Wodehouse I've read. Still pretty fun, though. Favorite quote: "Have you ever been engaged to two girls at the same time?" "Not to my recollection. Nor, now I come to think of it, do I know of anyone who has, except of course King Solomon and the late Brigham Young." "Well, that's what I a Leggi tutto

I really feel for Lord Emsworth! All he wants is to be left alone, to sit in his study or take strolls down to the pen to see his prize pig, The Empress of Blandings. But he is sadly surrounded by loud, annoying people who never seem to leave him in peace! Enter Uncle Fred, who manages in his rounda Leggi tutto