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P. G. Wodehouse Volume 2

The Blandings Collection

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P. G. Wodehouse Volume 2

By: P. G. Wodehouse
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
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Audible Studios presents the second volume of the best-selling PG Wodehouse collection. In this volume, Stephen Fry lends his voice to the Blandings stories. This collection contains:

Summer Lightning

Heavy Weather

Blandings Castle and Elsewhere

Lord Emsworth and Others

Uncle Fred in the Spring Time

Stephen Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter, film director and all-round national treasure. Whilst at university, Fry became involved with the Cambridge Footlights, where he met his long-time collaborator and friend, Hugh Laurie. As half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster. Fry’s acting roles include Blackadder, Kingdom, Bones, V for Vendetta, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and The Hobbit trilogy. He has written and presented several documentary series and as a proudly out gay man, the award-winning Out There, documenting the lives of lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender people around the world is part of his 30-year advocacy of the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. Fry has written four novels: The Liar, The Hippopotamus (made in to a feature film in 2018), Making History and The Stars’ Tennis Balls. Translated into many languages, they have never been out of print. The most recently published works are Mythos, Heroes and Troy, a trilogy retelling the Greeks myths from the Creation to the aftermath of the Trojan War.

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This is a nice collection. However, as others have said, the selection of stories is a little bit confusing. My two favourite stories of the Blandings saga are the first two ("Something Fresh", "Leave it to Psmith"), and they are not contained in the present recording! Both are available on Audible, and I would recommend the versions read by Cecil. It is a real shame that these first two would have been left out of this collection. Moreover, there are various bits of the Hollywood narrations included here, which have nothing to do with Blandings. I would have loved to see all the Blandings stories in one place and so I feel this was a real missed opportunity. Stephen Fry is great, as always.

Best stories missing - still great though

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The whole bally show was not only spiffing, but an absolute hoot to boot! Whatho!

Jolly well perfect!

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Like Vol 1 this is an enjoyable listen. Perfect summer reading! The volume contains several Blanding novels and short stories, plus Hollywood and golfing stories. It included the classic Uncle Fred in Springtime, which in my opinion ranks alongside The Mating Season or even The code of the Woosters.

The books are read perfectly by Stephen Fry and they are unabridged, that might cause offence to the modern listener. They are of the time and reflect social attitudes around the mid-twentieth century. There are odd instances of casual Antisemitism, colonial racism and one shocking story of a woman desiring subjugation by men including the receiving of violence.

Perfect Summer reading, but be aware that some stories may offend

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I keep coming back to these and Stephen Fry is a magician who entertains with every character

great stroies fantastic narration

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Wodehouse’s writing has an affectionate accuracy of the young and wealthy lifestyle thrown up by the history of the early 20th century. The intimacy of the settings in which his characters romp through their entwined and chaotic lives is explored with a mischievous twinkle of the pen.
Steven Fry reads with a genuine love of these books. Within moments his reading draws us in to the mindset that we are watching a cast of many, individual actors. Each character is read with a carefully curated voice, easily distinguished from their counterparts, so we can follow the adventures and misadventures without those awkward, wrinkled brows.
That is the joy- Wonderful Writing + Exceptional Narration. If you have only heard of Wodehouse, you really should try this audiobook and will soon become one of his (and Fry’s) greatest fans!

Sheer joy

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