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Something Fresh

By: P. G. Wodehouse
Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
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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 log-suffering secretary, the Efficient Baxter, and Beach the Blandings butler.

As Wodehouse wrote, 'without at least one imposter on the premises, Blandings Castle is never itself'. In Something Fresh there are two, each with an eye on a valuable Egyptian amulet 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...

©2014 P. G. Wodehouse (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Literature & Fiction Funny Witty Feel-Good Comedy

Critic reviews

"Wodehouse is the greatest comic writer ever." (Douglas Adams)
"For Wodehouse there has been no fall of Man....The gardens of Blandings Castle are the original gardens of Eden from which we are all exiled." (Evelyn Waugh)
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The brilliance of P. G. Wodehouse's writing and the flawlessness of Jonathan Cecil's reading create a true masterpiece. Every minute of "Something Fresh" is pure joy and delight - I could not have enjoyed the book more.

Simply flawless!

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A classic, very well narrated. All of the characters feel alive and have a voice which adds to their depth and nature.

An excellent story well worth a listen

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The master at his best and beautifully read The greatest humorist really laugh out loud.

The master

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Only Wodehouse can put Dickins to shame in the use of coincidences but I thus book he excels himself. An early Blandings story but with most of the ingredients we all love

A coincidence

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