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Something Fresh
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Series: Blandings Castle, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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"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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- R
- 20-02-12
Excellent Wodehouse!
This is the first book about the now legendary Blandings Castle, and introduces such characters as Lord Emsworth, Hon Freddie Threepwood, The Efficient Baxter, and Beech the Butler.
It's not as mind-bogglingly complex as some of PG Wodehouse's plots but it has all the tongue-twisting rich language that he is known for. This more gentle love-story based plot is still witty and interesting, and includes some early women's lib ideas. This version includes an introduction written by Wodehouse, which includes some interesting titbits.
Frederick Davidson gives his usual excellent reading. His languid tones seem made for Wodehouse's words.
All in all, an excellent version of an excellent book.
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- Laurence
- 28-12-19
Something Ghastly
This is one strenuously to avoid. A wonderful and familiar story entirely ruined by the narration. Frederick Davidson's interpretation, a supercilious nasal drawl, ruins this and I'm abandoning at Chapter 5
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- Intheknittedgarden
- 26-01-22
Review of Something Fresh
Really dashing good!
So funny that it made me laugh out loud!
Ive always had a soft spot for P.G.Wodehouse.
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- Yael G.
- 18-08-21
After Jonathan Cecil, no narrator can compare
Sorry, but the narration really doesn't work for me. To be fair, after the amazing job Jonathan Cecil has done with P. G. Wodehouse it would be hard for any narrator to compete. My advice: skip this version and go directly for Jonathan Cecil's books
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- Dr. R. Brompton
- 13-03-15
Wonderful Wodehouse!
This is is the first in the Blandings Saga and a great place to start (although not completely necessary to do in chronological order). The narration is good and the story that was published 100 years ago is both funny and cracking in pace. A most enjoyable listen.
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- rhk
- 31-07-22
Delicious
Hilarious, comfortingly formulaic, escapism. I love PG Wodehouse and this is highly entertaining, and beautifully delivered.
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-04-22
The narrator is nauseating. I had to call it at day after a few chapters
The story is an interesting idea and I really wanted to enjoy it to set the scene for subsequent books, but the mincing narration completely ruined the book.
I looked him up and apparently he is very popular, I have to shake my head in disbelief, surely he can’t use this sickening tone… can he?
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- Howard Shaw
- 16-03-22
A great story, but there are better narrators
Sorry, but there are just so many issues with the recording. In the first few seconds, just before the narrator gives the name of the book, there is even a loud click as the tape machine starts. The narrator's breathing is most intrusive. Of course it is partly redeemed by this being the first in a great series, but I'm looking out for a better recording.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-11-21
Great book
Although the readers voice appears annoying at first, I don’t think many could have read it any better. Lovely story
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- Mr. H
- 30-10-21
Great story ruined by lousy reading
This one I would rather read in a paper format. The narrator is dreadful. His intonation is utterly bizarre. Extremely annoying to listen to.
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- John
- 24-02-19
How Good Is It? I Bought It Twice, That’s How Good
I’d purchased this one years ago from another audiobook company which will remain nameless. But when it popped up in Audible’s First-In-A-Series Sale, I caved—all for the sheer pleasure of being able to play it through our Echo for the whole family to revel in.
Also, I am a confessed and unrepentant Wodehouse addict, and this is simply one of his most addictive doses. As he matured, as his Blandings Castle, Jeeves and Wooster, and Mr. Mulliner series (to name but three) developed, his style became glibber, less “realistic” (but no less enjoyable). There was simply no need to delineate, say, the inner workings of Butler Beach or Lord Emsworth, whose psychologies had been delineated decades earlier. That’s probably why I enjoy these first drafts of beloved characters so much; we get more inner thoughts and feelings, deeper motivations and some really fine observations of human nature. And, of course, the delight of his budding trademark style.
It goes without saying that Frederick Davidson was—and remains—one of the finest readers of Wodehouse. What some perceive as a stand-offishness or even contempt in his reading is really the sound of someone getting the last ounce of juice out of every nuance--sometimes bringing more humor to a line than you or I might notice on the page. I pine for the day his renditions of "Psmith in the City", "Psmith, Journalist", “Leave It to Psmith”, “Cocktail Time”, "Jeeves in the Morning", "Heavy Weather", "Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves", "The Cat-Nappers" and, “Do Butlers Burgle Banks?” will become available on Audible (hint, hint).
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- Arnold
- 07-09-11
Wodehouse and Davidson a perfect match
Such a pleasure to listen to, Wodehouse is the only writer I've found who's as funny as Mark Twain, and Frederick Davidson (aka David Case) is the best comic narrator ever. I was concerned after reading the first reviews complaining of the narrator but I don't share their views. I wish he had narrated all these books. 'The Inimitable Jeeves' is also a classic read by the same guy.
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- SGW555
- 18-10-07
Not terrible - but not a must-have, either
As a long-time Wodehouse fan, I've read many of his books, watched most episodes of Jeeves & Wooster, and listened to a whole lot of the radio dramas and audiobooks. And this particular audiobook isn't one of the best.
<i>Something Fresh</i> isn't a bad novel - though with less laugh-a-minute potential than some of the other Blandings-series stories - but Frederick Davidson's very affected vocal style isn't really suited to longer novels like this, with so many different characters. It's fine when he uses a very effete, almost effeminate voice for Bertie Wooster (who doesn't appear here), but he doesn't have a whole lot of range.
All the men under 30 sound like fruity idiots; all the women sound like airheads (quite literally); all the older men sound uniformly gruff; and the various American accents are neither accurate nor consistent.
More problematically - and again, I realize this is sometimes a matter of personal taste - Davidson seems to miss jokes all the time. Most of Wodehouse's hilarity lies in knowing just how to say a line like "Percy's always been a bit of a nut - I say, what?" for maximum effect, and Davidson doesn't seem to have the knack.
Overall, if you're thinking of an audio version of <i>Something Fresh</i>, I recommend going with the Jonathan Cecil version instead of this one - Cecil just seems better at interpreting Wodehouse on a consistent basis.
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- Web_mistress
- 09-11-20
Couldn't listen for more than 10 minutes...
...and even then only because I read the story, and LOVE it, and hoped that I could get used to the voice and the manner of reading, but I just can't!!! It's totally impossible to listen to.
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- Tammy
- 24-12-10
Don't get this version....
I bought this because I have only recently discovered Wodehouse's 'Blandings saga' and wanted to listen to them all. I can't tell much about the quality of the book itself because the audio version is so painful to listen to. You get to hear every gasp for breath, and Davidson doesn't seem to understand Wodehouse - or to be enjoying himself. I wish I had read the other reviewer's advice - instead of buying this version, look for another reader!
10 people found this helpful
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- Jack G E Harris
- 11-04-19
Fredrick Davidson and P. G. Wodehouse: perfect!
This is a great pairing between the book and the reader. Davidson is also great reading LeCarre.
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- Jose Luis Cocho Roldan
- 20-07-17
Have yourself a wonderful time
Very enjoyable story and performance lifts these experience to something close to greatness. Listen and enjoy
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- L. Stubblefield
- 21-09-15
Cannot Recommend
Would you try another book from P. G. Wodehouse and/or Frederick Davidson?
The story is slow to start with uninteresting dialogue. Quite unlike Wodehouse's usual fast, snappy starts. Also, regrettably, Davidson reads this slow start with a bored, disinterest that makes paying attention almost impossible. I love Wodehouse usually, but I'd return this one pronto if I could.
What didn’t you like about Frederick Davidson’s performance?
His reading has a disinterested, supercilious air that, coupled with a slow plot, makes the book a yawner.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
Not really. I wish it had because I love Wodehouse usually.
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- Kindle Customer
- 18-03-13
Blandings A-borning
In the intro to the book, PG Wodehouse tells us that this was his first big sale. He and his wife felt quite comfortable with their savings of $175, then he sold this book to (IIRC) The Atlantic for the unbelievable fortune of over $3000! He goes on to help aspiring writers of serial novels by telling them some lessons he learned (be vague about dates and locations - if you're still writing 50 years later you don't want the characters to be centenarians who live too far away from London to come up for a day trip.)
The story concerns the residents of Blandings Castle, pre-Empress, with (as usual) imposters visiting in order to steal something. The Earl, though absent minded and none-too-bright, is not the anti-social idiot we've come to know and love. His sister Ann is serving as chatelaine, and unlike his other sisters, is of an extremely retiring nature, seldom leaving her room and her voluminous correspondence. Baxter is there, determined to get to the bottom of things, as well as assorted pairs of mismatched lovers.
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- Lana T
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Amusing story, so fresh even written in 1915
Read by one of the best, Frederick Davidson. As an American, I just love the accent!