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Uneasy Money

By: P. G. Wodehouse
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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Summary

 It is an ironical fact that Lady Wetherby was by nature one of the firmest believers in existence in the policy of breaking things gently to people. She had a big, soft heart, and she hated hurting her fellows. As a rule, when she had bad news to impart to any one, she administered the blow so gradually and with such mystery as to the actual facts that the victim, having passed through the various stages of imagined horrors, was genuinely relieved, when she actually came to the point, to find that all that had happened was that he had lost all his money.

But now, in perfect innocence, thinking only to pass along an interesting bit of information, she had crushed Bill as effectively as if she had used a club for that purpose.

Public Domain (P)1993 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Literature & Fiction Heartfelt Funny Short Stories Humour
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Critic reviews

"Wodehouse's masterful language makes high comedy out of situations that would be dull or slapstick in less capable hands. He invites reading aloud....[Simon Vance] has a pleasant voice and a sympathetic feel for the material." (AudioFile)
"Uneasy Money offers plot twits that keep the ending from being too predictable and humor as sharp as in any of his other stories. Reader Simon Vance has a pleasant, Wodehousean voice that never becomes cloying." (Library Journal)
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He manages not to give any hint that he finds the work of Mr, Wodehouse in the slightest bit amusing.

An excellent reader.

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An entertaining treat that was most enjoyable ,witty,satisfying,and rather sweet . With plenty of wise insights into human nature. Spot on.

Most entertaining

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Very amusing story, with typical Wodehouse plot twists, and great characterisation. Excellent performance by the narrator: much better than most of the other Wodehouse narrators. Very enjoyable.

A little known classic!

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Fairly cliché farce before Wodehouse found the vein of humour he mined for the rest of his life. Mike and Psmith will be his watershed novel a few years after this one. This narrator is a little wooden, but the material isn't much to go on.

Too early Wodehouse

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What a gem of a novel.

A blatantly farcical plot involving inherited money and privileged folk provides the structure for a funny, insightful and heart-warming narrative about the vissisitudes of human existence. These characters display the full range of human foibles and weaknesses, and charmingly demonstrate the risks of honesty and extreme integrity....

Wodehouse was a consumate wordsmith with a gift for dialogue and a sneaky way of slipping real philosophy into his (apparently) slight stories from the mouths of his (apparently) frivolous characters.

The wonderful added bonus is his ability to help us see ourselves in his characters a full 100 years after they were created, and laugh out loud at their (our) simple humanness.

Listen and smile

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