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Blandings Castle
- Narrated by: James Saxon
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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Summary
For a start the Empress of Blandings, in the running for her first prize in the Fat Pigs Class at the Shropshire Agricultural Show, is off her food - and can only be coaxed back to the trough by a call in her own language. Then there is the feud with Head Gardener McAllister, aided by Clarence's sister, the terrifying Lady Constance, and the horrible prospect of the summer fête - twin problems solved by the arrival of a delightfully rebellious little girl from London. But first of all there is the vexed matter of the custody of the pumpkin.
Skipping an ocean and a continent, Wodehouse also treats us to some unputdownable stories of excess from the monstrous Golden Age of Hollywood.
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- Nicola
- 18-07-20
wonderful light listening
I am a great fan of PG Wodehouse and have enjoyed the books narrated by Jonathan Cecil. I was worried with the change of narrator but James Saxon is very good.
This is really two shorter books with distinct characters and the usual convoluted stories. Very funny but not his best.
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- Bertie
- 02-04-23
Very funny
It made me laugh a lot and I would definitely recommend it to get you through a long journey
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- Bruce
- 05-04-19
Good, but not great
Here we have 4 Blandings stories, mostly featuring Freddie Threepwood: 1 Bobby Wickham story - the only one which isn’t part of the Jeeves canon, I think: and 4 Mr Mulliner Hollywood stories.
They are all well read and well performed, without hitting the heights achieved by Martin Jarvis. For me, James Saxon doesn’t “get” Lord Emsworth, and the “mild and dreamy peer” keeps coming across as a choleric colonel.
I’ve never really taken to the Hollywood stories, although they are quite good, so these grated on me a little.
All in all, a good collection, but not a favourite for me
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- Dr
- 07-04-13
More than just Blandings
The book starts with Blandings, Lord Emsworth, the Empress and a scary battalion of powerful women. Classic Wodehouse set amongst the aristocracy. The wit is sharper then Lady Constance's voice. The second part of the book contains Mr Mulliner stories, which are less well known and set in Hollywood, where Wodehouse worked writing scripts. They are not what you would expect if your only experience of Wodehouse are the TV series. Thoroughly recommend, a book to listen to again and again.
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- iain
- 06-12-20
A super story
A wonderful audiobook, wonderfully narrated. The characters are so full of life and depth. Brilliant!!
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- Andrew
- 09-08-10
Wodehouse at his best.
Hilarious vintage Wodehouse, superbly rendered by James Saxon. The stories had me chortling, and Saxon's readings just hit the spot. Superb stuff.
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- Mrs Pauline Diane Goodwin
- 31-08-23
Excellent
What a shame James died in 1986! RIP! A perfect performance, he did Plum proud!
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- Steve Brown
- 15-08-18
Short story jewels
Each story is a perfect glistening example of a masterly technique. Utterly frivolous and inconsequential and yet full of a profound and sympathetic humanity.
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- Sophie
- 07-09-16
disappointing
I misrakenly thought all the stories would be based at Blandings with the usual cast of wonderful characters. However many of the tales related to adventures in the US with less interesting individuals. I would not have chosen this one had I realised. Good narrator.
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- Jeff Cotton
- 16-08-18
This book contains seperate stories
Just calling each track a chapter is useless! They're stories, with seperate titles. Not being able to tell which chapter is which story and even which stories are in the book, is so annoying. And surely not rocket science to remedy. And it's the same on all Audible short story collections, it seems.
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