Full Moon, P. G. Wodehouse
Full Moon, P. G. Wodehouse
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Full Moon

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: Jeremy Sinden

Unabridged: 7 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2012

Synopsis

Despite marriage to a millionaire's daughter and success as a vice-president of Donaldson's, Inc., manufacturers of the world-famous Donaldson's Dog-Joy, Freddie Threepwood, Lord Emsworth's younger son, still goes in fear of his aunts when at Blandings Castle. Full Moon tells the story of how he faces them down while promoting the love of Bill Lister and Prudence Garland. A charming Blandings comedy with a full Wodehouse complement of aunts, pigs, millionaires, colonels, imposters, and dotty earls.

About P. G. Wodehouse

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881–1975) was an English humorist who wrote novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. He was highly popular throughout a career that lasted more than seventy years, and his many writings continue to be widely read. He is best known for his novels and short stories of Bertie Wooster and his manservant Jeeves and for his settings of English upper-class society of the pre– and post–World War I era. He lived in several countries before settling in the United States after World War II. During the 1920s, he collaborated with Broadway legends like Cole Porter and George Gershwin on musicals and, in the 1930s, expanded his repertoire by writing for motion pictures. He was honored with a knighthood in 1975.

About Jeremy Sinden

Jeremy Sinden (1950–1996) was an English actor. He spent two seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company and was a recipient of the Forsyth Award. On television he could be seen in Crossroads, Brideshead Revisited, Middlemarch, and The Famous Five, among others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David

Overall: 3.5 A rare 'dissent' in my corner re: a Wodehouse novel - and even that 'dissent' is minor. Essentially it's still a cracking good tale but, esp. for P.G. aficionados, the effect can leave a fan less enthused.  An entry from the Blandings Castle series, 'FM' contains the expected trappings an......more

Goodreads review by Nigeyb

Full Moon (1947) (Blandings Castle #7) is good, and a visit to Blandings Castle is always a joy. Full Moon is not peak PGW though. All his books are formulaic but this is just a bit too obvious, and lacks sufficient hearty guffaw inducing moments. American millionaire Tipton Plimsoll forsaking alcoh......more

Goodreads review by John

Wodehouse’s satire of the British aristocracy is the Spitting Images of literature in this genre. Once again we are at Blanding Castle with an array of characters. Clarence, 9th Earl of Emsworth is still obsessed with the Empress and is search of an artist to immortalize her on canvas. His younger s......more

Quotes

“Listening to this early twentieth-century English farce is like listening to a comic opera, such as Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte. AudioFile

“Wodehouse never goes out of style.” Library Journal

“You don’t analyze such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendor.” Stephen Fry, praise for the author

“Light as a feather, but fabulous. Ben Elton, praise for the works of P.G. Wodehouse

Awards

  • AudioFile Earphones Award
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