Something Fresh, P. G. Wodehouse
Something Fresh, P. G. Wodehouse
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Something Fresh

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: Jonathan Cecil

Unabridged: 7 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2011

Categories: Fiction, Humorous, Satire

Synopsis

Welcome to Blandings Castle, a place that is never itself without an imposter.Wodehouse himself once noted that "Blandings has impostors like other houses have mice." On this particular occasion there are two, both intent on a dangerous enterprise. Lord Emsworth's secretary, the Efficient Baxter, is on the alert and determined to discover what is afoot—despite the distractions caused by the Honorable Freddie Threepwood's hapless affair of the heart.Freddie is engaged to marry the daughter of a wealthy American who is a passionate collector of ancient Egyptian scarabs. When one goes missing, a thousand-pound reward is offered for its return and Blandings becomes a madhouse as friends turn rivals in the scramble to retrieve the object.

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 Jonathan Cecil

Jonathan Cecil (1939–2011) was a vastly experienced actor, appearing at Shakespeare’s Globe as well as in such West End productions as The Importance of Being Earnest, The Seagull, and The Bed before Yesterday. He toured in The Incomparable Max, Twelfth Night, and An Ideal Husband, while among his considerable television and film appearances were The Rector’s Wife, Just William, Murder Most Horrid, and As You Like It.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Henry on April 17, 2020

Ashe Marson is a writer but doesn't feel like one just before the start of the war in London no German bombs falling there yet they will, indiscriminately killing the unfortunate from airplanes or other flying crafts under the celestial sky... in World War 1. You would have the same sentiment if as......more

Goodreads review by Anne on April 12, 2023

1st Blandings Castle book. Something fresh would probably feel fresher if Wodehouse's stories didn't all blend together for me. I'm not complaining. Really. This is another excellent example of how witty escapism meets if it ain't broke don't fix it and they live Happily Ever After. Freddie and his fa......more

Goodreads review by Baba on October 22, 2022

Blandings #1: The first installment of the now modern classic Blandings saga, introduces the Blandings' residents, the dotty Lord Emsworth, his irrepressible heir, Freddie Threepwood and the eccentric staff. Lord Emsworth absentmindedly pockets a rare valuable scarab, and as a result of this Wodehou......more

Goodreads review by Helle on August 28, 2015

(3.5 stars) A light, amusing snack between meatier meals, this is the first installment in Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle series and every bit as silly, witty and delightfully early 20th century (published in 1915) as the other books I’ve read by him (though I think I prefer Jeeves & Wooster). The char......more

Goodreads review by Makrand on August 09, 2020

Quite a comic style of writing mixed up with a who-dun-it adventure ! Something Fresh is the first of PG Wodehouse'es from Blanding Castle series. This is quite a short and comic novel however I feel this one isn't the best of PGW's. The reader is gradually introduced to a good amount of characters t......more

Quotes

“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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