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Blandings by Wodehouse
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Blandings (edition 2012)

by Wodehouse (Author)

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Set in the delightfully dysfunctional mess of Blandings Castle these 6 gems follow the trials of poor Earl Emsworth and his beloved pig Empress as they clash with a panoply of friends and family, servants and spongers, bookies and hucksters. And all served up with great lashings of comedy.
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A collection of several of Wodehouse's Blandings stories (including the novel-length Galahad at Blandings), featuring the dotty, pig-obsessed Lord Emsworth and his various relatives, all of whom are, of course, prone to get up to the usual Wodehousian hijinks.

Actually, this is a tie-in volume for a TV version I haven't seen, but never mind that one way or another. It also includes a couple of stories I'd read fairly recently, in A Wodehouse Bestiary, but never mind that, either. One of the great things about Wodehouse is that he's extremely re-readable. The plots, entertaining as they are while you're reading them, are so frothy and light that it's almost impossible to remember the details immediately afterward, while the writing itself always feels fresh and fun no matter how many times you encounter it.

I do still think the Jeeves & Wooster books are his best, at least of what I've read so far, but this one certainly provided me some much-needed smiles. ( )
  bragan | Apr 5, 2020 |
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Set in the delightfully dysfunctional mess of Blandings Castle these 6 gems follow the trials of poor Earl Emsworth and his beloved pig Empress as they clash with a panoply of friends and family, servants and spongers, bookies and hucksters. And all served up with great lashings of comedy.

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