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Blandings Castle: And Elsewhere, by P. G. Wodehouse

A "Crooning Tenor" is attempting to captivate the affections of the Rev. Rupert Bingham's fiancee, Lord Emsworth is trying to remove a pumpkin-shaped blot on the family escutcheon, and the Hon. Freddie Threepwood tries to convert Lady Alcester in this collection of stories.

  • Sales Rank: #1797524 in Books
  • Published on: 1971-04-29
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 7.05" h x .79" w x 4.17" l, .0 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 288 pages

From Library Journal
Originally published in 1935, this book contains 12 short stories, only half of which are about Lord Emsworth and his Blandings estate. The rest are a miscellany, most of which are told by Mr. Mulliner, the indefatigable liar of the Angler's Rest. Moreover, while British actor James Saxon's reading is certainly competent, it doesn't reach the levels of inspiration of such other Wodehouse readers as Jonathan Cecil and Frederick Davidson. For an author who wrote nearly 100 books, Wodehouse struck a pretty high average; however, not everything he wrote was unalloyed gold. Blandings Castle contains flecks of the noble metal but also a large enough proportion of base metals to cause one to pause before purchasing this volume. Essential reading to Emsworth devotees but otherwise of only peripheral interest. R. Kent Rasmussen, Thousand Oaks, CA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
"It's dangerous to use the word genius to describe a writer, but I'll risk it with him" -- John Humphrys "For as long as I'm immersed in a P.G. Wodehouse book, it's possible to keep the real world at bay and live in a far, far nicer, funnier one where happy endings are the order of the day" -- Marian Keyes "Wodehouse always lifts your spirits, no matter how high they happen to be already" -- Lynne Truss "The incomparable and timeless genius - perfect for readers of all ages, shapes and sizes!" -- Kate Mosse "Not only the funniest English novelist who ever wrote but one of our finest stylists" -- Susan Hill

From the Back Cover
A Blandings collection

The ivied walls of Blandings Castle have seldom glowed as sunnily as in these wonderful stories – but there are snakes in the rolling parkland ready to nip Clarence, the absent-minded Ninth Earl of Emsworth, when he least expects it.

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 f�te – 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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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Brilliant Tales From Blandings Castle And More
By Robert I. Hedges
Reading P. G. Wodehouse is always a delight, and I love the six Blandings stories in "Blandings Castle And Elsewhere", particularly relishing "The Custody of the Pumpkin." I was likewise naturally fond of "Pig-Hoo-O-O-O-Ey!," "Company For Gertrude," and "Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend." Interestingly these stories (along with "The Go-Getter") make up two thirds of season one of the recent "Blandings" television series. I was interested, incidentally, to see how the producers edited and combined the various stories to produce a highly satisfactory show, though nothing is as wry and amusing as the original Wodehouse version. I am constantly amused at the odd combinations of eccentric characters that Wodehouse brings to life at Blandings Castle, and I can't imagine a more satisfying collection of short fiction.

After the six Blandings installments, there is a Bobbie Wickham story, "Mr. Potter Takes a Rest Cure," which I also found deeply amusing and hilarious as the protagonist manipulates a cast of oddball characters in her own best interests with numerous peculiar twists and detours of all sorts along the way. The remaining five stories from "The Mulliners of Hollywood" series are interestingly written satirical pieces about the phoniness of Hollywood: I particularly liked the concepts of the "Nodder" (a person who nods appreciatively at the ideas of a studio boss,) and touches of whimsy such as the concept of "sandwiches of fate." I gave the collection four stars overall because while I love Wodehouse and Blandings in particular, I found the Mulliners stories not as enduringly funny, though if you prize satire you will likely adore them. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed all the stories but for my money no stories can possibly surpass the Blandings tales chronicling Clarence, the Ninth Earl of Emsworth and his prize pig, The Empress.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
More Sweetness and Light from Wodehouse
By Mr. Orlando R. Barone
Full Moon is Wodehouse at his fullest. You know it right from the start, as "the refined moon...shone on turret and battlement" of Blandings Castle and all who dwell within. They're here in force, the inimitable Wodehouse gallery, Lady Hermione, "her outstandingly beautiful daughter...with the brains of a peahen," Vee, and her cantankerous father, Colonel Wedge. A little later, to our exquisite relief, comic and emotional, the impious but Hon. Galahad, Gally, Threepwood, brother to the Lord of the Manor, Clarence, makes his welcome appearance to spread sweetness and light and chaos in the cause of young love.

Clarence's underappreciated son Freddie arrives from America with a stern commission to sell dog food, a task for which he is ably suited. There's bulky, bumbling Bill Lister, Blister to you, whose face sends newly minted millionaire Tipton Plimsoll, Freddie's American friend, into a miasma of terror every time he spots it, the face, that is, because he believes it is a spectral admonition to cease his, Tipton's, inebriate ways. By the way, Freddie's happily married while Tippy wants to be so with Vee, a result pleasing to all and yet well out of reach until the last few pages, and Blister wants to be so with lovely Prudence, a result pleasing to no one and yet well out of reach until the very last page.

Gally saves several days with ingenious schemes involving prize pigs in bedrooms and bilious beards on Blisters, and all the plots untwist and, as Gally puts it, "Everybody happy, loving young hearts united, nothing to worry about."

This Blanding novel stands out with brilliant, often hilarious turns of phrase peppering every page; Wodehouse's command of his beloved mother tongue was never so rife. The characterizations too are sharper than usual, especially the men's. This success is crucial since Freddie, Blister, and Tipton could easily have been rendered in one bland voice under a less miraculous pen. The same could be said of Col. Wedge, the Hon. Gally, and Lord Emsworth.

Quibbles? Sure. Gally too often finds himself reminded of a old chum from his ancient past, and the girls, while fun and winsome as always, are not defined as well as the boys. We know from characters like the indomitable Sally that the master is master indeed of young women whose pluck and sass can win over the coldest heart. The reader always awaits a woman of that caliber, and none is quite forthcoming here.

Still, a five-star book, since I interrupted my wife's reading with my laughter every time we sat down with our respective novels, only one of which was funny, though it was funny enough for both.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Terrific short stories from Wodehouse's prime
By Hal Jordan
First, I have to admit that the title of this short story collection is misleading. You might think from the title that all of the stories are about the Earl of Emsworth (whose home is Blandings Castle). In fact, only 6 of the 12 stories are about the doings at Blandings; there is one Bobbie Wickham story and five Mulliner stories, all dealing with Hollywood. The Blandings stories are clearly a cut above the other six and this book would have been even better (better than five stars??) had all of the stories been about the eccentric Earl of Emsworth. Included is "Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend," which is among my top three or four favorite Woodhouse stories. This collection was first published in 1935 and I assume the stories were written about that time. I think the 1920s and 1930s were the best decades of Wodehouse's long career and even the least of these 12 stories -- probably the Bobbie Wickham story -- is very good.

Although one of the other reviewers is quite critical of the five Mulliner/Hollywood stories, I think they are actually quite good. Wodehouse, like many other authors, spent time in Hollywood during this period. He didn't produce much and considered himself vastly overpaid for his meager output. Like many others in his situation he was taken aback by the profligacy of the studios in throwing enormous amounts of money employing multiple writers to work on a single screenplay, with many of the writers -- like Wodehouse himself -- having only a vague idea of what screenplay writing was all about. Wodehouse's take on all of this is reflected in these stories. The last story,"The Castaways," in particular, breaks away from reality to give an almost surrealist take on the absurdities of Golden Age Hollywood. I found it to be the best of the Mulliner stories in this volume and one of the best Mulliner stories that I have read.

If you are already familiar with Wodehouse, then I'm preaching to the choir. If you are not familiar with Wodehouse, this book will be a good test of whether you will like him because it's close to, if not quite the best, he has to offer.

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