Blandings Castle and Elsewhere: (Blandings Castle): 2 - Softcover

Wodehouse, P.G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099513838 ISBN 13: 9780099513834

Publisher: Arrow, 2008

Synopsis

Dive into this collection of laugh-out-loud funny short stories from the perennial comic P. G. Wodehouse.

Meet Clarence, the absent-minded ninth Earl of Emsworth, whose beloved pig the Empress of Blandings is in the running for her first prize in the Fat Pigs Class at the Shropshire Agricultural Show. Revel in the delicious feud between Head Gardener McAllister and the terrifying Lady Constance, which can only be solved by a delightfully rebellious little girl from London. And skipping an ocean and a continent, indulge in unputdownable stories of excess from the monstrous Golden Age of Hollywood, specially selected by Wodehouse himself.

'P. G. Wodehouse is the funniest person that has ever written words' Greg James
'An incomparable and timeless genius' Kate Mosse

About this title

About the Author

P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) is widely regarded as the greatest comic writer of the 20th century. Wodehouse wrote more than 70 novels and 200 short stories, creating numerous much-loved characters - the inimitable Jeeves and Wooster, Lord Emsworth and his beloved Empress of Blandings, Mr Mulliner, Ukridge, and Psmith. His humorous articles were published in more than 80 magazines, including Punch, over six decades. He was also a highly successful music lyricist, once with over five musicals running on Broadway simultaneously. P.G. Wodehouse was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for 'an outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world'.

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 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Arrow
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0099513838
• ISBN 13: 9780099513834
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320