false 18025 16 In a moment of absentmindedness, Lord Emsworth helps himself to a priceless relic, leaving its owner to offer a thousand pounds for its return. Pretty soon, Blandings is a madhouse with people tripping over one another to claim the prize. 795296 1977 Something Fresh (The Collector's Wodehouse) total:263|5:90|4:125|3:40|2:6|1:2| 263 1084 365 28 5 0 false false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 08:25:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 08:27:12 -0800 2009
Of course the story is arch and exaggerated, but it's incredibly entertaining, and much of the dialogue is realistic and natural-sounding without that horrible Harold Pinter quality.
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Wodehouse isn't as political as Wilde, he isn't quite as scathing in his criticism of society, and he isn't as bitingly funny, but that makes him no less entertaining.

Wodehouse is a master of bright and breezy. Stephen F...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 10:21:58 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 18:23:02 -0800 2007
In "Something Fresh," we meet some of the inhabitants of Blandings Castle, incl...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Sep 23 12:10:27 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 12:41:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 15:27:16 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 16:01:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 11:24:31 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 11:25:54 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 07:11:09 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 19:29:54 -0700 2009 Something New (the American title - I guess the publishers thought Americans would think "fresh" meant something different). A fun little adventure involving multiple thefts of the same Egyptian scarab.]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 10:56:07 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 10:56:42 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jul 18 10:00:56 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 10:01:31 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jun 25 20:12:21 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 05 10:45:17 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 25 20:12:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 07:37:50 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 08:07:38 -0700 2009
The story is about how the forgetful Earl of Elmsworth accidentally pockets a valuable scarab from the collection of the America...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 15 10:08:28 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 15 10:11:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 16 21:22:36 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 16 21:25:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 31 11:31:21 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 19:00:02 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 11:31:21 -0700 2008 * by old-fashioned, I mean that it takes place in early 20th century England and the humor is largely satire of the behavior at different social stratas (my boss compared Wodehouse to Jane Austen in this respect).]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 11:36:29 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 11:38:14 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Jun 15 13:11:56 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 13:13:59 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu May 22 18:37:13 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 18:38:47 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5954557