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This is the first of Wodehouse's Blandings Castle series. It is not one of my favorite Wodehouse books, but almost all Wodehouse books are worth reading just for the writing style. But the leading man and woman are not overly inspiring. They are both reluctant writers of lowbrow fiction. They end of up working for a cantankerous American millionaire whose daughter is engaged to a vapid son of Lord Emsworth of Blandings Castle. I have just never loved this book. But Listening to Jonathan Cecil's
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'Something Fresh' by P G Wodehouse is the first novel which introduces us to Lord Emsworth and the Blandings Castle. I was also hoping to be introduced to the Empress of Blandings, the esteemed pig, in this book, but I guess that is in the second or the third Blandings novel. The story revolves around Frederick Threepwood, the second son of Lord Emsworth, his fiancee Aline Peters, and the scarab, belonging to Mr Peters which is to be recovered from the museum in the Blandings castle. Ashe Marson
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While not necessarily my favorite Wodehouse book, it's hilarious and definitely worth reading! Likable characters, great plot.
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I'm reading Wodehouse in chronological order and to me this is the first book that reads like A Wodehouse. While not at the full flower of the Blandings novels like Summer Lightning or Heavy Weather which are six star reads, the text does a bit of singing and dancing, there are chuckles a plenty along with memorable characters. There is a truly memorable scene involving a staircase that is well worth smiling over.
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