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Summer Lightning (Paperback)

by P.G. Wodehouse (Author), Tony Augarde (Editor), A.C. Gimson (Editor), S. M. Ramsaran (Editor) "Blandings castle slept in the sunshine ..." (more)

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Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Abridged edition edition (Mar 6 1980)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0194241564
ISBN-13: 978-0194241564

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Wodehouse has been narrated hilariously by a number of readers in the past few years, and John Wells now takes his place among them. He narrates the body of this work in measured British tones, but when he voices a character, he becomes another man (or woman). His aged Lord Emsworth, for example, is breathtakingly dotty, sounding perfectly vacuous and dazedly confused by everything. Even the women come across well, from Lady Constance, to the young love interests. The story is another Blandings Castle tale of impersonations, misunderstandings and upper-crust hauteur. With Wells' skill together and Wodehouse's humor-this audiobook is irresistible. D.W. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best of Wodehouse, Nov 21 1999

By	Pradeep Gupta (San Francisco, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Summer Lightning (Paperback)

Summer Lightening is the best Wodehouse novel, introducing many elements for the first time reader which reappear in many other Blandings Castle books. The major elements are: the prize pig called Empress of Blandings, a secretary named Baxter who is very intelligent but not liked by Lord Emsworth, who is the family head but detests everything except the pig, his younger brother Galahad, who is at peak of health by avoiding all healthy stuff, and their imperial sisters who control everyone around them. Read the book and savour.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Blandings at its best, with the arrival of Gally, Jul 12 1998

By	tbone1@io.com (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews

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The Hon. Galahad Threepwood, younger brother of Lord Emsworth, is at Blandings Castle writing his memoirs, much to the consternation of their sister, Lady Constance Keeble, and many blue-blooded neighbors. Amid this, young love becomes repeatedly unstuck, imposters arrive, Baxter returns, and The Empress of Blandings is stolen. All seems lost, until ...

This may be the best of the Blandings series. It introduced Gally, a charming, disreputable younger son of an Earl whose main crimes are enjoying life and refusing to be a snob. He's an older gentleman who is rarely without a whisky in his hand or a story on his lips. If you've never read Wodehouse's Blandings books, this is a good place to start, followed by its sequel, Heavy Wather.

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