Corking!

A lovely romp round Blandings Castle, complete with mad relatives, impeccable butlers, mistaken identity, duplicity and revenge. What a treat to be transported back to a simpler time what a fellows word was his bind, couples fell in love at the drop of a summer hat and Lords spent their time ogling fat swine.
A sweet read that really helped me chill on the way home after a rough day. No stresses could withstand the gentle pace, intrigue and laughter provided by such a lovely story.
Audio quality is fine although you can hear when the narrator has taken a break but this in no way detracts from the pleasure. The pace is measured beautifully and delivery is perfect, splendid all round.
I am off to try an earlier book about Blandings residents and brothers who should have set thier faces against sisters right from the start.

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Classic Wodehouse

I was really surprised to come across a PGW work which I had not previously read - what a lovely treat!

This is a Blandings Castle adventure with all the usual ingredients - Lord Emsworth beset by the dragon Connie, an unwelcome guest in the person of the ghastly Duke of Dunstable, complicated love interest, impostors and the wonderful Galahad Threepwood coming to the rescue of all in his own brilliant style. Perhaps the plot does not achieve the same supremely inventive daftness of some of the earlier Blandings tales, but it is wonderfully entertaining nonetheless. Nigel Lambert is a superb narrator; he paces the book brilliantly; he really savours the jokes and he brings all the characters vividly to life, especially the horrible Dunstable.

Strongly recommended.

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Pleasurable Wodehouse

Well read by Nigel Lambert, this is very entertaining and typical of Wodehouse. Guaranteed to cheer you up.

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Brilliant

Wodehouse is so reliable as a witty, clever and occasional laugh out loud writer. I love them all.

Vintage Wodehouse

Another vintage Wodehouse with all the complications, unlikely coincidences and unlikely characters as usual. Well read with a wide range of voices.

Delicious

Jonathan Cecil for the Bertie Wooster stories but Nigel Lambert has Blandings and its inmates to an absolutely spiffing T. His Dukes cannot be bettered, his Beech is masterly and his Galahad and ‘popsies’ are a dream..... when all the world is dark and black or when a soothing is desired turn here and you will find calm joy, gentle smiles and timeless enjoyment.

Wonderful.

What more can you say? Dieting pigs and lovers at odds, also reclining nudes and the abominable Aleric! Sheer pleasure.

Laughter

A good laugh and read “ admirably “.
Recommended if you need cheering up. Very clever plot too.

Brilliant reading of a great book

Love the Blandings books and this is no exception. Poor old Clarence is in his usual confused state and is very worried about The Empress. Connie is visiting from the states and so he calls in his brother to help diffuse the situation she brings. Dunstable turns up too and invites some extras to bring more subtle behind the scenes work.

Four stars

Familiar characters in their timeless world. Perhaps my funny bone wasn't properly tuned but there were only a couple of laugh out loud moments in this tale. Enjoyable but not the best of PG's plots.
Loved the reading, and even in the sample it seemed that this was the Wodehouse version whilst the other seemed to have been been abridged (for better or for worse I don't know but this was the one that I chose).