A Pelican at Blandings (Collector's Wodehouse)

First I want to say that the copy of A Pelican at Blandings I received looked perfect and in brand new condition. The story itself is another hilarious rendition of the antics at Blandings Castle. I love Wodehouse the best when it prominently features Lord Emsworth and his beloved Empress. I don’t just chuckle at these stories, I almost get hysterical trying to hold it in while my husband is reading or trying to watch tv. He always says “it can’t be that funny!” but it is! Just wish Wodehouse could have written 100 more with these same characters. Wonderful!

If you are familiar with the menagerie at Blandings Castle, this has every element that will make you happy. Much of Wodehouse's later novels have simpler plots and fewer of the fantastic comic sentences for which he is loved. This novel is an exception. It can stand up to the best of Wodehouse's mid-career work. The interplay between the siblings Clarence, Galahad and Constance contained in these pages would make a great introduction to anyone unfamiliar with Wodehouse.

The setting is Blandings Castle in rural Shropshire England, idyllic country seat of eccentric Clarence, 9th Earl of Emsworth. The author is P.G. Wodehouse. The reader is Martin Jarvis! Need I say more. Great fun for all!!!!

This CD arrived promptly and in good condition. As for the content, I am an admirer of P. G. Wodehouse's humor. The performer reading the story was excellent, and seemed to be enjoying himself. He was spot on with the characters and brought them to vibrant life. Altogether a very enjoyable experience.

More fun with the Hon. Galahad Threepwood, intrigues with the Empress of Blandings and the rest of the wonderful, whymsical Woodhouse characters brought to life by the many-voiced Martin Jarvis. What ho and Bravo!

One of my favorite author and best companion during long flights.

What can I say, P G Wodehouse at his best.Think I prefer by a whisker his Jeeves books, but this rates pretty close

Typical Wodehouse. Full of mayhem and mirth.

Earl of Emsworth and brother Galahad are the good guys, while sister Constance and Alaric are the unfortunate ones we quickly identify as those due to receive a hearty blow from the halibut-cheek-slap of come-uppance before the pages expire.Comfy plot devices include a gallery of the lovelorn, an artefact (a painting) whose rightful ownership is disputed, and which must therefore be stolen during the hours of darkness, and a variety of impostors. Excellent stuff.

through the ancestral halls of Blandings Castle.Clarence, the Earl, is still as dotty as ever and every waking hour of the day, he would, if he could, spend with his pig, The Empress of Blandings.His Brother, Galahad has been approached by one of his numerous Godsons to help him out of a tight spot........obviously this ends up in all sorts of japes and tomfoolery. Connie, Clarence's imperious Sister now married to an American is holidaying at Blandings for the Summer and has brought along with her a young lady she met on the journey over. This young lady professes to be the daughter of a very rich man which of course pleases Connie tremendously.Then there is the odious Duke who has managed to inveigle himself into Blandings after a portion of his ancestral pile burnt down.Another female turns up at Blandings too........a girl recently engaged to Galahad's Godson. The engagement is now off owing to a strange circumstance. Then there is another person who turns up apparently sent to Blandings by Freddie. There is also another American who has turned up who is desperately trying to regain something that the Duke bought at auction by outbidding him.All of these various characters appear to have some kind of hidden agenda and most certainly one of them is a crook.Galahad must play sleuth and 'Agony Uncle' to find out exactly what is going on. Clarence of course would be no help at all because as soon as he is spoken to, he forgets what has been told him and starts wittering on about pigs again. A thought, it must be lovely to go through life like Clarence!All of these books are laugh out loud material and I caution against reading them in public places. You may be thought a 'bally fool'.

Totally hilarious and utterly brilliant. The book itself, as penned by PGW, is of course a comic masterpiece. Add the talents of Martin Jarvis and you have something that cannot really be surpassed. I was totally astonished at Martin Jarvis' ability to switch from one character's voice to the next without a breath. His "Lady Constance" is hilarious, as is his "Lord Emsworth".The story is, as always with Wodehouse, convoluted and complicated, but all leads to a happy ending (except for the `bounders', of which there is always at least one), and Clarence is left happily puttering about in the pig sty with The Empress, where his heart lies.If you have never read or heard P G Wodehouse's work, this is a great place to start. The Blandings stories, along with Jeeves and Wooster, are absolutely my favourites.

Once you have Lady Constance back visiting from the USA, a visit by the dastardly Duke of Dunstable and Galahad doing his bit to smooth over lovelorn couples the scene is set. The only shame is that it ends too soon!

It seems such a shame to be reaching the end of the Blandings series, one book left! These books are wonderful, so well written and funny. There are times when I am so engrossed I expect Beach to walk in! Wodehouse is the finest writer ever to put pen to paper.