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Lord Emsworth and Others

Name: Lord Emsworth and Others
Author: P. G. Wodehouse
ISBN: 9781585672776

by P. G. Wodehouse

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Overview

In Lord Emsworth and Others, readers are treated to a selection of familiar characters and places, in new and unfamiliar circumstances. Fans and initiates will be highly entertained.

Synopsis

In Lord Emsworth and Others, readers are treated to a selection of familiar characters and places, in new and unfamiliar circumstances. Fans and initiates will be highly entertained.

Times London

A brilliantly funny writer—perhaps the most consistently funny the English language has yet produced.

About the Author, P. G. Wodehouse

Comic timing would seem less of the essence in literature until you read the English wit of P. G. Wodehouse, who shows just how a well-placed comment or properly inflected phrase can create a response that is often all too rare during a reading session: A loud, hearty laugh.

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Editorials

Evelyn Waugh

Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale.... He has made a world for us to live in and delight in.

Kingsley Amis

The works of Wodehouse continue on their unique way,unmarked by the passage of time.

Times London

A brilliantly funny writer—perhaps the most consistently funny the English language has yet produced.

Library Journal

First published in 1937, this book contains nine mostly excellent Wodehouse stories, including the delightful and unusually long "Crime Wave at Blandings," in which Emsworth, his sister, and his butler all lose their heads when left alone with an air rifle. The other pieces include three stories about the wonderfully inventive and unprincipled Ukridge, three golf stories told by the Oldest Member, and stories about Freddie Widgeon and the Drones Club. It's all great stuff, faultlessly read by British actor Nigel Lambert and sure to please Wodehouse's many fans. If there is a fault in this production, it is the failure of the publisher to list the book's contents on either the cassettes (wouldn't that be convenient!) or the package. No one not already familiar with the book will know exactly what's in it beforehand.--Kent Rasmussen, Thousand Oaks, CA Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.