“You don’t analyze such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendor.” Stephen Fry
Description
The hideous Walsingford Hall is home to an odd assortment of coves. The vile premises belong to Sir Buckstone, who is in a little financial difficulty. So for a little monetary help he puts a roof over the heads of people like (among others) Tubby Vanringham, the adoring slave of the coldhearted Miss Whittaker. His brother Joe has fallen head over heels for Sir Buck’s daughter Jane. She, however, only has eyes for Adrian Peake, who has already formed a liaison with the terrifying—but superbly wealthy—Princess Dwornitzchek. Is there no end to the confusion?
Praise
“You don’t analyze such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendor.” Stephen Fry
“Wodehouse wrote the best English comic novels of the century.” Independent (London)
“Wodehouse remains the chronicler of a certain kind of Englishness, that no one else has ever captured quite so sharply, or with quite as much wit and affection.” Julian Fellowes, actor, novelist, film director, and screenwriter
Details
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Release Day | Jun 30, 2012 |
| Release Date | July 1, 2012 |
| Release Date Machine | 1341100800 |
| Imprint | Blackstone Publishing |
| Provider | Blackstone Publishing |
| Categories | Literature & Fiction, Humor & Satire, Fiction - All, Fiction - Adult |
Author Bio
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881–1975) was an English humorist who wrote novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. He was highly popular throughout a career that lasted more than seventy years, and his many writings continue to be widely read. He is best known for his novels and short stories of Bertie Wooster and his manservant Jeeves and for his settings of English upper-class society of the pre– and post–World War I era. He lived in several countries before settling in the United States after World War II. During the 1920s, he collaborated with Broadway legends like Cole Porter and George Gershwin on musicals and, in the 1930s, expanded his repertoire by writing for motion pictures. He was honored with a knighthood in 1975.
Narrator Bio
Jonathan Cecil (1939–2011) was a vastly experienced actor, appearing at Shakespeare’s Globe as well as in such West End productions as The Importance of Being Earnest, The Seagull, and The Bed before Yesterday. He toured in The Incomparable Max, Twelfth Night, and An Ideal Husband, while among his considerable television and film appearances were The Rector’s Wife, Just William, Murder Most Horrid, and As You Like It.
Overview
The hideous Walsingford Hall is home to an odd assortment of coves. The vile premises belong to Sir Buckstone, who is in a little financial difficulty. So for a little monetary help he puts a roof over the heads of people like (among others) Tubby Vanringham, the adoring slave of the coldhearted Miss Whittaker. His brother Joe has fallen head over heels for Sir Buck’s daughter Jane. She, however, only has eyes for Adrian Peake, who has already formed a liaison with the terrifying—but superbly wealthy—Princess Dwornitzchek. Is there no end to the confusion?
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