P.G. Wodehouse
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| Title | : | Sunset at Blandings (Blandings Castle #12) |
| Author | : | P.G. Wodehouse |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 151 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 2001 by Penguin Books (first published November 1st 1977) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Humor. Comedy. Classics. Literature. European Literature. British Literature |
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After falling in love with a man her mother deemed unsuitable, Victoria is whisked away to Blandings Castle until she "comes to her senses." Meanwhile, her uncle Sir James Piper has to take her to Blandings and finds that an old flame of his is staying there. How can these hearts ever be mended? Uncle Galahad to the rescue! Here we have the unfinished novel P.G. Wodehouse was working on at his hospital bed at age 93. Even though it's a fragment, all the Wodehouse trademarks are there: lost love, imposters, and misunderstandings abound. Uncle Galahad uses his smooth pimpery in order to make things right. A Wodehouse novel is like running into an old friend and picking up right where you left off. Aside from the novel fragment that takes up half of this book, there are also Wodehouse's semi-coherent notes on how the book was to end, speculations on the real life location of Blandings Castle based on travel times mentioned in the text, and end notes galore. While I would have preferred a complete novel to end the Blandings Saga, there wasn't much to complain about here, as long as the reader is aware it's a fragment coming in and not a complete novel.List Books In Favor Of Sunset at Blandings (Blandings Castle #12)
| Original Title: | Sunset at Blandings |
| ISBN: | 0140284656 (ISBN13: 9780140284652) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Blandings Castle #12 |
| Characters: | Clarence Threepwood, Sebastian Beach, Galahad Threepwood, Freddie Threepwood, Daphne Littlewood Winkworth, Empress of Blandings, John Robinson, George Ovens, James Piper, Claude Duff, Brenda Piper, Florence Moresby, Victoria Underwood, E.B. Murchison, Diana Phipps, Marilyn Poole, Jeff Bennison, Stiffy Bates, Messmore Breamworthy, Kevin Moresby |
Rating Based On Books Sunset at Blandings (Blandings Castle #12)
Ratings: 4.07 From 899 Users | 45 ReviewsJudgment Based On Books Sunset at Blandings (Blandings Castle #12)
Usual high standardI have read several books by Wodehouse and this book was just more of the same. I felt like Id already read it once before, actually. I checked my Goodreads book history and saw that according to my records, I havent read this book already, so I guess its just a very typical Wodehouse book. I will say that because it was the last book Wodehouse ever wrote, and one that he never got to finish, it is a sad read. It might be a fun book to keep in a collection with better Wodehouse books, or to read
Sunset at Blandings is the first draft of PGW 's last novel ( work in progress ) when he passed away at the age of 93. The master of humour had lost none of his charm in this book. The usual Blandings plot - an imposter smuggled into the Castle by Gally as a painter commissioned to paint the Empress , sisters of Lord Emswoth against the idea, a niece not allowed to marry her impecunious suitor......wonder how it would have all ended.
The Master's final unfinished novel. Probably for Wodehouse fanatics only, but given that he had no opportunity to revise and flesh out (not to mention complete), it's very enjoyable. The endnotes in the version I read provided a fascinating look at this author's structuring and outline process--complete with ideas he rejected. Evidently, he was working on this novel the very morning he passed away on Valentines Day at age 93.
Sadness is not a word I would normally associate with Wodehouse,the man who brought me so many smiles.It was the very last book,by the creator of Bertie Wooster,Jeeves and Blandings Castle.All good things,after all,must come to an end.It was a work still in progress when Wodehouse died !
This was so bittersweet because it was P.G. Wodehouse's last book and it was unfinished--they published it just as he left it when he died. It made me so sad because at the end they published all of his notes about how the characters might be changed before he was finished, but I didn't read all of the notes and commentaries. I just want every pearl-like word just as it was from the master's hand. I've never read anything of his that struck a sour note, or anything that wasn't witty, endearing,
This is the book Wodehouse was working on when he died in on Valentine's Day 1975. It is unfinished; but, anyone familiar with the workings of Blandings Castle can come up with an appropriate happy ending. I must admit reading that last sentence was a bit of a gut punch. But, this Overlook edition adds some great research into the inspirations for Blandings Castle and for the Empress of Blandings as well.
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