Ian is joined by Tania Agnihotri to look at Something Fresh, AKA Something New, the first Blandings novel, published 1915. The book introduces the immortal Lord Emsworth, Freddie Threepwood, Beach the butler and the Efficient Baxter, though much of the focus is on this month's imposters at the castle. Content note: bad American accents.
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Other works by Wodehouse mentioned:
The Mr Mulliner Stories
"The Story of Webster"
"The Truth About George"
Mike and Psmith (part two of Mike)
The Ukridge stories
Love Among the Chickens
The Luck Stone
"The Matrimonial Sweepstakes"
"The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace"
"A Man of Means: The Episode of the Hired Past"
Psmith in the City
"The Crime Wave At Blandings"
The Reggie Pepper stories
"Ruth in Exile"
Right Ho, Jeeves
"Pearls Means Tears"
"Strychnine in the Soup"
Leave it to Psmith
"The Goalkeeper and the Plutocrat"
"A Man of Means: The Episode of the Live Weekly"
"A Pal Like You" from Oh, Boy!
Reference works consulted
Sophie Ratcliffe, P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters
Robert McCrum, Wodehouse: A Life
Norman Murphy, A Wodehouse Handbook
Paul Kent, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
Madame Eulalie's Rare Plums website
Also mentioned
Saki, "Mrs Packletide's Tiger"
George Ade
Herbert W. Westbrook
William Townend
Samuel Johnson ("A man who is tired of London...")
Alfred Harmsworth
Simpson's in the Strand
Philip Peveril Wodehouse
Georgette Heyer
J M Barrie, The Admirable Crichton
Jeeves and Wooster (TV series)
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