All Bertie’s forebodings were fully justified. For in his efforts to oil the wheels of commerce, promote the course of true love and avoid the consequences of a vendetta, he became the prey of all and sundry. Complete disaster might well have followed, but for the genius of Jeeves – who extricated the young master with a ploy as smoothly executed as it was brilliantly conceived.
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Uncle Fred in the Springtime
P.G. Wodehouse
A Blandings novel
Uncle Fred is one of the hottest earls that ever donned a coronet. Or as he crisply said, ‘There are no limits, literally none, to what I can achieve in the springtime.’
Even so, his gifts are stretched to the limit when he is urged by Lord Emsworth to save his prize pig, the Empress of Blandings, from the enforced slimming cure of the haughty Duke of Dunstable. Pongo Twistleton knows his debonair but wild uncle shouldn’t really be allowed at large – especially when disguised as a brain surgeon. He fears the worst. And his fears are amply justified.
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Right Ho, Jeeves
P.G. Wodehouse
A Jeeves and Wooster novel
Gussie Fink-Nottle’s knowledge of the common newt is unparalleled. Drop him in a pond of newts and his behaviour will be exemplary, but introduce him to a girl and watch him turn pink, yammer, and suddenly stampede for great open spaces. Even with Madeline Bassett, who feels that the stars are God’s daisy chain, his tongue is tied in reef-knots. And his chum Tuppy Glossop isn’t getting on much better with Madeliene’s delectable friend Angela.
With so many broken hearts lying about him, Bertie Wooster can’t sit idly by. The happiness of a pal – two pals, in fact – is at stake. But somehow Bertie’s best-laid plans land everyone in the soup, and so it’s just as well that Jeeves is ever at hand to apply his bulging brains to the problems of young love.
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Table of Contents
Cover
Table of Contents
Copyright
About the Author
Contents
Dedication
Preface
Summer Lightning
1. Trouble Brewing at Blandings
2. The Course of True Love
3. Sensational Theft of a Pig
4. Noticeable Behaviour of Ronald Fish
5. A Phone Call for Hugo
6. Sue has an Idea
7. A Job for Percy Pilbeam
8. The Storm Clouds Hover over Blandings
9. Enter Sue
10. A Shock for Sue
12. Activities of Beach the Butler
13. Cocktails Before Dinner
14. Swift Thinking by the Efficient Baxter
15. Over the Telephone
16. Loversâ Meeting
17. Spirited Conduct of Lord Emsworth
18. Painful Scene in a Bedroom
19. Gally Takes Matters in Hand
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