P. G. Wodehouse Volume 2

The Blandings Collection

By: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrated by: Stephen Fry

Audible Studios presents the second volume of the best-selling PG Wodehouse collection. In this volume, Stephen Fry lends his voice to the Blandings stories. This collection contains:

Summer Lightning

Heavy Weather

Blandings Castle and Elsewhere

Lord Emsworth and Others

Uncle Fred in the Spring Time

Stephen Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter, film director and all-round national treasure. Whilst at university, Fry became involved with the Cambridge Footlights, where he met his long-time collaborator and friend, Hugh Laurie. As half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster. Fry’s acting roles include Blackadder, Kingdom, Bones, V for Vendetta, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and The Hobbit trilogy. He has written and presented several documentary series and as a proudly out gay man, the award-winning Out There, documenting the lives of lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender people around the world is part of his 30-year advocacy of the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. Fry has written four novels: The Liar, The Hippopotamus (made in to a feature film in 2018), Making History and The Stars’ Tennis Balls. Translated into many languages, they have never been out of print. The most recently published works are Mythos, Heroes and Troy, a trilogy retelling the Greeks myths from the Creation to the aftermath of the Trojan War.

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A must have. Simply brilliant. More!

Thoroughly enjoyed it. You will too. I don't think anyone can do justice to Wodehouse work more than Stephen Fry. Want more of his work presented by the narrator.

Fun Stories, Great Performance

First and foremost I must compliment Stephen Fry's wonderful renderings of these stories, keeping all of the characters in line for 45 hours. This was my introduction to Wodehouse, and I found the stories to be mostly quite fun, though also repetitive. I suppose this much listening/reading of one author in a row would bring about the same reaction. But the stories are all a series of bad decisions mostly regarding money or marriage. One wonders if the British aristocracy were all such bad decision makers, how on Earth they ever put together an empire. The stories set in Hollywood I didn't like as much as those set in England, even though there was a good ending to them. All in all, I can recommend this production, but also suggest that the listener take breaks and maybe listen to something else in between. That would keep the stories more fresh.

Fry's narration is a delight

Stephen Fry was such an excellent narrator for these. The Blandings stories are so delightful and fun, and I think they are some of Wodehouse's best stories and characters. A surprise joy in this collection are the golf stories strewn in the short story collections. Fry's introduction said these would win you over and I absolutely agree. The golf stories are definitely my favorite short stories by Wodehouse.

Humor and exceptional reading by Stephen Fry.

I have always loved P. G. Wodehouse! Listening to this Blandings Collection was truly a blessing! I felt like I was there observing.

Pure Joy

Stephen Fry is exquisite, a consummate voice actor. The stories are hilarious, as Wodehouse is. A pure delight.

Fabulous

Stephen Fry is an accomplished narrator - a pleasure to listen to. He brought to life each of PGW’s unique characters. Male, female, pig…their personalities came through. Perhaps British ears may find fault with his various accents but to my American ears they sounded great. The plots are delightful farces, romance prevails. No violence, no one dies. Wonderful.

Hilarious!

Wodehouse's humor, wit and command of language are masterful. Stephen Fry has a great voice and style. Put together the experience is wonderful! I finished the volume within a week of getting it

It is P.G Wodehouse!

He's astounding, no one could dislike the Plum. Plum's his nick name. I highly suggest everyone's attention.

Volume 1 is not sold in US

I reached out to customer service and found out that volume one is in the audible catalog but not sold in the US.

https://www.audible.com/pd/B08QDKRNG1

Let’s ask and ask until it is!

A Credit To The Master

To my ear, the narrator's pacing and vocal
characterizations are spot-on. Providing a pleasure, bordering on the hedonistic to this listener. Indeed, I say it was a, no, I shan't use the now hackneyed "B" word. Let me suggest simply that Mr. Frye must certainly have applied some of the good 'ole Brillantine on his locks to bring out the lustre of this crown-worthy performance!!