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Uncle Fred in the Springtime
  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781409064732
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 288
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Uncle Fred in the Springtime

(Blandings Castle)

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Paperback
1 Aug 2008
EBook
1 Sept 2010
Hardback
15 Apr 2004
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A classic Blandings novel from P.G. Wodehouse, the great comic writer of the 20th century

A classic Blandings novel from P.G. Wodehouse, the great comic writer of the 20th century. Blandings is now a BBC One show starring Jennifer Saunders and Timothy Spall. Episode One, series two, 'Throwing Eggs', features scenes from 'Uncle Fred in the Springtime'.

Uncle Fred believes he can achieve anything in the springtime. However, disguised as a loony-doctor and trying to prevent prize pig, the Empress of Blandings, from falling into the hands of the unscrupulous Duke of Dunstable, he is stretched to his limit...

'A cavalcade of perfect joy.' - Caitlin Moran

'Sunlit perfection... Bask in its warmth and splendour.' - Stephen Fry

'The best English comic novelist of the century.' - Sebastian Faulks

'The greatest chronicler of a certain kind of Englishness' - Julian Fellowes
  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781409064732
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 288
Categories:

About the author

P.G. Wodehouse

P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) is widely regarded as the greatest comic writer of the 20th century. Wodehouse wrote more than 70 novels and 200 short stories, creating numerous much-loved characters - the inimitable Jeeves and Wooster, Lord Emsworth and his beloved Empress of Blandings, Mr Mulliner, Ukridge, and Psmith. His humorous articles were published in more than 80 magazines, including Punch, over six decades. He was also a highly successful music lyricist, once with over five musicals running on Broadway simultaneously. P.G. Wodehouse was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for 'an outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world'.

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Also by P.G. Wodehouse

Above Average at Games
The Inimitable Jeeves
The Pothunters
Fine Weather, Jeeves
Sunset At Blandings
Carry On, Jeeves
Right Ho, Jeeves
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Praise for Uncle Fred in the Springtime

An incomparable and timeless genius.

Kate Mosse

For as long as I'm immersed in a P. G. Wodehouse book, it's possible to keep the real world at bay and live in a far, far nicer, funnier one where happy endings are the order of the day.

Marian Keyes

I'm a huge fan. Wodehouse writes proper jokes.

Jennifer Saunders

Not only the funniest English novelist who ever wrote but one of our finest stylists. His world is perfect, his writing is perfect. What more is there to be said?

Susan Hill

P. G. Wodehouse is the gold standard of English wit.

Christopher Hitchens

P. G. Wodehouse should be prescribed to treat depression. Cheaper, more effective than valium and far, far more addictive.

Olivia Williams

P.G. Wodehouse remains the greatest chronicler of a certain kind of Englishness, that no one else has ever captured quite so sharply or with quite so much wit and affection.

Julian Fellowes

To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language.

Ben Schott

To have one of his books in your hand is to possess by way of a pill that can relieve anxiety, rageiness, or an afternoon-long tendency towards the sour. Paper has rarely been put to better use than printing Wodehouse.

Caitlin Moran

Wodehouse is a comic master.

David Walliams