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Welcome to Blandings Castle, where life in the country is anything but relaxing. The Earl of Emsworth would love to spend his days by the side of his prize-winning sow, the Empress of Blandings. Unfortunately for him, snobby sisters, crazy secretaries, prying detectives, and a pushy publishing magnate are all ready to disturb the peace of Blandings Castle. Newly repackaged with beautiful new covers created by a group of talented young artists are four novels and one short story collection (Blandings Castle). The gardens of Blandings Castle are that original garden from which we are all exiled. All those who know them long to return. Evelyn Waugh I envy those who ve never read him before the prospect of reams of unread Wodehouse stretching out in front of you is . . . something which is enticing to contemplate. Tony Blair

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (P. G. Wodehouse) was an English humorist and writer best known for his Jeeves and Blandings Castle novels. Educated at boarding schools, Wodehouse turned to writing at a young age, demonstrating great skill at humorous sketches and musical lyrics. He continued to write part-time while pursuing, at the behest of his father, a career in banking, and successfully contributed numerous pieces to Punch, Vanity Fair, and The Daily Express, among other publications. In addition to his literary work, Wodehouse was incorporated into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in recognition of his collaboration with Cole Porter on Anything Goes, his lyrics to the song Bill from Show Boat, and his work on the musicals Rosalie and The Three Musketeers.

While interned along with other British citizens in Germany during the Second World War, Wodehouse made a series of radio broadcasts for which he was accused of being a collaborator; and, although later cleared of the charges, he never returned to England. His work has influenced many other writers including Evelyn Waugh, Rudyard Kipling, J. K. Rowling, and John Le Carr?. P. G. Wodehouse died in 1975 at the age of 93.