Blandings Castle Series
Eleven novels and nine short stories that take place in and around Blandings Castle in England.
Books in the Blandings Castle series:
Something Fresh (1915)
In this, the first of the Castle Blandings saga, Lord Emsworth casually pockets a valuable scarab belonging one of his guests. Two thieves are brought in and Freddie Threepwood loses his fiancee before the happy ending.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Something New (1915)
In this, the first of the Castle Blandings saga, Lord Emsworth casually pockets a valuable scarab belonging one of his guests. Two thieves are brought in and Freddie Threepwood loses his fiancee before the happy ending. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
F. R. Gruger
Leave it to Psmith (1924)
Psmith leaves his teaching job and goes to Blandings Castle disguised as a Canadian minor poet to help Mike Jackson by stealing Lady Constance’s diamond necklace, and steals himself a wife.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
May Wilson Preston
Leave it to Psmith (1924)
Psmith leaves his teaching job and goes to Blandings Castle disguised as a Canadian minor poet to help Mike Jackson by stealing Lady Constance’s diamond necklace, and steals himself a wife. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Fish Preferred (1929)
Galahad Threepwood is ensconced at Blandings Castle working on his memoirs while around him Ronnie Fish is stealing the Empress and various affairs of the heart are going awry.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Summer Lightning (1929)
Galahad Threepwood is ensconced at Blandings Castle working on his memoirs while around him Ronnie Fish is stealing the Empress and various affairs of the heart are going awry.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Heavy Weather (1933)
A sequel to Summer Lightning, Gally’s memoirs and the Empress are both in danger of theft by scheming visitors to Blandings Castle.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Heavy Weather (1933)
A sequel to Summer Lightning, Gally’s memoirs and the Empress are both in danger of theft by scheming visitors to Blandings Castle.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Blandings Castle (1935)
A collection of a dozen short stories about Lord Emsworth and his Blandings estate.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
None
Blandings Castle (1935)
A collection of a dozen short stories about Lord Emsworth and his Blandings estate.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
None
The Crime Wave at Blandings (1937)
Seven short stories from the Master, including the title story set at Lord Emsworth’s castle and one starring Bingo Little.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Lord Emsworth and Others (1937)
Seven short stories from the Master, including the title story set at Lord Emsworth’s castle and one starring Bingo Little.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
Full Moon (1947)
Matrimonial affairs are afoot at Blandings Castle, to the 9th Earl’s disgust.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Paul Galdone
Full Moon (1947)
Matrimonial games are afoot at Blandings Castle, to the 9th Earl’s disgust.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Pigs Have Wings (1952)
The Shropshire Agricultural Show is coming up and it is pig stealing time as Gally grabs Sir Gregory Parsloe’s Queen of Matchingham and George Cyril Wellbeloved, former pigman to Lord Emsworth, now in Parsloe’s employ goes for the Empress of Blandings. Will either porker show or will the title go to a dark pig?
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Pigs Have Wings (1952)
The Shropshire Agricultural Show is coming up and it is pig stealing time as Gally grabs Sir Gregory Parsloe’s Queen of Matchingham and George Cyril Wellbeloved, former pigman to Lord Emsworth, now in Parsloe’s employ goes for the Empress of Blandings. Will either porker show or will the title go to a dark pig?
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Earl Oliver Hurst
Service with a Smile (1961)
Once again Lord Emsworth is troubled by Dukes and sisters. This time Uncle Fred kindly agrees to come down to Blandings to straighten things out - oh, and save the Empress from being sold down the river (Bucks).
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Paul Bacon
Service with a Smile (1962)
Once again Lord Emsworth is troubled by Dukes and sisters. This time Uncle Fred kindly agrees to come down to Blandings to straighten things out - oh, and save the Empress from being sold down the river (Bucks).
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Brinkmanship of Galahad Threepwood (1964)
Gally, as he is known to his friends, displays a sure hand in reuniting sundered hearts and fending off predatory old flames to bring peace once more to the sacred abode of the Empress of Blandings.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
John Alcorn
Galahad at Blandings (1965)
Gally, as he is known to his friends, displays a sure hand in reuniting sundered hearts and fending off predatory old flames to bring peace once more to the sacred abode of the Empress of Blandings.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
A Pelican at Blandings (1969)
Lord Emsworth harassed by self-invited Dukes and sisters, young hearts that are sundered and crooks on the prowl summons Galahad to the rescue.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Osbert Lancaster
No Nudes is Good Nudes (1970)
Lord Emsworth, harassed by self-invited Dukes and sisters, young hearts that are sundered, and crooks on the prowl, summons Galahad to the rescue.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Barry Zaid
The World of Blandings (1976)
Includes short stories and the novels Something Fresh (Something New) and Summer Lightning.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
None
Sunset at Blandings (1977)
P.G. Wodehouse’s final, unfinished novel is set at Blandings Castle. Gally stars along with a good and deserving niece and her impecunious suitor, a unique Lord Emsworth sister who is nice and deserving of her suitor, the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Ionicus
Sunset at Blandings (1977)
P.G. Wodehouse’s final, unfinished novel is set at Blandings Castle. Gally stars along with a good and deserving niece and her impecunious suitor, a unique Lord Emsworth sister who is nice and deserving of her suitor, the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Ionicus
Life at Blandings (1979)
An omnibus edition of Something Fresh (Something New), Summer Lightning and Heavy Weather.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Ionicus
Pigs Have Wings (2000)
The Shropshire Agricultural Show is coming up and it is pig stealing time as Gally grabs Sir Gregory Parsloe’s Queen of Matchingham and George Cyril Wellbeloved, former pigman to Lord Emsworth, now in Parsloe’s employ goes for the Empress of Blandings. Will either porker show or will the title go to a dark pig?
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
Heavy Weather (2002)
A sequel to Summer Lightning, Gally’s memoirs and the Empress are both in danger of theft by scheming visitors to Blandings Castle.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
Leave it to Psmith (2003)
Psmith leaves his teaching job and goes to Blandings Castle disguised as a Canadian minor poet to help Mike Jackson by stealing Lady Constance’s diamond necklace, and steals himself a wife. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
Summer Lightning (2003)
Galahad Threepwood is ensconced at Blandings Castle working on his memoirs while around him Ronnie Fish is stealing the Empress and various affairs of the heart are going awry.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
Full Moon (2006)
Matrimonial games are afoot at Blandings Castle, to the 9th Earl’s disgust.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
Something Fresh (2007)
In this, the first of the Castle Blandings saga, Lord Emsworth casually pockets a valuable scarab belonging one of his guests. Two thieves are brought in and Freddie Threepwood loses his fiancee before the happy ending.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
Nothing Serious (2008)
A series of short stories including among others Bingo Little, Ukridge, and Lord Emsworth.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
Galahad at Blandings (2009)
Gally, as he is known to his friends, displays a sure hand in reuniting sundered hearts and fending off predatory old flames to bring peace once more to the sacred abode of the Empress of Blandings.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
A Pelican at Blandings (2010)
Lord Emsworth harassed by self-invited Dukes and sisters, young hearts that are sundered and crooks on the prowl summons Galahad to the rescue.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
Service with a Smile (2010)
Once again Lord Emsworth is troubled by Dukes and sisters. This time Uncle Fred kindly agrees to come down to Blandings to straighten things out - oh, and save the Empress from being sold down the river (Bucks).
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
Sunset at Blandings (2015)
P.G. Wodehouse’s final, unfinished novel is set at Blandings Castle. Gally, stars along with a good and deserving niece and her impecunious suitor, a unique Lord Emsworth sister who is nice and deserving of her suitor, the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Ionicus