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Leave it to Psmith

By: P. G. Wodehouse
Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
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Summary

Lady Constance Keeble, sister of Lord Emsworth of Blandings Castle, has both an imperious manner and a valuable diamond necklace.

The precarious peace of Blandings is shattered when her necklace becomes the object of dark plottings, for within the castle lurk some well connected jewel thieves - among them the Honourable Freddie Threepwood, Lord Emsworth's younger son, who wants the reward money to set up a bookmaking business.

Psmith, the elegant socialist, is also after it for his newly married chum Mike. And on patrol with the impossible task of bringing management to Blandings is the Efficient Baxter, whose strivings for order lead to a memorable encounter with the castle flowerpots.

Will peace ever return to Blandings Castle...?

©2014 P.G. Wodehouse (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

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Totally ruined by muffled recording.

If this book wasn’t for you, who do you think might enjoy it more?

Any Wodehouse will enjoy this story. However, it sounds like it's been ripped by a well worn out cassette Most of the time the recording is so muffled, you can hardly hear it and the quality seems to alter every 30 minutes or so, thus reinforcing that supposition.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Favorite character has to be The Hon Freddie.

What aspect of Jonathan Cecil’s performance might you have changed?

The bits that aren't muffled are good. Maybe the dreadful American accents could have been better.....

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Leave it to Psmith?

As it's unabridged, none... Doh.

Any additional comments?

Don't waste your money on this version.
It's so badly dubbed from tape that it'll just drive you mad. I can only assume Audible picked up a tape at some car boot sale and used it to convert to MP3..
I've been playing this in the car and I have the volume turned up full on both MP3 player and car audio up loud and it's still only just bearable, but attention tends to wonder off as the experience is just not good, and I'm being polite.
Not had this problem with any other Audible title...... so far......But I suspect the other Blandings recordings might suffer from same effect....

In one word: Dreadful.

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A classic Wodehouse

This is a tale of life at Blandings Castle, the home of Lord Emsworth, short-sighted peer, and a true lover of flowers. Psmith is the hero, a perfect gentleman, and his affection for his own voice and the way he tends to 'run on' is most amusingly told. The story encompasses the plans of various parties to steal Aunt Constance's diamond necklace, but of course there is romance, villainy, and Wodehouse's usual masterly turn of phrase along the way. All the threads are gathered perfectly in the obligatory happy ending.

The reading is of course expertly done by Jonathan Cecil, but as with other titles I've listened to, the original cassette tape quality shows through in one or two places.

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Poor audio quality!

Great book, great narrator. But apalling audio quality. But I still listened to the whole story, because it is a great story.

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Ripping yarn, poor sound quality

I love the Wodehouse stories - and Jonathan Cecil is an excellent reader. I've got several others, so bought this one without a second thought.



The sound quality is really inconsistent. There are long pauses in the narrative and some of the "cues" have been left in (I think mistakenly). Sometimes it sounds great, other times (often in the middle of a chapter) it'll suddenly switch to sounding like the reader is at the opposite end of a very long tube.



All in all - worth it if you like the story, but the sound quality affected my enjoyment of the book.

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Use good earphones

Get yourself using some good quality sound emitters, (preferably directly ear-directed) and you'll have a wonderfully read wonderful tale. Numerous reviews negatively rate this title owing to the sound quality - do as I say and you probably won't miss a word, and will love at least every other! It's perhaps to go on the classics list, really - for me, one of the very best expositions of Wodehousian storytelling.

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Wodehouse at his very best

A masterly rendition of a relaxing and beautifully crafted story during which I grew to know Blandings and the delightful characters and wished I could somehow live in their wonderful world

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Another superb performance

A real treat for PSmith and blending a fans. Jonathan Cecil performs all characters brilliantly making this a real pleasure to listen to.

The only disappointment is Wodehouse didn't write any more with PSmith as secretary.

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Pure joy

Psmith + Blandings is a recipe made in heaven. Usual excellent narration. Audible could of course do the simple thing and properly mark chapters, and clear up the audio, but they’re too lazy to do so like many other recordings they have. Come on, people! Regardless, the book and the narration are just so good.

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The best of PGW

This is a timeless classic and the most elegant of the Psmith and Blandings books. It combines the best of both worlds into a wonderful fusion. Jonathan Cecil reads it amazingly well - he is the epitome of Psmith.

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One of the best characters

Cecil is marvellous as always and Psmith is a character who I was very glad to meet!

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