Something New
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4.7 • 21개의 평가
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Something New is the first novel of what became known as the “Blandings Castle Saga” by Wodehouse and was published in the United States in 1915. Two Americans, Ashe Marson and Joan Valentine, endeavor to retrieve a scarab pilfered from an American millionaire by the absent-minded Lord Emsworth. Marson and Valentine soon find themselves impersonating servants while evading the Efficient Baxter.
The story was originally serialized in the Saturday Evening Post as Something Fresh in 1915. It introduced who would become the recurring characters of Blandings Castle: Lord Emsworth, Freddie Threepwood, Rupert Baxter, and Sebastian Beach.
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First Blandings Castle
The first of 11 books featuring the fictional Blandings Castle, this one is frothy, light, and an easy read. The usual Wodehouse plot and style, this one has missing scarabs, a romance or two, blackmail, and lots of fun. Also known as Something Fresh, everything is fine in the end.
Something New
“Do you ever get moods when life seems absolutely meaningless? It’s like a badly-constructed story, with all sorts of characters moving in and out who have nothing to do with the plot. And when somebody comes along that you think really has something to do with the plot, he suddenly drops out. After a while you begin to wonder what the story is about, and you feel that it’s about nothing—just a jumble.”