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Leave It to Psmith Free FREE LEAVE IT TO PSMITH PDF P. G. Wodehouse | 352 pages | 07 Apr 2010 | Cornerstone | 9780099513797 | English | London, United Kingdom Leave It To Psmith - Radio 4 Comedy - British Comedy Guide The list of writers and entertainers Leave it to Psmith of praise for Wodehouse is a long one. Psmith is an unflappable and witty eccentric. Never without his monocle and always ready to dive into improbable even criminal scenarios. Psmith is also a keen mind and a fan of Sherlock Holmes. Its first appearance in any novel is when spoken by Psmith in Psmith, Journalist Psmith enters the world of Blandings Castle to pursue romance with the modern and vivacious Eve Halliday. Explore our selection of fine art prints, all Leave it to Psmith made to the highest Leave it to Psmith, framed or unframed, and shipped to your door. Pay by Credit Card. Pay with PayPal. Click for Delivery Estimates. Search The Public Domain Review. Medium Books. Theme People. Type Fiction. 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Start your review of Leave It Leave it to Psmith Psmith Psmith, 4. Nov 18, Henry Avila rated it really liked it. Ronald Psmith the P is silent needs a job, he has just quit a good position in the fish market working for his dedicated uncle, who was stunned, can you imagine developing a strange malady against aquatic creatures? Neither can I Smith, pardon me, Leave it to Psmith, puts a want ad in the newspaper, this book being written and set in London in the early 's, that gets him on the front page, implying anything for money Most readers are amused, a fe Ronald Psmith the P is silent needs a job, he has just quit a good position in the fish market working for his dedicated uncle, who was stunned, can you imagine developing a strange malady against aquatic creatures? Most readers are amused, a few send him silly notes asking him for cash From Freddie, the dimwitted son of a rich Earl with a wild scheme, from someone else to be sure. All he has to do is become an impostor, give a lecture about "his" poems as the bogus poet McTodd, an assignment the Leave it to Psmith unflappable Englishman will enjoy immensely, being one of the few who likes public speaking, words he will enthusiastically recite This starts the plot that leads to Blandings Castle a massive home in the English countryside, owned by the absentminded, yet lovable Earl of Emsworth, this gentleman lives for beautiful flowers, constantly annoying his chief gardener, competent Mr. McAllister, with moronic ideas A priceless necklace stolen during the switching off of lights, many suspects, intrigue follows, Rupert Baxter, the brainy secretary of his eminence, Leave it to Psmith watching, but that's the future, first an umbrella, rain in the summer and a gentleman doing a noble deed for a lovely lady in distress. The man is Psmith, naturally, the woman, pretty Eve Halliday, his soon to be love, she distrust the weird but affable manhaving borrowed this umbrella in his London club, maybe without permission but seeing the circumstancesMiss Halliday requires one to continue her important walk. The sudden downpour not permitting it, inside magic, the formerly well-to- do Psmith is invited to the castle by the Earl, call him Clarence, the family does, both are members, not having his spectacles, mistakes Mr. Psmith, for a famous, though temperamental Canadian poet, Ralston McTodd who had left before, being insulted by the Lord. And lucky Eve will be working for the less than brilliant Earl in his library, criminals arrive too, everyone including the aristocrat's son wants Leave it to Psmith jewelry and Evethat belong to his beautiful aunt, the sister of his father, Lady Constance the formidable, who likes having the not quite honorable literary crowd around. Poets and writers that cause so much mayhem, more than their writings. A delightfulfunny book, probably P. Wodhouse's best So will you View all 6 comments. In trying to explain to my husband exactly why I find Wodehouse so laugh-out-loud funny, I used this passage: "One uses the verb 'descend' advisedly, for what is required is some word suggesting instantaneous activity. About Baxter's progress from the second floor to the first there was nothing halting or hesitating. He, so to speak, did it now. Freddie Threepwood, who had been practising putting in the corridor before retiring to bed, had left in his casual fashion just where the steps began, he took the entire stiarcase in one majestic, volplanning sweep. I was in tears, tearsimagining that Hon. Leave it to Psmith came to rest with a squattering thud on the lower landing, and for a moment or two the fever of the chase left him. Slays me! As astute readers of Wodehouse will no doubt know, Baxter always Suspects but when oh when will he ever stop rushing downstairs in the dark to try to catch the criminal? It always ends badly. At least there was no tongue involved in this episode. My husband did not quite get it. But Wodehouse is surely one of the finest comic minds of our time or any time at all. View all 15 comments. I didn't know Psmith was a series and I didn't know this was the last book in said series. But it didn't matter. Like most of the Jeeves or Blandings books, even if you don't know anything prior to picking one up, they function very well as humorous self-contained stories.
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