Blandings Castle

In the stories and novels of P. G. Wodehouse, Blandings Castle is the seat of Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth as well as the name given to the series of books which take place at the castle and its immediate environs.

Books

Blandings Castle serves as the setting for eleven novels and nine short stories, written between 1915 and Wodehouse's death in 1977.

Related Topics:
Novel - Short stories - 1915 - 1977

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• Something Fresh (1915)
• Leave it to Psmith (1923)
• Summer Lightning (1929)
• Heavy Weather (1933)
• Blandings Castle (1935) – Twelve short stories, six of which are about Blandings: "The Custody of the Pumpkin", "Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best", "Pig-Hoo-o-o-o-ey", "Company for Gertrude", "The Go-getter", and "Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend". Written from 1926 to 1928, they occur before the events of Summer Lightning.
• Lord Emsworth and Others (1937) – Despite its title, only one of the nine stories, "The Crime Wave at Blandings", takes place at Blandings.
• Uncle Fred in the Springtime (1939)
• Full Moon (1947)
• Nothing Serious (1950) – One story of ten, "Birth of a Salesman"
• Pigs Have Wings (1952)
• Service with a Smile (1961)
• Galahad at Blandings (1965)
• Plum Pie (1966) – One story of nine, "Sticky Wicket at Blandings"
• A Pelican at Blandings (1969)
• Sunset at Blandings (1977)

Wodehouse worked on Sunset at Blandings until his death, writing even in his hospital bed. It was unfinished and untitled when he died, and was subsequently edited and released in its incomplete form with extensive notes on the content.

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