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Blandings Castle Series

Blandings Castle P. G. Wodehouse 1935.jpg series cover

Eleven novels and nine short stories that take place in and around Blandings Castle in England.


Books in the Blandings Castle series:

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. ... View More

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. ... View More

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 Exch... View More

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 Exch... View More

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... View More

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.... View More

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. ... View More

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 Exc... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Ionicus

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