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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:

Something Fresh (1915)

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. Read online at archive.org.&nb... View More

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

Something New (1915)

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. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): F. R. Gruger

Leave it to Psmith (1924)

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 archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): May Wilson Preston

Leave it to Psmith (1924)

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 archive.org.... View More

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

Fish Preferred (1929)

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): Unknown

Summer Lightning (1929)

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): Unknown

Heavy Weather (1933)

A sequel to Summer Lightning, Gally’s memoirs and the Empress are both in danger of theft by scheming visitors to Blandings Castle. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Heavy Weather (1933)

A sequel to Summer Lightning, Gally’s memoirs and the Empress are both in danger of theft by scheming visitors to Blandings Castle. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

Blandings Castle (1935)

A collection of a dozen short stories about Lord Emsworth and his Blandings estate.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): None

Blandings Castle (1935)

A collection of a dozen short stories about Lord Emsworth and his Blandings estate. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): None

The Crime Wave at Blandings (1937)

Seven short stories from the Master, including the title story set at Lord Emsworth’s castle and one starring Bingo Little.

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

Lord Emsworth and Others (1937)

Seven short stories from the Master, including the title story set at Lord Emsworth’s castle and one starring Bingo Little. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): John Verney

Full Moon (1947)

Matrimonial affairs are afoot at Blandings Castle, to the 9th Earl’s disgust. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Paul Galdone

Full Moon (1947)

Matrimonial games are afoot at Blandings Castle, to the 9th Earl’s disgust. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Pigs Have Wings (1952)

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): Unknown

Pigs Have Wings (1952)

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): Earl Oliver Hurst

Service with a Smile (1961)

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). Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Paul Bacon

Service with a Smile (1962)

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): Unknown

The Brinkmanship of Galahad Threepwood (1964)

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): John Alcorn

Galahad at Blandings (1965)

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): Unknown

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