Leave It to Psmith (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- First Published: 1923
- Type of Work: Comic melodrama
- Time of Work: The late Edwardian era
- Setting: Primarily Blandings Castle
- Principal Characters: Psmith, Eve Halliday, Lord Emsworth, The Honorable Freddie Threepwood, Rupert Baxter, Edward Cootes, Liz (Miss Peavey)
- Genres: Long fiction, Wit and humor
- Subjects: Tradition, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Social issues, Poetry or poets, England or English people, Upper classes, Castles, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Lifestyles, Gangsters, Organized crime, Theft, Satire, Houses, mansions, or manors, Gardens or gardening, Jewelry
- Locales: England
The Novel
From the moment Lord Emsworth sticks his head out the window of his library in Blandings Castle in the opening scene, the plot of Leave It to Psmith proceeds as surely and inevitably as the rows of plantings in the manicured garden which is Emsworth’s only preoccupation.
Broke and inept, Freddie Threepwood approaches his uncle, Mr. Keeble, hoping to wheedle from him a thousand pounds to offset his losses at the track and to invest in a bookmaking operation. A good-hearted soul, Keeble is distressed by his inability to help his stepdaughter and her...
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