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Service with a Smile
- Narrated by: Nigel Lambert
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Shannon
- 10-16-05
Pair with _Uncle Dynamite_ to double your pleasure
I've long been a fan of Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster, and I knew and liked Lord Emsworth, but Lord Ickenham, the master manipulator in _Service with a Smile_ may be my new favorite. Lord Ickenham (Uncle Fred to his friends and relations) believes in "spreading sunshine" wherever he goes. He also believes that there's nothing quite so fun as traveling under an assumed name. In this book he return to Lord Emsworth's domain to help out yet another star-crossed lover. In the course of his sunshine spreading, he reunites the lovers, recovers a kidnapped pig, assists a hardworking blackmailer and ruins the plans of one of the most unpleasant and unscrupulous characters I've ever encountered in a Wodehouse novel. The yuks flow easily and, as always, at the end of the book all's right with the world. Nigel Lambert's narration is excellent, providing easy differentiation between the various characters (both male and female.) I never fully understood how befuddled Lord Emsworth was until I heard Mr. Lambert's comically appropriate "Hmms?" and "Hrmphs."
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Janie
- 08-18-07
Great!
What can you say? I don't think Wodhouse ever wrote a "dud".... the humor is sometimes subtle, but always terrific.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- David Harris Mitchel Grp
- 03-02-06
Two Earls in One
If you like Wodehouse, you'll like this. If you don't like Wodehouse, you won't. If you've never read Wodehouse, this is a pretty decent introduction.
Two of his regular characters -- the earls of Ickenham (Uncle Fred) and Emsworth -- come together in various interlocking plot lines that involve (of course) attempts to purloin a pig, to get money out of tightfisted relatives, and to overcome the obstacles to true love. It's fluff, but brilliant fluff, and the reading, while not my favorite Wodehouse reader (Frederick Davidson or Ian Carmichael), is quite fine.
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- Colby
- 02-06-12
Talented narrator
What did you love best about Service with a Smile?
Nigel Lambert is in the upper stratum of narrators. He could rivet his audience while reading aloud a card catalog or a telephone book.
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
This book is beautifully plotted and the ending ties up all the threads in a satisfying manner
What does Nigel Lambert bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
His ability to give unique voices to each character.
If you could take any character from Service with a Smile out to dinner, who would it be and why?
The Earl of Emsworth would be a stimulating dinner companion, primarily because of his pig-obsession, but I would also be interested to hear how his sisters got the upper hand in his relationship with them.
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- Jenna Moon
- 07-28-15
Love Wodehouse but disappointed in narration
The story is another great Blandings adventure. Unfortunately, I don't care for the narrator's interpretation of several characters In particular, his Lord Ickenham lacks the the depth and subtlety that Jonathan Cecil gives him. Also, Myra Schoonmaker comes across as a whiny ninny.
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