Leave It to Psmith

Leave It to Psmith

1923 • 296 pages

Ratings9

Average rating4.2

15

"P.G. Wodehouse is still the funniest writer ever to have put words on paper." —Hugh Laurie Ronald Psmith (“the ‘p’ is silent, as in pshrimp”) is always willing to help a damsel in distress. So when he sees Eve Halliday without an umbrella during a downpour, he nobly offers her an umbrella, even though it’s one he picks out of the Drone Club’s umbrella rack. Psmith is so besotted with Eve that, when Lord Emsworth, her new boss, mistakes him for Ralston McTodd, a poet, Psmith pretends to be him so he can make his way to Blandings Castle and woo her. And so the farce begins: criminals disguised as poets with a plan to steal a priceless diamond necklace, a secretary who throws flower pots through windows, and a nighttime heist that ends in gunplay. How will everything be sorted out? Leave it to Psmith!

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Series

Series

12 primary books15 released books

Blandings Castle

Blandings Castle is a 15-book series with 12 primary works first released in 1915 with contributions by P.G. Wodehouse.

Series

1 primary book30 released books

The Drones Club

The Drones Club is a 30-book series with 1 primary work first released in 1920 with contributions by P.G. Wodehouse, Пэлем Грэнвил Вудхауз, and P. G. Wodehouse.

Series

4 primary books

Psmith

Psmith is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 1909 with contributions by P.G. Wodehouse.

Mike and Psmith
Psmith in the city
Psmith, journalist
Leave It to Psmith

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frothy as usual, but a little bit, dare I say modern?? towards the hollywood end of Wodehouse.

February 10, 2023

Delightful book. Whether you have read a Jeeves and Wooster book or not, you should read this,
Very British, be sure to have your phone handy to look up some terms and slang.

November 1, 2022
March 3, 2017