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Uncle Fred in the Springtime - Community Reviews back

by P.G. Wodehouse
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Steeped in Science, Submersed in Story
I feel a bit sheepish giving this 5 stars, since the last book to receive this rating from me was Faulkner, and this is no Faulkner. But it is a simply wonderful specimen of comic novel. Laugh-out-loud funny. Amusing. Full of what-ho! and a jolly good time. Wodehouse can tie the most amazing kn...
Sarah (I like big books and I cannot lie)
I am amazed that Wodehouse finds so many reasons for young couples to break their engagements, as well as reasons for needing to raise a bit of capital. The last paragraph of this novel seems to convey a warm, fuzzy feeling, but there's really not as much to be warm and fuzzy about as in the other W...
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 15 years ago
Roundly praised as the finest of Wodehouse's works, it was the first one I read. I love the Empress.
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 17 years ago
When the eccentric Uncle Fred played Cupid to Lord Emsworth, little did he know that he would be known as Imposter A and the Lord's pig, the Empress, as Imposter B.
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