Leave It to Psmith

Description

'You don't analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour.' Stephen Fry A Blandings novelLady Constance Keeble, sister of Lord Emsworth of Blandings Castle, has both an imperious manner and a valuable diamond necklace. The precarious peace of Blandings is shattered when her necklace becomes the object of dark plottings, for within the castle lurk some well-connected jewel thieves – among them the Honourable Freddie Threepwood, Lord Emsworth's younger son, who wants the reward money to set up a bookmaking business. Psmith, the elegant socialist, is also after it for his newly married chum Mike. And on patrol with the impossible task of bringing management to Blandings is the Efficient Baxter, whose strivings for order lead to a memorable encounter with the castle flowerpots.Will peace ever return to Blandings Castle...?

First Sentence

At the open window of the great library of Blandings Castle, drooping like a wet sock, as was his habit when he had nothing to prop his spine against, the Earl Of Emsworth, that amiable and boneheaded peer, stood gazing out over his domain.

Description

About to shatter the castle's peace is one Freddie Threepwood, son of Lord Emsworth, upon whom hard times have forced the role of jewel thief. But Freddie is not alone in coveting Lady Constance's necklace. Psmith does the needful.

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Other Editions

• Leave It to PsmithHardcoverHutchinson1961-12-01
• Leave It to P SmithHardcoverDoubleDay1923-06-01
• Leave it to PsmithHerbert Jenkins1924-01-01
• Leave it to PsmithJenkins1927-01-01
• Leave it to Psmith ....Jenkins1932-01-01
• Leave it to Psmith.H. Jenkins1961-01-01