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The Man Upstairs and Other Stories

By: P. G. Wodehouse
Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
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 Webster's Dictionary gives the meaning of the word "miasma" as "an infection floating in the air; a deadly exhalation". And in the opinion of Mr. Robert Ferguson, that description, though perhaps a little too flattering, on the whole summed up Master Roland Bean pretty satisfactorily. Until the previous day, Master Bean had served Mr. Ferguson in the capacity of office-boy. But there was that about Master Bean which made it practically impossible for anyone to employ him for long.

Included in this collection are 19 of Wodehouse's classic pre-World War II stories.

Public Domain (P)1997 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Short Story Funny Comedy

Critic Reviews

"Timelessly funny....[Davidson] is wry, British and almost drawling, and one supposes that this is pretty much how Wodehouse himself would sound." (AudioFile)
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Some of the stories are funny. The one about the golf tournament had me in tears but this must include some of his early works that are simply not very good. They also have a habit of ending very abruptly without a satisfying conclusion. I wouldn’t recommend this book. Read his others first.

Very mixed bag

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Frederick Davidson brings just the right blend of English suavity and dry humour to these early Wodehouse short stories. He does the voices well too, except his women, who all sound the same.

Davidson perfect narrator for vintage Wodehouse

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Wodehouse never fails to please. This was my first experience of his short stories which were just as entertaining as his books and also contained a quirky twist at the end of each one.
Highly recommend!

Wodehouse in his element; charm from go to whoa.

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Narrator choice awful. From the get go the narrator's voice detracts from the storylinr.
Hard to listen
Phillip Franks would have been a better choice.

Awful choice of narrator

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