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- From: rlharrin@unix.amherst.edu (Rich Harrington)
- Subject: Re: Pitchfork?
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 23:01:05 GMT
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- Tom Kreitzberg (tak@tazboy.jpl.nasa.gov) wrote:
- : In article <C1A3KJ.EH7@news.iastate.edu> sachin@iastate.edu (Sachin S Sapatnekar) writes:
- :
- : > 2. Is there anyone around who agrees that Blandings and Psmith and
- : > many of PGW's other works are far better than the Bertie Wooster stories?
- :
- : The first several books I read were set at Blandings, and I've always liked
- : Lord Emsworth and Gally. The only Psmith I've read is _Leave it to Psmith_,
- : which I've long thought should be made into a movie (by Merchant-Ivory,
- : perhaps?).
- :
- : The Jeeves and Wooster stories, taken together, are probably more
- : cohesive and "important," but it's all a matter of taste. Me, I like
- : everything.
- :
- : Tom
- :
- I'd agree that, for myself, the Blandings stories are probably the
- funniest. I'm thinking particularly of _The Crime Wave at Blandings_, and
- the one that preceeded it, where Lord Emsworth's personal secretary (what
- the *heck* was his name??) stood out in the garden throwing flower pots.
- That isn't to say that I don't enjoy any of the others. The Drones Club
- stories are probably just as good. The Jeeves stories, though, I never really
- got into. It's interesting that they are the most famous ones. I guess a lot
- of folks do like 'em.
-
- --
- Rich Harrington -- Probably not related to Othella
- rlharrington@amherst.edu "Whatever happened to the Hessians, anyway?
- rlharrin@unix.amherst.edu You never see them around."
-