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A Pelican at Blandings P. G. Wodehouse read by Martin Jarvis

Release: 12 Jun 2006 United Kingdom, Language: English, Status: Official
Format: CD + CD + CD + CD, Tracks: 57, Length: 5:15:00, Barcode: 9781904605652
Release type: Other - Audiobook

Contents

CD #1
1 Part 01: “The summer day was drawing to a close and dusk had fallen on Blandings Castle.” 5:04
2 Part 02: “Selecting a volume from the shelf of pig books, his main source of mental refreshment, …” 8:18
3 Part 03: “It is possible that solitude and a further go at the pig book…” 2:43
4 Part 04: “At about the moment when Lady Constance was mounting the stairs…” 7:28
5 Part 05: “He went out into the hall, where the instrument was, …” 8:35
6 Part 06: “Gally stirred uneasily in his seat. He had always been a better raconteur than listener…” 2:43
7 Part 07: “The first person he saw on the platform was his brother Clarence…” 5:50
8 Part 08: “Up at the castle Beech was in his pantry sipping his evening glass of port…” 6:40
9 Part 09: “Two days elapsed before Linda Gilpin arrived.” 6:14
10 Part 10: “The Duke, a clear headed man, saw the objection to this immediately…” 4:26
11 Part 11: “Gally had had to change his plans. He had not been able to fulfil his intention…” 4:51
12 Part 12: “The Binks–Holloway anecdote was one of Gally’s best.” 4:38
13 Part 13: “‘I do not know why you call it revolting’, he said with dignity…” 4:34
14 Part 14: “The hollowness of John’s voice over the telephone…” 6:58
CD #2
1 Part 15: “In order to avoid the glare of the sun, and the society of the Duke of Dunstable, …” 6:40
2 Part 16: “The train was just coming in as the car reached the station.” 2:17
3 Part 17: “Wilbur drank deeply of his gin and tonic to assist the marshalling of his thoughts.” 6:17
4 Part 18: “Night had fallen when John Halliday got back to London.” 7:42
5 Part 19: “‘Explain it from the beginning.’, he said.” 2:54
6 Part 20: “It wasn’t, however, till the following afternoon that John was at liberty to leave…” 4:44
7 Part 21: “He walked in a circle for a bit and must have mused to good purpose…” 4:05
8 Part 22: “It was Lord Emsworth who had so abruptly applied the closure…” 4:43
9 Part 23: “For three years in succession she’d been awarded the silver medal…” 4:40
10 Part 24: “The Duke of Dunstable prided himself on being a man who stood no nonsense…” 4:20
11 Part 25: “It was about time, reflected Gally, as he returned all fresh and rosy…” 5:26
12 Part 26: “The Duke found speech. ‘Do you know what time it is? …’” 3:47
13 Part 27: “To say that Lady Constance was glad to see her visitors…” 4:56
14 Part 28: “Lady Constance’s boudoir on the second floor of the castle…” 4:46
15 Part 29: “Thinking thus, he bubbled over with cheeriness…” 5:08
16 Part 30: “Several authorities have stated that the thing to do when your self control seems about to leave you…” 6:29
CD #3
1 Part 31: “For possibly three minutes after they left Lady Constance’s boudoir…” 5:21
2 Part 32: “Linda Gilpin, returning from her visit from the old school, …” 7:57
3 Part 33: “…paused, with the air of one waiting for a round of applause.” 6:14
4 Part 34: “John, dressing in the room allotted to him on the second floor, …” 5:37
5 Part 35: “It was an awkward question for one so lacking in experience…” 4:23
6 Part 36: “Gally was in the hall when Linda came down from her room.” 7:17
7 Part 37: “One of the things he didn’t know was that as he and the table came together…” 5:06
8 Part 38: “Gally embarked on his narrative with the smooth suavity which had been wont to win all hearts…” 2:50
9 Part 39: “Even Gally, practised raconteur though he was, was obliged to stop occasionally…” 8:10
10 Part 40: “Lord Emsworth went to bed that night in something of a twitter.” 7:04
11 Part 41: “The explanation was absurdly simple.” 7:24
12 Part 42: “When she woke, it was still there, and her misgivings grew with breakfast, …” 5:08
13 Part 43: “At the time when his services had been desired, …” 5:43
CD #4
1 Part 44: “It was Gally’s practice, when he favoured Blandings Castle with a visit, …” 4:34
2 Part 45: “Left alone, Gally returned to his meditations.” 5:44
3 Part 46: “Beech made the telling of his tale as succinct as possible, …” 7:49
4 Part 47: “’I see. And as a good secretary should, you look on him as a father…’” 4:15
5 Part 48: “‘Ready?’ asked Vanessa.” 6:16
6 Part 49: “The alarm clock beside Vanessa’s bed tinkled softly, …” 7:28
7 Part 50: “Vanessa performed the humane act as requested, …” 6:23
8 Part 51: “The following morning found Gally in his hammock, …” 5:01
9 Part 52: “At that moment, the rhythmic tooting of a horn…” 5:41
10 Part 53: “As Lady Constance seated herself at the desk and took pen in hand…” 4:25
11 Part 54: “Gally, in his hammock, had closed his eyes again…” 4:13
12 Part 55: “‘I was looking for you’, she said.” 5:35
13 Part 56: “The Duke was not laughing.” 5:08
14 Part 57: “Another summery day was drawing to a close…” 6:18

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