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Summer Lightning is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse, set at Blandings Castle. It involves a stolen memoir, a missing pig, and a series of romantic entanglements and deceptions.
In Summer Lightning, Wodehouse really sizzles. All his characters crackle with the energy of a summer electric storm and there are plenty of interesting personalities for collectors of that sort: dotty old Lord Elmsworth; devoted Sue Brown/sometimes of another alias; pimply Pilbeam; Reminiscences-writing Honorable Galahad Threepwood, or ...
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Mar 16, 2024 · In meteorology, the term “heat lightning” comes up during warm, summer evenings. This phenomenon, also known as “silent lightning” or “summer lightning,” features distant, silent flashes. Yet, its name and nature are frequently misunderstood.
Jul 2, 2012 · P. G. Wodehouse is at his most delightful in this generational romp at Beautiful Blandings Castle, where Lord Emsworth is grieving, first, the dispossession of his beloved prize pig which was somehow stolen in at least four distinct acts of thievery and, second, the untimely return of his erstwhile secretary, the efficient Baxter, while the ...
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- P. G. Wodehouse
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Heat lightning (not to be confused with dry thunderstorms, which are also often called dry lightning) is a misnomer [1] used for the faint flashes of lightning on the horizon or other clouds from distant thunderstorms that do not appear to have accompanying sounds of thunder.
Jul 2, 2012 · A chorus girl disguised as an heiress, a double-dealing detective, a stolen prize-winning sow, and a crazy ex-secretary are only a few of the complications that must be dealt with before everyone can have their happy ending.
- P. G. Wodehouse
Jun 1, 2022 · Summer lightning. by. Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975. Publication date. 1985. Topics. Blandings Castle (England : Imaginary place) -- Fiction, Nobility -- Fiction, Shropshire (England) -- Fiction. Publisher. New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin.
