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The Adventures of Sally
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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Summary
But just as Sally is concluding that she has disastrously misplaced her bets, it looks as if a piece of speculation about an outsider might just give her adventures a happy ending.
P.G. Wodehouse is in sparkling form, in a story set on both sides of the Atlantic in the Roaring '20s.
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- Tom
- 30-11-10
non-vintage wodehouse, iffy narration
The Adventures of Sally is an early Wodehouse (1922) before he really got into his stride with Jeeves and Blandings Castles stories. His trademarks of superb prose, affectionate humour and daft yet intricate plots are all in evidence but they are not in the same class as vintage Wodehouse.
Frederick Davidson is a very fine narrator with the right book - for example his Vanity Fair would be hard to beat. But his naturally ironic style simply does not suit the book. You need a narrator like Martin Jarvis or Jonathan Cecil who are both past masters with Wodehouse.
I could not recommend this audiobook to anyone but a dyed-in-the-wool Wodehouse fan (as I am!). I am not sure whether there is another version, but if not, better to read the book.
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- Transformer Books
- 05-02-19
Not Typical Wodehouse
An early Wodehouse, and pretty disappointing. Basically just a romance. Wodehouse is not on his form, this is neither witty nor outrageous nor daft nor zany and definitely not laugh-out-loud funny. And some of the descriptive passages go on a bit! Vintage Wodehouse never never wastes a word. This one was really not worth resurrecting as an audiobook. The narrator does a pretty good job, but I wouldn't want to listen again.
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- david mark bennie
- 28-09-21
dire
it takes a special talent to make Wodehouse sound dull, this narrator succeeds spectacularly. awful, so bad as to make it (for me at least) unbearable.
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- Jason J. Drew
- 26-12-23
Narration not good
The written book is better than the narrated version. the narration over forces the English accent to the ridiculous - which was not realistic and actually unpleasant on the ear! Not one in would listen to again!
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- Anonymous User
- 18-07-23
Wonderful story
Fantastic story, just what you’d expect from a P.G. Wodehouse. I didn’t love the narration but got used to it. I bet this story would be a much bigger hit it they redid it and used a different voice actor more for modern tastes…
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- Dragonfly Gardener
- 13-11-22
Terrible narration - Bedtime story?
I adored all things “Jeeves” and was interested to try out something else by the same author. Dear Lord! I tried several times to listen to this book but the narration is so incredibly awful that I fell asleep to it more than once! I couldn’t comment on the storyline (had to give 3 stars as a token) but, as I didn’t listen to the entire book, I couldn’t tell you the story. I don’t often give up but this one has me beaten. One for the insomniacs out there!
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- J from Yorkshire
- 26-09-23
A nice, enjoyable book
This is a very nice story, and it is performed very well. The book contains an interesting insight into the period; for example, it is set in the time of the Spanish Influenza. A cheerful and positive story.
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-09-23
Entertaining story
An entertaining story with a good narrator. It’s light-hearted and fun, and well worth listening to.
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- Jo
- 08-09-23
Enchanting, well read story
Like many people, I suspect, I came to Wodehouse through Jeeves. I’ve really enjoyed listening to some of his other work.
Amusing, and surprisingly fresh. Frederick Davison did an excellent job of the dialogue in particular, swapping between English and American accents. I particularly enjoyed his version of the Brit abroad trying to speak French!
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- hoplitehamilton
- 22-04-23
A very modern story from the 1920's
This is P G Wodehouse at his feminist best. A strong intelligent, witty female, who sees the failings and absurdities of the men in her life and shows them kindness and wisdom in-spite of themselves.
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