Blandings Castle and Elsewhere by P. G. Wodehouse

I have come to the conclusion that I like Wodehouse's novels much better than his short stories. His plots are all very similar, and in stories this stands out and makes reading several of them slightly annoying because it's too predictable. Of course, the plot is not what I read Wodehouse for, but his plots do have a delightful element of the bizarre, which gets lost if repeated too often too frequently (as is the case with these short stories). I didn't like the last five stories (narrated by Mr. Mulliner about his seemingly endless assortment of relations in Hollywood) nearly as much as the first few, which chronicle the matrimonial fortunes of Freddie Threepwood and the endless amatory entanglements that revolve around Lord Elmsworth and his sieve-like mind. There's also a great non-Blandings story about the scheming Bobby Wickham, who delightfully sets up her annoying suitor and an unfortunate house guest to ensure their dismissal from the house. I have definitely decided that Blandings Castle is my preferred Wodehouse world, and I can't believe that a women was actually discovered willing to marry Freddie.