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Despite marriage to a millionaire's daughter and success as a vice-president of Donaldson's, Inc., manufacturers of the world-famous Donaldson's Dog-Joy, Freddie Threepwood, Lord Emsworth's younger son, still goes in fear of his aunts when at Blandings Castle. Full Moon tells the story of how he faces them down while promoting the love of Bill Lister and Prudence Garland. A charming Blandings comedy with a full Wodehouse complement of aunts, pigs, millionaires, colonels, imposters, and dotty earls.… (mais)
3.5 stars A fun entry in the Blandings Castle series revolving around the love affairs of 2 of Emsworth's nieces but not the zaniest of the series. Paul Galdone's illustrations were an added bonus :) ( )
Usual stuff- just as good - Blandings ... the lovely veroncia wedge - uncle gally. nice 47 edition a gift from friends group with great illustrations. ( )
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The refined moon which served Blandings Castle and district was nearly at its full, and the ancestral home of Clarence, ninth Earl of Emsworth, had for some hours now been flooded by its silver rays.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
".... We talked it over and came to the decision that what he wanted was a shock. Nothing serious, you understand, just something that would arrest his attention and take his mind off his liver. So we borrowed a pig from a neighboring farm, smeared it with a liberal coating of phosphorous, and put it in his bedroom. It worked like a charm." [the Hon. Galahad Threepwood, p. 159]
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
He trotted off towards the house, going hippety-hippety-hop like an elderly Christopher Robin.
Despite marriage to a millionaire's daughter and success as a vice-president of Donaldson's, Inc., manufacturers of the world-famous Donaldson's Dog-Joy, Freddie Threepwood, Lord Emsworth's younger son, still goes in fear of his aunts when at Blandings Castle. Full Moon tells the story of how he faces them down while promoting the love of Bill Lister and Prudence Garland. A charming Blandings comedy with a full Wodehouse complement of aunts, pigs, millionaires, colonels, imposters, and dotty earls.
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