Leave It to Psmith
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First published in 1923, Leave It to Psmith brings P. G. Wodehouse’s incomparable comic imagination to Blandings Castle, where the languid rhythms of country-house life are about to be thoroughly disrupted. Psmith, the impeccably dressed, unflappable young gentleman with a gift for elaborate conversation and ingenious schemes, arrives with a plan to relieve the castle of a valuable necklace, only to find himself entangled in a romantic intrigue involving the resourceful Eve Halliday, the formidable Lord Emsworth, and a gathering of eccentric guests. What follows is a wonderfully intricate comedy of mistaken identities, concealed intentions, and improvised deceptions, in which every apparent complication seems to invite another.
Among Wodehouse’s most accomplished novels, Leave It to Psmith unites the social comedy of the Blandings stories with the sparkling verbal invention of one of his most distinctive characters. Its country-house setting becomes a stage for gentle satire, where aristocratic eccentricity, romantic ambition, and the pursuit of money are treated with equal irreverence. Psmith’s elegant self-possession and inventive turns of phrase give the novel a particular charm, while Wodehouse’s carefully choreographed farce reveals a comic craftsman in full command of his art. The result is a quintessential work of British comic fiction, light on its feet and rich in the pleasures of wit, rhythm, and beautifully engineered absurdity.
From the book
“I am a man of simple tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.”
— P. G. Wodehouse, Leave It to Psmith
On Leave It to Psmith
“Wodehouse is the greatest comic writer ever.”
— Douglas Adams