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Summer Lightning is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on 1 July 1929 by Doubleday, Doran, New York, under the title Fish Preferred, and in the United Kingdom on 19 July 1929 by Herbert Jenkins, London.
When Millicent and Ronnie heard that Hugo and Sue were having dinner on the quiet, there was trouble; and when Ronnie, descending upon Mario's, found not Hugo but the execrable Pilbeam, summer lightning flashed in truth.
Mar 16, 2024 · This phenomenon, also known as “silent lightning” or “summer lightning,” features distant, silent flashes. Yet, its name and nature are frequently misunderstood. Heat lightning is just normal lightning that isn’t associated with thunder.
Heat lightning, also known as silent lightning, summer lightning, [citation needed] or dry lightning (not to be confused with dry thunderstorms, which are also often called dry lightning), is a misnomer used for the faint flashes of lightning on the horizon or other clouds from distant thunderstorms that do not appear to have ...
“Summer Lightning is a detective story crossed with a romantic farce. It’s set in Blandings Castle, Wodehouse’s famous fictional country idyll.” Read more...
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 ...
- P. G. Wodehouse
'[Blandings] is an entire world unto itself and, one senses, Wodehouse pours into it his deepest feelings for England.' —Stephen Fry, Summer Lightning, P. G. Wodehouse, 9780393341614 READER STUDENT
