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I had a rocky stretch where I didn’t much care for the books I listened to, so it’s a happy change to find myself right now listening to two entirely delightful books. Simon Vance narrating Trollope’s The Small House at Allington is excellent as would be expected and Trollope is a very good pandemic listen, mild in tone but absorbing and quietly witty. Also most enjoyable is Nigel Lambert’s narration of Wodehouse’s Lord Emsworth and Others; his Lord Emsworth is hilarious. I think this is the first time I’ve listened to a Wodehouse read by Lambert and he’s easily among the best of the narrators; I think he might be even better than Jonathan Cecil. Also good are Davidson and Vance, of course, but I listen to so much by both that they run together and a new voice is a good thing.
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