Something New

Something Fresh is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published as "e;Something New"e; in the United States, by D. Appleton & Company on 3 September 1915. It was published in the United Kingdom as "e;Something Fresh"e; by Methuen & Co. on 16 September 1915. Something New is the first novel of what became known as the "e;Blandings Castle Saga"e; by P. G. Wodehouse and was published in the United States in 1915. Two Americans, Ashe Marson and Joan Valentine, endeavor to retrieve a scarab pilfered from an American millionaire by the absent-minded Lord Emsworth. Marson and Valentine soon find themselves impersonating servants while evading the Efficient Baxter. The story was originally serialized in the Saturday Evening Post as Something Fresh in 1915.