Appearances
Once the pig bug has taken hold of her master, the Empress becomes a regular feature in the Blandings books, playing some part in most of the subsequent stories:
- "Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey" (1927, included in Blandings Castle and Elsewhere, 1935)
- Summer Lightning (1929)
- Heavy Weather (1933)
- Uncle Fred in the Springtime (1939)
- Full Moon (1947)
- Pigs Have Wings (1952)
- Service With a Smile (1961)
- Galahad at Blandings (1965)
- A Pelican at Blandings (1969)
- Sunset at Blandings (1977)
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Famous quotes containing the word appearances:
“What I often forget about students, especially undergraduates, is that surface appearances are misleading. Most of them are at base as conventional as Presbyterian deacons.”
—Muriel Beadle (b. 1915)
“Truth has scarce done so much good in the world as the false appearances of it have done hurt.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“It is doubtless wise, when a reform is introduced, to try to persuade the British public that it is not a reform at all; but appearances must be kept up to some extent at least.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)