A Damsel in Distress
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781600960543 (1600960545)
Publish date: July 1st 2008
Publisher: Classic Books Library
Pages no: 244
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Humor,
Funny,
Comedy,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Adult
‘Comedy of errors’ is the best way to describe any PG Wodehouse book and this was no less. It was just hilarious made me laugh and giggle a lot! The story goes like this 'George Bevan' a famous composer simply falls in love with 'Patricia Maud Marsh' at first sight. But problems starts when he gets ...
It's summer, so it must be time for a Wodehouse! Read By Jonathan Cecil "The Peer and the Policeman." "Outside the 'Carlton,' 'tis averred, these stirring happenings occurred. The hour, 'tis said (and no one doubts) was half-past two, or thereabouts. The day was fair, the sky was blue, and eve...
I love spending time with Wodehouse. The man had such an innocent, jovial, it'll-all-work-out-for-the-best-in-the-end way of thinking. The language and comedic rhythm in A Damsel In Distress, as in all his other works, is "spot on" (to use a nice Britishism).
This book was a Blandings book in the same way that Cause Celeb featured Bridget Jones: the characters were often less hyperbolic, but readers can tell that the author started from a similar point with both books. In Helen Fielding's case, it was a British Singleton who couldn't keep a man. Cause Ce...
George Bevan's life get turned upside down when Maud Marsh jumps into a cab beside him, pursued by a thug that is in fact her brother Percy. Bevan goes to Belpher Castle to find her and win her heart, resulting in the usual Wodehouse tale of mistaken identity and elaborate schemes.A Damsel in Distr...
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