A Damsel in Distress, P. G. Wodehouse
A Damsel in Distress, P. G. Wodehouse
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A Damsel in Distress

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: Jonathan Cecil

Unabridged: 7 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2012

Categories: Fiction, Humorous

Synopsis

When Maud Marsh flings herself into George Bevan's cab in Piccadilly, he starts believing in damsels in distress. George traces his mysterious traveling companion to Belpher Castle, home of Lord Marshmoreton, where things become severely muddled. Maud's aunt, Lady Caroline Byng, wants Maud to marry Reggie, her stepson. Maud, meanwhile, is known to be in love with an unknown American she met in Wales. So when George turns up speaking American, a nasty case of mistaken identity breaks out. In fact, the scene is set for the perfect Wodehouse comedy of errors.

About P. G. Wodehouse

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881–1975) was an English humorist who wrote novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. He was highly popular throughout a career that lasted more than seventy years, and his many writings continue to be widely read. He is best known for his novels and short stories of Bertie Wooster and his manservant Jeeves and for his settings of English upper-class society of the pre– and post–World War I era. He lived in several countries before settling in the United States after World War II. During the 1920s, he collaborated with Broadway legends like Cole Porter and George Gershwin on musicals and, in the 1930s, expanded his repertoire by writing for motion pictures. He was honored with a knighthood in 1975.

About Jonathan Cecil

Jonathan Cecil (1939–2011) was a vastly experienced actor, appearing at Shakespeare’s Globe as well as in such West End productions as The Importance of Being Earnest, The Seagull, and The Bed before Yesterday. He toured in The Incomparable Max, Twelfth Night, and An Ideal Husband, while among his considerable television and film appearances were The Rector’s Wife, Just William, Murder Most Horrid, and As You Like It.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ on April 11, 2020

Light and frothy romantic comedy, written by P.G. Wodehouse (he of My Man Jeeves fame) in 1919. The tongue-in-cheek humor is really delightful. Group read with the Retro Reads crowd, just starting now. Wodehouse + Gutenberg freebie FTW! Full review to come.......more

Goodreads review by Nandakishore on January 30, 2016

Flighty aristocratic girls in love with unsuitable men. Vapid and bullied elderly aristocrats. Fearsome matriarchal aristocratic women who do the bullying. Stiff-necked aristocratic young men out to make fools of themselves. And untitled young-men-about-town with hearts of gold, always ready to resc......more

Goodreads review by Reid on April 01, 2011

My son has long sung the praises of P.G. Wodehouse and encouraged me to read more of him. It has been years since I picked up a book of his, and can't imagine what I was thinking, waiting so long. Wodehouse is charming, witty, and an absolute master of description. Just one example: Such a one, in G......more

Goodreads review by David on July 07, 2024

4.5 A quick look at the Wodehouse titles listed here at Goodreads tells me that the number of Wodehouse books I've read now stands at 27. That's a lot of Wodehouse; more than I imagined I'd reach. But it's been a lovely 'relationship'! No doubt like many of 'the initiated', I began with the evergreen......more

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