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A Gentleman of Leisure
(The Intrusion of Jimmy)
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| Author(s): | P. G. Wodehouse |
| Illustrator(s): | Unknown |
| Publisher(s): | Herbert Jenkins, Ltd. |
| Year Published: | circa 1929 |
| Type: | Hardcover |
| Genre: | American British Fiction - Novel Humorous |
| Age Range: | Ages 13-18: Young Adult |
| Pages: | 256 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| OCLC: | 898911951 |
Description
A wealthy New York bachelor falls in love on an Atlantic crossing. While burgling a house to fulfill a bet, he meets the girl again. A year later their paths cross in England and he proposes, but as P.G. Wodehouse is in charge, the course of true love does not run smooth. The novel was made into a play ‘After the Show’ by Wodehouse and Herbert Westbrook and filmed several times.
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A Gentleman of Leisure (1910)
A wealthy New York batchelor falls in love on an Atlantic crossing. While burgling a house to fulfill a bet, he meets the girl again. A year later their paths cross in England and he proposes, but as P.G. Wodehouse is in charge, the course of true love does not run smooth. The novel was made into a play ‘After the Show’ by Wodehouse and Herbert Westbrook and filmed several times.
The Intrusion of Jimmy (1910)
A wealthy New York batchelor falls in love on an Atlantic crossing. While burgling a house to fulfill a bet, he meets the girl again. A year later their paths cross in England and he proposes, but as P.G. Wodehouse is in charge, the course of true love does not run smooth. The novel was made into a play ‘After the Show’ by Wodehouse and Herbert Westbrook and filmed several times. Read online at archive.org.
A Gentleman of Leisure (2003)
A wealthy New York batchelor falls in love on an Atlantic crossing. While burgling a house to fulfill a bet, he meets the girl again. A year later their paths cross in England and he proposes, but as P.G. Wodehouse is in charge, the course of true love does not run smooth. The novel was made into a play ‘After the Show’ by Wodehouse and Herbert Westbrook and filmed several times.
Read online at archive.org.
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