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The Intrusion of Jimmy

(A Gentleman of Leisure)

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Author(s):P. G. Wodehouse
Publisher(s): W. J. Watt & Co., Publishers
Year Published: 1910
Type: Hardcover
Genre: American
British
Fiction - Novel
Humorous
Age Range: Ages 13-18: Young Adult
Pages: 314
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
OCLC: 1198807

Description

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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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.

 

Publisher: Alston Rivers
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A Gentleman of Leisure (1929)

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.

Publisher: Herbert Jenkins, Ltd.
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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. 

Publisher: The Overlook Press
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