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The Girl on the Boat

By P.G. Wodehouse
Series: Everyman's Library P G WODEHOUSE
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The Girl on the Boat by P.G. Wodehouse is a delightful romantic comedy centred around the escapades on board an ocean liner. The story involves whimsical love triangles, misunderstandings, and a group of eccentric characters as they navigate romance and mischief. Set against the backdrop of Edwardian society, the novel combines humour and charm in typical Wodehouse style.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate light-hearted romantic comedies with Wodehouse's signature witty prose and humorous misunderstandings. It offers a delightful escape into a world of charming characters and amusing situations, perfect for fans of classic British humour.

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The Girl on the Boat

When Sam Marlowe falls in love with his cousin's sparky ex-fiancée he finds himself up against stiff opposition from her millionaire father, her father's best friend and the best friend's son for whom she is destined, all of them travelling together aboard the RMS Atlantic.

The expected humour, warmth and sparkle is here, in every line of this new Everyman Library edition of The Girl On The Boat

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The expected humour, warmth and sparkle is here, in every line of this new Everyman Library edition of The Girl on the Boat.

When Sam Marlowe falls in love with his cousin's sparky ex-fiancée, he finds himself up against stiff opposition from her millionaire father, her father's best friend, and the best friend's son for whom she is destined, all of them travelling together aboard the RMS Atlantic. Nothing daunted, Sam perseveres in his suit—though he fails at sea, he eventually triumphs on land.

This Anglo-American musical comedy in prose begins in New York, crosses the Atlantic in leisurely fashion, and ends in an English country house where all manner of things go bump in the night.

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The Girl on the Boat by P.G. Wodehouse is well-praised for its timeless charm, with Evelyn Waugh noting the novel's capacity to provide an escape into a delightful world. Stephen Fry highlights Wodehouse's superlative brilliance, while reviews from The Independent and the Evening Standard celebrate the book's exquisite editions, enhancing an already delightful reading experience.

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ISBN: 9781841591520

Publisher: Everyman

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 September 2007

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Everyman's Library

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 190.0mm

Weight: 365g

Pages: 256

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Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction P.G. Wodehouse Penguin Books Series: Everyman's Library P G WODEHOUSE

About the Author

Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (always known as 'Plum') wrote about seventy novels and some three hundred short stories over seventy-three years. He is widely recognised as the greatest 20th-century writer of humour in the English language. Perhaps best known for the escapades of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, Wodehouse also created the world of Blandings Castle, home to Lord Emsworth and his cherished pig, the Empress of Blandings. His stories include gems concerning the irrepressible and disreputable Ukridge; Psmith, the elegant socialist; the ever-so-slightly-unscrupulous Fifth Earl of Ickenham, better known as Uncle Fred; and those related by Mr Mulliner, the charming raconteur of The Angler's Rest, and the Oldest Member at the Golf Club. In 1936 he was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for 'having made an outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world'. He was made a Doctor of Letters by Oxford University in 1939 and in 1975, aged ninety-three, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He died shortly afterwards, on St Valentine's Day.

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