The intrusion of Jimmy : a gentleman of leisure

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    Author: Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
    Contributor:

    Nelson, Mark

    Summary:

    The action begins with playboy bachelor Jimmy Pitt in New York; having fallen in love on a transatlantic liner, he befriends a small-time burglar and breaks into a police captain's house as a result of a bet. The cast of characters head to England, and from there on it is a typically Wodehousian romantic farce, set at the stately Dreever Castle, overflowing with imposters, detectives, crooks, scheming lovers and conniving aunts.

    Genre: Humorous fiction
    Original Publisher: New York, E.J. Watt. [1910] , Victoria Park, Western Australia , Association for the Blind of Western Australia
    Language(s): English

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Nelson, Mark

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The action begins with playboy bachelor Jimmy Pitt in New York; having fallen in love on a transatlantic liner, he befriends a small-time burglar and breaks into a police captain's house as a result of a bet. The cast of characters head to England, and from there on it is a typically Wodehousian romantic farce, set at the stately Dreever Castle, overflowing with imposters, detectives, crooks, scheming lovers and conniving aunts.

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Humorous fiction
Publisher (Source)

New York, E.J. Watt. [1910]

Victoria Park, Western Australia

Association for the Blind of Western Australia

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