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A Damsel in Distress

Name: A Damsel in Distress
Author: P. G. Wodehouse
ISBN: 9781441781307

by P. G. Wodehouse

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[This is the MP3CD audiobook format.]

[Read by Frederick Davidson]

A madcap adventure whose comic twists and turns could only have come from the zany imagination of P. G. Wodehouse.

P. G. Wodehouse is at his whimsical best as the characters of Belpher Castle muddle through impending catastrophes and ill-considered love affairs in this comedy of errors.

George Bevan, an American composer of musicals, is in England to attend the performance of one. But when Lady Patricia Maud Marsh slips into his taxi, he is drawn into the frivolous intrigues of Belpher Castle. Maud has mistaken George for another American she once fell in love with. She is attempting to escape her aunt, Lady Caroline Byng, who is trying to marry Maud off to her stepson, Reginald. Meanwhile, her father, Lord John Marshmoreton, has fallen in love with an actress.

As the castle servants make bets on their lords' and ladies' capricious attachments, Wodehouse weaves a jaunty satire that will leave readers breathless with its twists and antics.

Review

''Good gad! Belpher Castle is a-dither with romance and intrigue. Wodehouse's usual twits are in full cry as they leap about the manicured landscape . . . Reader Frederick Davidson portrays each character perfectly, sorting them out for the listener. His portrayal of [George], the wealthy and earnest American composer, is wonderful, and the women--ingenues and aunts--are very sweet or dragonish, depending.'' --AudioFile

''This might be nearly eighty years old, but the humor is still darned funny, ranging from snickers to giggles to an occasional laugh-out-loud guffaw . . . Beautifully read, semivoiced by Davidson, each character takes on depth and identity with just the right pace and tone.'' --Kliatt

About the Author

P.G. WODEHOUSE (1881-1975), an England-born journalist and novelist, lived in several different countries before settling in the United States after WWII. In a career spanning over sixty years, he wrote more than ninety books. During the 1920s, Wodehouse collaborated with Broadway legends like Cole Porter and George Gershwin on musicals, and in the 1930s, he expanded his repertoire by writing for motion pictures. He was honored with a knighthood in 1975.