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by P.G. Wodehouse (Author)
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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (26 Mar 1987)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 014001599X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140015997
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 259,191 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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There are some rather unusual things going on at Belpher Castle ...For one thing, the Earl's sister is set on pairing off her stepson, Reggie, and niece, lady Patricia (known as Maud). Maud, on the other hand, is after Geoffrey Raymon, and she is also being pursued by the unacceptable composer George Bevan. Love, anarchy, machiavellian plots, silly asses ...perfect Wodehouse reading.


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Lady Maud, the spirited young daughter of the Earl of Marshmoreton, is confined to her home, Belpher Castle in Hampshire, under aunt’s orders because of an unfortunate infatuation. Enter our hero, George Bevan, an American who writes songs for musicals and is so smitten with Maud that he descends on Hampshire’s rolling acres to see off his rival and claim her heart. Meanwhile, in the great Wodehousian tradition, the Earl of Marshmoreton just wants a quiet life pottering in his garden, supported by his portly butler Keggs and free from the demands of his bossy sister and his silly-ass son.

In a sunny story which involves chorus-girls, the theatre and a ball at the castle during a two-week house-party, Wodehouse deftly unties all the knots which he had so cleverly tied around his characters in the first place. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Words cannot describe - one of my absolute favourites, 23 May 2000
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This is one of the most entertaining and utterly delightful books that you are ever likely to read. Set in the 1920s, it reads like a musical, only without the music. Wonderfully appealing characters, from the singleminded Earl of Marshmoreton, pompous Lord Belpher, lovely Maud (aka Lady Patricia) and all round nice guy George Bevan, a light and natural romance, hilarious scenes which will stay vividly in your imagination for a long, long time... a book that you will not be able to put down, who could ask for more?
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Blanding's but not bland, 23 Sep 2007
A Damsel in Distress is P G Wodehouse farce built around his Blanding's Castle template but with Belpher Castle replacing Blanding's and Lord Marshmoreton playing the role of a slightly more active Lord Emsworth. The Butler is Keggs, still hawking his engagement sweepstake as premiered in the short story `The Good Angel' from `The Man Upstairs and other Stories'. So am I saying this is a novel bereft of original ideas and no merit; certainly not , the humour, dialogue and writing generated by these re-cycled ideas is as sharp as the best in the P G Wodehouse cannon.

Try this for size, a somewhat drunk Reggie Byng to a disguised George Bevan `You haven't a brother, or anything of that shape have you, no?', `No but I have often wished I had. I ought to have spoken to father about it. Father could never deny me anything.'

Or how about a rejoined between Miss Plummer and George `He made his money in whisky.', `That's better than spending it that way.'

As usual the leading lady has little to do but watch her mate battle his way through any number of imposters and misunderstandings to ensure that this is the best of all possible worlds.
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5.0 out of 5 stars British Humour at its finest, 11 Jul 2008
This review is from: A Damsel in Distress (Hardcover)
Belpher Castle, home of widowed Lord Marshmoreton. Both his children Percy and Maud, in their twenties, and his sister, Lady Caroline, along with her step-son Reginald, live at the castle, surrounded by their faithful butler Keggs, page-boy Albert and several other servants.
Maud is desperately in love with an American young man whom nobody has ever met and Lady Caroline, her aunt, resents and rejects the whole affair as it does not suit the family's aristocratic position, plus she wants her to marry Reggie, her step-son. Lord Marshmoreton, Maud's father, is actually more interested in his garden rather than in any direct involvement with his daughter's scandalous love "emergency" shall we say, but is forced to face the facts by his sister Caroline, who rules the castle (and tries to rule all their lives too) with an iron-fist hidden beyond her aristocratic subtle tones and smile.
George Bevan is an American composer in town with his show and in a case of mistaken identity, his life becomes muddled up with Belpher Castle and its inhabitants.

Firstly published in 1919, this comedy of errors is a classic and makes you laugh out loud to this day. Simply delightful British humour by the unforgettable P.G. Wodehouse.

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