A Damsel in Distress (novel)
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| A Damsel in Distress | |
| Author | P. G. Wodehouse |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | George H. Doran |
| Publication date | 1919 |
| Media type | |
A Damsel in Distress is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the U.S. on October 4, 1919 by George H. Doran, New York, and in the U.K. by Herbert Jenkins, London, on October 17 1919. It had previously been serialised in The Saturday Evening Post, between May and June that year.
Golf-loving American composer George Bevan falls in love with a mysterious young lady who takes refuge in his taxicab one day; when he tracks her down to a romantic rural manor, mistaken identity leads to all manner of brouhaha...
The story was made into a silent, black-and-white movie in 1919. In 1928 a dramatisation by Ian Hay was staged, with Hay, Wodehouse and A. A. Milne investing in the production, about which Wodehouse said "I don't think we shall lose our money, as Ian has done an awfully good job."[1].
Wodehouse adapted the novel for the R.K.O. musical in 1937 - see here.
[edit] External links
- The Russian Wodehouse Society's page, with numerous book covers and a list of characters
- Free eBook of A Damsel in Distress at Project Gutenberg
- The 1919 movie at the IMDB
- The 1937 musical at the IMDB
