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Wilhemina "Billie" Bennett, red-haired daughter of an American millionaire, loves golf, dogs, and Tennyson, and is to marry Eustace Hignett, the weak, poetry-writing son of a famous English writer. Enter Sam Marlowe, Eustace's cousin, who plays tournament golf, and Jane Hubbard, Billie's big-game-hunting friend, and another romp in the inimitable Wodehouse style unfolds.… (más)
This isn't as funny as I'd expected it to be, but it's a fun romp nonetheless and is worth reading if you're a Wodehouse enthusiast. Long live Smith the Bulldog! I only wish his had been a bigger role. ( )
Despite the occasional rambling paragraph, this is Wodehouse at his best. Here the author unleashes some of his funniest scenes and most appealing characters.
Sam isn’t your typical hero. He tells white lies and causes chaos to achieve his goals but is no less likeable for doing so.
Billie is a wonderful heroine and I understand Sam’s desire to marry her. Many of the dialogue exchanges between these two are fantastic.
For instance, the following is a snippet from a dinner scene where Billie discovers she already knew Sam’s father, while Sam - recently rebuffed by Billie - is doing his utmost to be cold and aloof:
>"I never dreamed Sir Mallaby was your father." "I knew it all along," said Sam. ( )
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One Moment! Before my friend Mr Jenkins - wait a minute, Herbert - before my friend Mr Jenkins formally throws this book open to the public, I should like to say a few words. ...
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Through the curtained windows of the furnished flat which Mrs Horace Hignett had rented for her stay in New York, rays of golden sunlight peeped in like the foremost spies of some advancing army.
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The valet withdrew like a duke leaving the Royal Presence, not actually walking backwards but giving the impression of doing so.
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At any rate, the worst had not befallen them, for Sam was too happy to sing.
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UK title 'The Girl on the Boat', US title 'Three Men and a Maid'
"The story first appeared as a serial in Woman's Home Companion in the United States, under the title "Three Men and a Maid", from October to December 1921. It was first published as a book in the U.S. on April 26, 1922 by George H. Doran, New York, and as The Girl on the Boat in the United Kingdom by Herbert Jenkins, London, on June 15, 1922." The Girl on the Boat in Wikipedia
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Wilhemina "Billie" Bennett, red-haired daughter of an American millionaire, loves golf, dogs, and Tennyson, and is to marry Eustace Hignett, the weak, poetry-writing son of a famous English writer. Enter Sam Marlowe, Eustace's cousin, who plays tournament golf, and Jane Hubbard, Billie's big-game-hunting friend, and another romp in the inimitable Wodehouse style unfolds.
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