A Gentleman Of Leisure Abridged

A Gentleman of Leisure P. G. Wodehouse - P.G. Wodehouse's classic novel of humor and capers. American Jimmy Pitt falls in love while traveling on a transatlantic ocean liner. Pitt also makes the acquaintance of a burglar, and lands into some sticky situations. Detectives, impersonators, and meddling relatives become involved.

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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Also published under the title A Gentleman of Leisure, The Intrusion of Jimmy plumbs the depths of misbegotten romantic entanglements with a level of skill and virtuosity that only famed British humorist P.G. Wodehouse could pull off without a hitch. After falling in love with a comely fellow passenger on a sea voyage, wealthy gadabout Jimmy Pitt is sucked into a downward spiral of unfortunate events and bad decisions while trying to woo his beloved.