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A Gentleman of Leisure

(The Intrusion of Jimmy)

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Author(s):P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):Unknown
Publisher(s): Herbert Jenkins, Ltd.
Year Published: circa 1929
Type: Hardcover
Genre: American
British
Fiction - novel
Humorous
Age Range: Ages 13-18: Young Adult
Pages: 256
OCLC: 898911951

Description

A wealthy New York bachelor falls in love on an Atlantic crossing. While burgling a house to fulfill a bet, he meets the girl again. A year later their paths cross in England and he proposes, but as P.G. Wodehouse is in charge, the course of true love does not run smooth. The novel was made into a play ‘After the Show’ by Wodehouse and Herbert Westbrook and filmed several times.

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Other Editions

1910
(Alston Rivers)
1910
(W. J. Watt & Co., Publishers)
2003
(The Overlook Press)

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