A pretty girl in a blue dress came out of the house, and began to walk slowly across the terrace to where Elsa Keith sat with Marvin Rossiter in the shade of the big sycamore. Elsa and Marvin had become engaged some few days before, and were generally to be found at this time sitting together in some shaded spot in the grounds of the Keith’s Long Island home.
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Anglo-American wit, short-story writer, dramatist and lyricist, educated at Dulwich College and chiefly noted as the creator of the efficient butler, Jeeves. He wrote more than 90 books and more than 20 film scripts and collaborated on more than 30 plays and musical comedies. His major works include Psmith in the City (1910), Very Good Jeeves (1930), The Butler Did It (1957), Bachelors Anonymous (1974), O, Kay (1926) and Rosalie (1928).
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Not one of his best,
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This review is from: The Prince and Betty (Kindle Edition)
Wodehouse is at his best when lampooning upper class New York and British society. He is clearly out of his element in this book. While the book's main characters are the typical young couple in love, much of the story is set in lower class New York City, and the other characters include gangsters, poor immigrants, and prize fighters. Wodehouse's attempts to imitate gangster speech are annoying, and many of his characterizations ring false.
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P. G. Wodehouse had not really hit his stride yet when this story was published. The American accents/language seem somewhat stilted. Still a very funny story. Well worth collecting and well worth reading. ON the Wodehouse scale of 1-10 about a 4 (compared to Jeeves, and Blandings stories). That would translate to about an 8 on a scale with other writers.
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A previous reviewer has mentioned that the hero of this book, named Smith, seems so much like the more famous Wodehouse character, Psmith. The reason is that they are the same character with a few minor changes, most importantly Smith is American. This has to do with the publication history of this book. In 1910, Wodehouse published a novel called "Psmith Journalist" werialized in the American magazine continuing the adventures of Psmith and Mike from "Psmith in the City" as they grapple with lots of American gangsters, boxers, slumlords, etc. This novel was published in book form as "Psmith Journalist" in 1915. In the meantime, he published 2 different (US & UK) revised versions under the title "Prince and Betty" -- one with and one without an additional love story. The version here appears to be the US version. I have read and enjoyed "Psmith Journalist," and while ,it is the weakest of his Psmith books I definately recomend it as a must for any Wodehouse fan. I haven't yet read "Prince and Betty" but am looking forward to it to see the differences between it and Psmith Journalist. Also, Jimmy Pitt the hero of the excellent Wodehouse book, "Gentleman of Leisure" makes an appearance in Prince and Betty
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