If I Were You (Wodehouse novel)
If I Were You is a novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on September 3, 1931 by Doubleday, Doran, New York, and in the United Kingdom on September 25, 1931 by Herbert Jenkins, London.[1]
Prior to its publication in book form the novel was serialized in four issues (April–July 1931) of The American Magazine.[2]
The story concerns the romantic troubles of young Anthony Bryce, Earl of Droitwich.
Engaged to be married to Violet Waddington, heiress to 'Waddington's 97 Soups', Tony finds his life thrown into chaos when his old nurse comes to pay him a visit, revealing a long-kept family secret. Tony departs for London with the resourceful Polly Brown, leaving the ancestral home in the hands of the Socialist barber Syd Price.
The Honourable Freddie Chalk-Marshall, the monocle-wearing younger brother of Lord Droitwich, is a member of the Drones Club.[3]
References
- ^ McIlvaine, E., Sherby, L.S. and Heineman, J.H. (1990) P.G. Wodehouse: A comprehensive bibliography and checklist. New York: James H. Heineman, p. 60. ISBN 087008125X
- ^ Taves, Brian (2006). P.G. Wodehouse and Hollywood: Screenwriting, Satires and Adaptations. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland and Company. p. 42. ISBN 9780786484430.
- ^ Garrison, Daniel H. (1991) [1989]. Who's Who in Wodehouse (Revised ed.). Constable & Robinson. p. 44. ISBN 1-55882-087-6.
External links
- The Russian Wodehouse Society's page, with photos of book covers and a list of characters
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