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Leave It to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse

Leave It to Psmith

P.G. Wodehouse

Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · March 23, 2021

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Who it’s for
A playful comedy of tangled schemes, family complications, and affection that takes an unexpected route.
Genres
Funny Fiction, The Classics, Historical Fiction
Published
Start Publishing LLC, March 23, 2021

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About this book

Freddie Threepwood and his uncle are in difficulties. Freddie wants a thousand pounds to start a bookmaker’s business and to marry Eve, while his uncle wants to raise three thousand pounds, unbeknown to his wife, to help a runaway daughter. Freddie persuades his uncle to steal his wife’s necklace and sees Psmith’s advertisement in a daily paper. Freddie enlists the services of Psmith to steal the necklace. There are plots and counterplots.

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Psmith is not successful in stealing the necklace but succeeds in stealing the affections of Eve.

Schemes and Spark

A playful comedy of tangled schemes, family complications, and affection that takes an unexpected route.

Come here for

  • Comic schemes, stolen necklaces, and romantic complications
  • Psmith’s resourceful presence in a tangle of plots and counterplots

Expect

  • Light-footed British humor and romantic mischief
  • More plotting than peril, with a slyly comic feel

Where it sits

Funny Fiction61%
The Classics61%
Historical Fiction34%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • The Classics
  • Funny Fiction
  • Crime Fiction
Authors
P.G. Wodehouse
Publisher
Start Publishing LLC
Published
March 23, 2021
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
The Classics