A Damsel in Distress

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A Damsel in Distress A Damsel in Distress

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Category: Fiction

Published: 2000

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P.G. Wodehouse\'s classic tale of humor, "A Damsel in Distress" is the story of Belpher Castle and it\'s characters muddle through impending catastrophes and ill-considered love affairs. George Bevan, an American composer of musicals, is in England to attend the performance of one. But when the Lady Patricia Maud Marsh slips into his taxi, he is drawn into the frivolous intrigues of Belpher Castle. George is mistaken for another American with whom Maud has fallen in love. Maud, in turn, is attempting to escape her aunt, Lady Caroline Byng, who is trying to marry Maud off to her step-son, Reginald. Meanwhile, her father, Lord John Marshmoreton, has fallen in love with an actress. As the Castle servants make bets on their Lords’ and Ladies’ capricious attachments,