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The Girl on the Boat

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The plot follows a young man who falls for an idealistic young woman he meets aboard an Atlantic liner; she seeks a paragon of chivalry and he briefly appears to fit the role through a fortunate misunderstanding but cannot sustain the part. A parrot-faced rival pursues the same woman, and both men trail her to a Hampshire country house where further schemes, blunders, and social embarrassments escalate into farcical episodes. The narrative blends romantic misadventure with gentle satire of upper-class manners, relying on comic timing, awkward situations, and a cast of eccentric relatives to generate humorous complications before a final reckoning.

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Title: The Girl on the Boat

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Release date: March 1, 2007 [eBook #20717]
Most recently updated: February 17, 2021

Language: English

Credits: Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

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The Girl on the Boat

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P. G. WODEHOUSE

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