If I Were You (Wodehouse novel)
1931 novel by P. G. Wodehouse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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If I Were You is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on 3 September 1931 by Doubleday, Doran, New York, and in the United Kingdom on 25 September 1931 by Herbert Jenkins, London.[1]
Author | P. G. Wodehouse |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Comic novel |
Publisher | Doubleday, Doran (US) Herbert Jenkins (UK) |
Publication date | 3 September 1931 (US) 25 September 1931 (UK) |
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The novel was based on a play of the same name written by Wodehouse and Guy Bolton.[2]
The story concerns the romantic troubles of young Tony, fifth Earl of Droitwich. Engaged to be married to the beautiful and rich Violet Waddington, 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, and Freddie's friend Tubby, Lord Bridgnorth, are both members of the Drones Club.