Paddy the Next Best Thing (novel)
1908 novel by Gertrude Page / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paddy the Next Best Thing (also written as Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing) is a 1908 romantic comedy novel by the British writer Gertrude Page.[1]
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Author | Gertrude Page |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Romance |
Publisher | Hurst and Blackett |
Publication date | 1908 |
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The heroine of the story is Paddy Adair, the daughter of an impoverished Irish landowner near Carlingford. Her father, General Adair, had hoped she would be a boy, but is delighted by the high-spirited Paddy who dubs herself as "the next best thing" to a boy. Paddy falls in love with another landowner, who had once been involved with her elder sister.