The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories by P. G. Wodehouse
"The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories" by P. G. Wodehouse is a collection of humorous short stories written during the early 20th century. The stories often revolve around misunderstandings, romantic entanglements, and the comical exploits of charmingly flawed characters such as hapless detectives and love-stricken young men. The opening portion introduces us to Henry Pifield Rice, a rather unsuccessful detective who finds himself infatuated with a chorus girl named
Alice Weston. Despite being employed at a detective agency, Henry's work is unglamorous and inconsequential, primarily consisting of mundane tasks like tailing people. His conversation with Alice reveals his insecurities about his profession, especially when she expresses disdain for the sneaky nature of detective work. Undeterred by her initial rejection, Henry decides to pursue a career in the theatre to impress her, leading to a series of comedic misadventures as he becomes embroiled in the very world he sought to infiltrate as a detective. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975 |
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| Title | The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories |
| Note | Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_with_Two_Left_Feet |
| Contents | Bill the Bloodhound -- Extricating Young Gussie -- Wilton's Holiday -- The Mixer (I) -- The Mixer (II) -- Crowned Heads -- At Geisenheimer's -- The Making of Mac's -- One Touch of Nature -- Black for Luck -- The Romance of an Ugly Policeman -- A Sea of Troubles -- The Man with Two Left Feet. |
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Etext Produced by Suzanne L. Shell, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | Humorous stories, English |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 7471 |
| Release Date | Feb 1, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 663 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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