The Girl on the Boat

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The Girl on the Boat by P. G. Wodehouse

Real Wodehousian humor, great narration and a happy ending story – this is what you can expect from The Girl on the Boat. First published in the US in series in the Woman’s Home Companion, in 1921,under the title Three Men and a Maid, and, a bit later, in 1922, in the United Kingdom, in the form of a book with the title we know it by now, the novel is certainly one of the most popular masterpieces of Wodehouse.

The main character, Wilhelmina “Billie” Bennet is red-haired and she loves dogs – two qualities that make her journey by sea along with three gentlemen exciting and adventurous. The story is not very difficult – though all Wodehousian novels are masterfully crafted, understanding them poses no difficulty at all – , so it is not really the “what”, it is much rather the “how” that fascinates the reader. The book is full of witty remarks, funny lines and funny situations. What makes the weaving of the characters even more interesting is that none of them is good in the proper sense of the word, none of them is close to the reader’s heart, yet everything works out just fine in the end. Though the romance was written over a century ago, it is a fresh and entertaining story even now and this is due to Wodehouse’s timeless story-telling style and the masterful use of language as well as to the classic set-up of an attractive young woman being romanced with four young men simultaneously.
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