{"product_id":"a-man-of-means-a-classic-comic-story-sequence-hardcover","title":"A Man of Means: A Classic Comic Story Sequence - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eP. G. Wodehouse\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eC. H. Bovill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Man of Means\u003c\/em\u003e is a sparkling comic sequence about sudden money, social ambition, romantic confusion, and the uncomfortable fact that good fortune often creates more trouble than it solves.\u003c\/strong\u003e Roland Bleke is an ordinary young man whose life changes when financial success comes his way through a series of lucky accidents. Wealth should make things easier. Instead, it draws Roland into awkward courtship, dubious ventures, social absurdity, theatrical schemes, publishing complications, and the kind of comic entanglements that only P. G. Wodehouse could make feel inevitable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in collaboration with C. H. Bovill, these six linked stories first appeared in magazines in the 1910s and follow Roland through the episodes of his improbable rise. The collection includes \"The Episode of the Landlady's Daughter,\" \"The Episode of the Financial Napoleon,\" \"The Episode of the Theatrical Venture,\" \"The Episode of the Live Weekly,\" \"The Diverting Episode of the Exiled Monarch,\" and \"The Episode of the Hired Past.\" Together they form an early Wodehouse comic narrative full of misplaced confidence, social climbing, amiable foolishness, and the cheerful collapse of well-laid plans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis SMK edition is suited to readers of classic British humour, comic fiction, early twentieth-century short stories, P. G. Wodehouse, light satire, and linked story collections. \u003cem\u003eA Man of Means\u003c\/em\u003e is a lesser-known but delightful part of the Wodehouse shelf: a brisk, funny, and highly readable reminder that money may open doors, but it also invites people, problems, and perfectly ridiculous complications through them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50377920020717,"sku":"9781515432852","price":34.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/YB7Zh8jXBf9781515432852.webp?v=1785620674","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/a-man-of-means-a-classic-comic-story-sequence-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}