Damsel in Distress

Damsel in Distress is a delightful novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the U.S. on October 4, 1919, by George H. Doran, New York, and in the U.K. by Herbert Jenkins, London, on October 17, 1919. This charming tale, which was initially serialized in The Saturday Evening Post between May and June of that year, follows the golf-loving American composer George Bevan as he falls head over heels for a mysterious young woman who unexpectedly takes refuge in his taxicab. His quest to find her leads him to a romantic rural manor, where mistaken identities spark a series of comedic misadventures.