A Damsel in Distress (novel)

A Damsel in Distress

First edition (UK)
Author	P. G. Wodehouse
Language	English
Genre	Comic novel
Publisher	George H. Doran (US) Herbert Jenkins (UK)
Publication date	4 October 1919 (US) 15 October 1919 (UK)
Media type	Print

A Damsel in Distress is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on 4 October 1919 by George H. Doran, New York, and in the United Kingdom by Herbert Jenkins, London, on 15 October 1919.^[1] It had previously been serialised in The Saturday Evening Post, between May and June of that year.

Its plot revolves around golf-loving American composer George Bevan who falls in love with a mysterious young lady who takes refuge in his taxicab one day. When he later tracks her down to a romantic rural manor, mistaken identity leads to all manner of brouhaha.