Prince and Betty (version 2)

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By Listen TheBook Posted on Jun 1, 2023

In Category - Humorous Fiction

Authors: P. G. Wodehouse In Year : 1912

Book Language: English

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Chapter 1 – A Cable From Mervo
Chapter 2 – Mervo And Its Owner
Chapter 3 -- John
Chapter 4 – Vive Le Roi!
Chapter 5 – Mr. Scobell Has Another Idea
Chapter 6 – Young Adam Cupid
Chapter 7 – Mr. Scobell Frank
Chapter 8 – An Ultimatum From The Throne
Chapter 9 – Mervo Changes Its Constitution
Chapter 10 – Mrs. Oakley
Chapter 11 – A Letter Of Introduction
Chapter 12 – “Peaceful Moments”
Chapter 13 – Betty Makes A Friend
Chapter 14 – A Change Of Policy
Chapter 15 – The Honeyed Word
Chapter 16 – Two Visitors To The Office
Chapter 17 – The Man At The Astor
Chapter 18 – The Highfield
Chapter 19 – The First Battle
Chapter 20 – Betty At Large
Chapter 21 – Changes In The Staff
Chapter 22 – A Gathering Of Cat Specialists
Chapter 23 – The Retirement Of Smith
Chapter 24 – The Campaign Quickens
Chapter 25 – Cornered
Chapter 26 – Journey’s End
Chapter 27 – A Lemon
Chapter 28 – The Final Attempt
Chapter 29 – A Representative Gathering
Chapter 30 – Conclusion

The story moves from a royal palace in Europe to a squalid tenement in New York. The European action centers on the efforts of an uncouth millionaire to create a gambling mecca on the tiny isle of Mervo. This involves the installation of a Prince who is unknown to the populace, a royal decree allowing gambling, and a proposed royal marriage spectacular enough to create the publicity to draw business. But the millionaire’s proposed bride – his stepdaughter, Betty – has a history with Prince John, which ignites stormy emotions and sends her flying to New York.

In New York we meet Rupert Smith – in fact, the double of the aristocratic, optimistic, erudite, pseudo-Socialist Rupert Psmith (with a silent preliminary “P”) who is featured in four other Wodehouse novels, including Psmith, Journalist. Bored with the dull content of the small weekly paper he edits, Smith develops an exciting and provocative organ which involves its staff (including Betty and, later, John) in precarious adventures. Articles about deplorable tenement conditions threaten certain parties who commission a gang to put Smith et al. out of commission. To protect themselves as they investigate, they enlist the aid the leader of New York’s most powerful gang. As the truth comes to light everyone is surprised by how intimately the Mervo and New York story lines have been linked all the while. - Summary by Kirsten Wever