Reviews for A Damsel in Distress

The average rating for A Damsel in Distress based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-04-13 00:00:00 Michael Blazevich 4.5★ You would think being in a country where Lockdown has been taken very seriously indeed that an avid reader such as myself would be losing themselves in a mountain of books! Not so, I have found it very difficult to concentrate on anything that isn't a beloved reread. Thank heavens this book entered my life. Honesty compels me to admit it isn't quite perfect. Far too many characters were introduced at the start and I had trouble figuring out who were the important ones. But once the love story of George and Maud kicks off, it does so with a bang and every few pages had me giving a chuckle - and chuckles are hard to come by in these Coronavirus filled times. Two tramps of supernatural exuberance called at the cottage shortly after breakfast to ask George, whom they had never even consulted about their marriages, to help support their wives and children. Vintage Wodehouse. I can't go to quite the whole 5★ as P.g.w has done very similar stories to this one even better - most notably , but still highly recommended!

Review # 2 was written on 2009-02-27 00:00:00 Jane Weingrad George Bevan's life get turned upside down when Maud Marsh jumps into a cab beside him, pursued by a thug that is in fact her brother Percy. Bevan goes to Belpher Castle to find her and win her heart, resulting in the usual Wodehouse tale of mistaken identity and elaborate schemes. A Damsel in Distress is the usual hilarious Wodehouse tale with some added quirks. The cast at Belpher Castle very much resembles the crew at Blandings and I forgot I wasn't reading a Blandings tale on several occasions. Lord Marshemorton is a younger and more lively version of Lord Emsworth, enthralled with gardening rather than pigs, and his sister is much like Constance. Reggie Byng is cut from the Monty Bodkin/Bertie Wooster cloth. I get the feeling that Wodehouse wasn't completely sold on the Blandings crew after Something Fresh and decided to take another stab at it. Maybe he felt Belpher was unusable at the end of this story. The story has some unexpected turns, like the fate of Lord Marshemorton. I can't imagine Emsworth doing what Marshemorton did. While A Damsel in Distress isn't my favorite Wodehouse, it's still smashing. The dedicated Wodehouse fan won't be disappointed.