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Uneasy Money

When Lord Dawlish unexpectedly comes into an inheritance, he travels from London to New York to try to give it away.

First published
1916
Length
69,727 words
Reading time
About 4 hr 51 min
Language
English (US)

About the book

Affable and honourable, Lord Dawlish is the second poorest peer in England, relying on his income as a club secretary. Claire Fenwick, his beautiful fiancée, will not marry him until he has some money, so he draws up plans to travel to New York and make his fortune. When he unexpectedly comes into an inheritance, he attempts to give it to the person he believes is the more deserving recipient. This, however, proves more difficult than expected.

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the twentieth century. After leaving school, he was employed by a bank but disliked the work and turned to writing in his spare time. His early writing mostly consisted of school stories, but he later switched to writing comic fiction, creating several regular characters who became familiar to the public over the years, such as Bertie Wooster and Jeeves.

the Read4Max reading text contains approximately 69,727 words arranged in 27 navigable sections.

About the author

P. G. Wodehouse

P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975) is described by Wikidata as English author (1881–1975), with citizenship or national association recorded as United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, and United States.

Recorded occupations include writer, novelist, playwright, librettist, lyricist, and humorist. Languages recorded for P. G. Wodehouse include English. Open Library identifies Right Ho, Jeeves as a leading work in its author record. Open Library catalogs 2773 works under this author record. The Read4Max catalog currently includes A Damsel in Distress, A Gentleman of Leisure, A Prefect’s Uncle, Indiscretions of Archie, Mike, Psmith, Journalist, and The Adventures of Sally under P. G. Wodehouse's authorship.

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Themes and ideas

  • New York (N.Y.)
  • Humorous stories
  • Inheritance and succession
  • Love stories
  • Aristocracy (Social class)
  • British

Table of contents

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  1. Dedication
  2. Uneasy Money
  3. I
  4. II
  5. III
  6. IV
  7. V
  8. VI
  9. VII
  10. VIII
  11. IX
  12. X
  13. XI
  14. XII
  15. XIII
  16. XIV
  17. XV
  18. XVI
  19. XVII
  20. XVIII
  21. XIX
  22. XX
  23. XXI
  24. XXII
  25. XXIII
  26. XXIV
  27. XXV