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First published in US: October 8 1937 by Doubleday Doran, Garden City, New York
First published in UK: February 11 1938 by Herbert Jenkins, London

Russian translation

  • Letnyaya blazh' by I. Mitrofanova: 1999

The hideous Walsingford Hall is home to an odd assortment of coves...

The vile premises belong to Sir Buckstone, who is in a little financial difficulty. So for a little monetary help he puts a roof over the heads of people like (among others) Tubby Vanringham, the adoring slave of cold-hearted Miss Whittaker. His brother Joe has fallen head over heels for Sir Buck's daughter Jane. She, however, only has eyes for Adrian Peake who has already formed a liaison with the terrifying - but superbly wealthy - Princess Dwornitzchek. Is there no end to the confusion?

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Characters

Sir Buckstone Abbott — Baronet who rents his home to paying guests. Wants to sell it to the Princess. An ex-big game hunter who wrote an autobiography.
Elmer Chinnery — American paying guest who is a much divorced millionaire
(Tubby) Theodore Vanringham — Stout young American who loves Prudence
Prudence Whittaker — Sir Buckstone's tall, slender and elegant secretary
(Jane) Imogen Abbott — Sir Buckstone's 20 year old pretty and slim daughter engaged secretly to Adrian but falls in love with Joe
J. Mortimer Busby — Crooked vanity publisher
Joe Vanringham — Tubby's lean and hard young brother who worked for Busby. Playwright who loves Jane.
Heloise, Princess von und zu Dwornitzchek — Joe and Tubby's stepmother who had married a Mr. Spelvin before marrying the late Franklin Vanringham
Adrian Peake — Gigolo going after the Princess and secretly engaged to Jane
Lady Alice Abbott — Sir Buckstone's American wife who is large and unruffled
Sam Bulpitt — Alice's millionaire brother who is America's champion process server
John B. Attwater — Proprietor of the Goose and Gander
Pollen - Buckstone's butler
James & John — The Abbott spaniels
Cyril Attwater — J.B.'s young son
Millicent (*)
Mr. Everard Waugh-Bonner (*)

Synopsis
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