description: The nearest Wodehouse ever came to a serious story, The Coming of Bill is a fascinating blend of social comment and light comedy. It concerns the offspring of Ruth, a spoilt heiress, and Kirk, an impecunious artist of perfect physique, brought together by Ruth’s aunt, a believer in eugenics. The young couple are eventually successful in retrieving their child and their marriage from the influence of overbearing Mrs Poter, but only after a series of comic mishaps in a book which features a galaxy of vintage Wodehouse characters, including the bossy aunt, a tetchy millionaire, a good-natured ex-boxer and an orotund English butler.
language: English
title: The Coming of Bill
titlecomplete: The Coming of Bill
characters: Hank Jardine, Clarence Grayling, Lora Delane Porter, John Bannister, Ruth Bannister, Hilda Vince, William Bannister Winfield, Basil Milbank, Percy Shanklyn, Kirk  Winfield, Bailey Bannister, Sybil Wilbur, Steve Dingle, Whiskers, Robert Dwight Penway, Keggs, Freda Recce, Mamie, George Pennicut
genres: Fiction, British Literature, Comedy, Humor, Romance, Classics, Novels, New York, Historical Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 833
publisher: The Overlook Press