num_pages: 272
description: In this comic novel - dedicated to Douglas Fairbanks, who starred in the stage version - Jimmy Pitt, man-about-town and former newspaper hound, takes a bet that he cannot commit burglary. He finds breaking and entering easy enough, but then discovers that he has forced his way into the home of a tough New York policeman. Naturally, Captain McEachern has a beautiful daughter and problems of his own. The complications which ensue from their meeting, involving a rich cast of Wodehousean characters from both sides of the Atlantic, create one of his most amusing and light-hearted early novels.
language: English
title: A Gentleman of Leisure
titlecomplete: A Gentleman of Leisure
characters: Julia Blunt, Thomas Blunt, Charteris, Raikes, Sutton, Spike Mullins, Samuel Galer, Dixon, Willett, James Willoughby Pitt, Saunders, Hargate, Katie, Hildebrand Spencer Poynt de Burgh John Hannasyde Coombe-Crombie, Molly McEachern, Arthur Mifflin, John McEachern
genres: Fiction, British Literature, Comedy, Humor, Romance, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Audiobook
ratings_count: 1199
publisher: Everyman