The Coming of Bill
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About This Book
The Coming of Bill (1920) is the nearest Wodehouse ever came to a serious novel, although the influence of the musical comedies he was writing at the time is never far away. Bill is the child of Ruth, a spoilt heiress, and Kirk, an impecunious artist of perfect physique. Their marriage has been arranged by Ruth's aunt, a believer in eugenics who then takes charge of the baby. The story, set entirely in New York and Connecticut, concerns the young couple's campaign to retrieve their child from the overbearing Mrs Porter and establish a normal family life. They are eventually successful, but onl...
Chapters (32)(click to expand)
- The Coming of Bill
- 1920
- BOOK ONE
- Chapter I. A Pawn of Fate
- Chapter II. Ruth States Her Intentions
- Chapter III. The Mates Meet
- Chapter IV. Troubled Waters
- Chapter V. Wherein Opposites Agree
- Chapter VI. Breaking the News
- Chapter VII. Sufficient Unto Themselves
- Chapter VIII. Suspense
- Chapter IX. The White Hope is Turned Down
- Chapter X. An Interlude of Peace
- Chapter XI. Stung to Action
- Chapter XII. A Climax
- BOOK TWO
- Chapter I. Empty-handed
- Chapter II. An Unknown Path
- Chapter III. The Misadventure of Steve
- Chapter IV. The Widening Gap
- Chapter V. The Real Thing
- Chapter VI. The Outcasts
- Chapter VII. Cutting the Tangled Knot
- Chapter VIII. Steve to the Rescue
- Chapter IX. At One in the Morning
- Chapter X. Accepting the Gifts of the Gods
- Chapter XI. Mr. Penway on the Grill
- Chapter XII. Dolls with Souls
- Chapter XIII. Pastures New
- Chapter XIV. The Sixty-First Street Cyclone
- Chapter XV. Mrs. Porter’s Waterloo
- Chapter XVI. The White-Hope Link
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