{"product_id":"the-girl-on-the-boat","title":"The Girl on the Boat","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy P. G. Wodehouse\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalty sea breezes \u003c\/b\u003ehearken Sam Marlowe, a gallant, well-dressed young man, to adventure and romance. Bound for England aboard the ocean liner \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, he encounters just that in the person of Wilhemina Bennett (“Billie” to her friends), who also happens to be the former fiancée of his cousin, Eustace (also aboard the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e). Lo and behold, Wilheminina finds that same romance with Sam, her own “perfect knight.”\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eAnd all is sunshine, roses, and cozy readings of Tennyson’s \u003ci\u003eIdylls of the King \u003c\/i\u003euntil Sam’s misguided “Little Imitation” at the ship’s concert results in the sundering of hearts. When the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e docks, Sam and Billie go their separate ways. True to form, Wodehouse leaves no stone unturned, no legal avenue unexplored, and no cupboard unoccupied as his hilarious prose sails the story toward its hilarious conclusion, promising on every page \u003ci\u003ebon voyage\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd so, calm and golden, the days went by, each fraught with hope and youth and sweetness, linking two young hearts in silken fetters forged by the laughing love-god.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir Pelham Grenville (P. G.) Wodehouse\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e (1881–1975) was an English author and playwright and one of the premier humorists of the twentieth century. His inimitable prose, in the words of Evelyn Waugh, “has made a world for us to live in and delight in.” Wodehouse’s hundreds of written works include the masterful \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeeves \u0026amp; Wooster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlandings Castle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e stories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback: \u003c\/strong\u003e238pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e978-1944418502\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100030263663,"sku":"978-1944418502","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Product2176_ce5ba6dd-6de8-4e0d-b0c2-654180e8cda6.jpg?v=1781124629","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/the-girl-on-the-boat","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}