The Prince And Betty is a humorous fictional book written by P. G. Wodehouse is based on a story that begins with young American John Maude, who is forced to look for work after falling in love with high-society girl Betty Silver. When offered the chance to go to the tiny island in the country, Mervo, Maude accepts. There, he is employed by wealthy personality, Benjamin Scobell, who has plans to establish a casino there that would compete with Monte Carlo. As a draw for his casino, Scobell wants Maude to pose as the vanished Prince of Mervo. Moreover, Scobell wants John to marry his stepdaughter, who is eventually Betty Silver. John shuts down the casino and attempts to orchestrate a revolution that would turn Mervo into a democratic state after Betty accuses him of being a forger. Will John and Betty get married to each other? After this democratic revolution, who will run the casino, and how will John and Betty spend their life? To read this romantic and comic story, readers can read the novel to find out the surprising result!
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE, was a comic author who experienced huge success during a career of more than seventy years and continues to be broadly read over 40 years after his death. He was an English writer and one of the most comprehensively read humorists of the 20th century. Born in Guildford on 15 October 1881, the son of a British Magistrate established in Hong Kong, Wodehouse spent happy teenage years at Dulwich College. Later he worked for the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank in London for two years. He wrote part-time while working in the bank, usually proving successful enough to take it up as a full-time profession. He was a journalist with The Globe (an inactive English newspaper) for several years before usually going to Hollywood, where he earned huge amount as a screenwriter. He was a creative author, writing 96 books in a career scaling from 1902-1975. His works consist of novels, collections of short stories, and a musical comedy. He is best well-known as the creator of Jeeves. He passed on 14 February 1975 in New York, United States.
