Love insurance / Earl Derr Biggers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biggers, Earl Derr, 1884-1933, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romance fiction.

Humorous stories.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Hesperus Press Limited, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Take a risk on love in this zany romantic comedy that will charm you from the very first page! Working for an American branch of Lloyds’ insurers, Owen Jephson is used to underwriting unusual things – weight loss in actors, inconvenient rain at garden parties, twins in the family – nonetheless he is taken aback when Lord Harrowby asks him to insure against his fiancée jilting him at the altar. Never one to turn down an interesting offer, Jephson agrees but swiftly dispatches Dick Minot to Florida to make sure that Lloyds’ assets are protected and that Cynthia Meyrick makes it down the aisle. Unfortunately Minot promptly falls in love with Cynthia after accidentally meeting her on a train, and has to decide where his loyalties lie – should he sabotage or support the wedding, especially as it comes to light Lord Harrowby may not be all that he seems ? From then on, things go rapidly downhill as expensive necklaces go missing, long-lost brothers rear their heads and it is touch and go whether Lord Harrowby and Cynthia will eventually be joined in marriage or not P.G. Wodehouse meets Oscar Wilde meets The Great Gatsby in this charming novel, too long forgotten and long overdue a revival.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""Chapter I: A Sporting Proposition""; ""Chapter II: An Evening in The River""; ""Chapter III: Journeys End In � Taxi Bills""; ""Chapter IV: Mr Trimmer Limbers Up""; ""Chapter V: Mr Trimmer Throws His Bomb""; ""Chapter VI: Ten Minutes of Agony""; ""Chapter VII: Chain Lightning�s Collar""; ""Chapter VIII: After The Trained Seals""; ""Chapter IX: �Wanted: Board And Room�""; ""Chapter X: Two Birds of Passage""; ""Chapter XI: Tears from The Gaiety""; ""Chapter XII: Exit a Lady, Laughingly""; ""Chapter XIII: �And on The Ships at Sea�""

""Chapter XIV: Jersey City Interferes""""Chapter XV: A Bit of a Blow""; ""Chapter XVI: Who�s Who in England""; ""Chapter XVII: The Shortest Way Home""; ""Chapter XVIII: A Rotten Bad Fit""; ""Chapter XIX: Mr Minot Goes Through Fire""; ""Chapter XX: Please Kill""; ""Chapter XXI: High Words at High Noon""; ""Chapter XXII: Well, Hardly Ever""; ""Biographical note""; ""SELECTED TITLES FROM HESPERUS PRESS""; ""Copyright""

Notes:

"Love Insurance first published 1914"--T.p. verso.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781780943534

1780943539

9781780943558

1780943555

OCLC:

881887413