A penniless young nobleman receives news of a massive inheritance, but his joy is eclipsed when he learns the fortune rightfully belongs to a young American woman he has never met. Stricken by conscience, he travels to New York under an assumed name, intending to return the wealth, only to fall madly in love with her. His deception spirals out of control as he tries to woo her while simultaneously...
P. G. Wodehouse - Uneasy Money
Uneasy Money
P. G. Wodehouse
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Beschreibung
A penniless young nobleman receives news of a massive inheritance, but his joy is eclipsed when he learns the fortune rightfully belongs to a young American woman he has never met. Stricken by conscience, he travels to New York under an assumed name, intending to return the wealth, only to fall madly in love with her. His deception spirals out of control as he tries to woo her while simultaneously foiling the plots of rival fortune hunters. The pursuit of honesty becomes a hilarious tightrope walk of mistaken identities and romantic desperation.