Piccadilly Jim

1917

Wodehouse's 1917 comedy of Jimmy Crocker, a New York newspaperman turned London nuisance, who returns home under a false name to a house full of impostors. An explosive, a stolen scarab and a detective disguised as a parlourmaid keep the twenty-six chapters moving.

Chapter I A Red-Haired Girl
Chapter II The Exiled Fan
Chapter III Family Jars
Chapter IV Jimmy's Disturbing News
Chapter V The Morning After
Chapter VI Jimmy Abandons Piccadilly
Chapter VII On the Boat-Deck
Chapter VIII Painful Scene in a Cafe
Chapter IX Mrs. Pett Is Shocked
Chapter X Instruction in Deportment
Chapter XI Jimmy Decides to Be Himself
Chapter XII Jimmy Catches the Boss's Eye
Chapter XIII Slight Complications
Chapter XIV Lord Wisbeach
Chapter XV A Little Business Chat
Chapter XVI Mrs. Pett Takes Precautions
Chapter XVII Miss Trimble, Detective
Chapter XVIII The Voice Prom the Past
Chapter XIX Between Father and Son
Chapter XX Celestine Imparts Information
Chapter XXI Chicago Ed.
Chapter XXII In the Library
Chapter XXIII Stirring Times for the Petts
Chapter XXIV Sensational Turning of a Worm
Chapter XXV Nearly Everybody Happy
Chapter XXVI Everybody Happy