Mary Roberts Rinehart

When a Man Marries (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

When a Man Marries is a classic screwball comedy - complete with a feisty female lead, mistaken identities, romance, witty repartee and a cast of befuddled high-society types. Jewelry thefts and mysterious happenings are part of the plot.

Kit McNair just wants to help a friend distraught over the approaching second anniversary of his divorce. She encourages Jimmy Wilson to host a small dinner party at his fashionable New York home. As the group gathers, a frantic Jimmy informs them his wealthy Aunt Selina is coming for an unexpected visit. Aunt Selina disapproves strongly of divorce - and she holds Jimmy's purse strings. The rest of the group persuades the reluctant Kit to pose as Jimmy's wife, just for the duration of Aunt Selina's short stay.

Of course, a whole host of complications ensue. Jimmy's butler falls ill with what appears to be smallpox, and the rest of the frightened servants flee the house. Jimmy's REAL ex-wife, Bella, shows up unannounced, forcing Kit to hide her in the basement. Then the public-health authorities arrive to lock up the entire dinner party in quarantine.

Thus the stage is set for an outrageous, wild romp. Used to being fed and dressed by servants, the trapped guests muddle along as best they can. Aunt Selina unleashes her domestic tyranny on the household. Jimmy tries to give Bella the cold shoulder, but it soon becomes obvious he still adores her (all while he's supposed to be playing the part of Kit's devoted husband). And while pretending to be Jim's wife, Kit finds herself increasingly attracted to a handsome new acquaintance, Tom Harbison, an engineer with little use for the "non-producing parasites" of the upper crust.

There's also a romantic thread. It's rather funny, as each is baffled by the lies they began to tell at the beginning of the ill-fated dinner party. It's definitely a good lesson on what horrid complications can result from a "tiny bit of help to a friend," otherwise known as a great lie.
 

Produktdetails

• Verlag: iOnlineShopping.com
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9788834183595
• Artikelnr.: 59130204

Autorenporträt

American author Mary Roberts Rinehart, sometimes known as the American Agatha Christie, was born on August 12, 1876, and died on September 22, 1958. In 1908, she released The Circular Staircase, her debut mystery book, which included the ""had I but known"" narrative tense. In her book The Door, she is credited with creating the ""the butler did it"" story device (1930). Mary Ella Roberts, who is now known as Rinehart, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Allegheny City. She published The Circular Staircase in 1907, the book that made her a household name. She made articles for The Saturday Evening Post that influenced middle-class American taste and behavior. Glen Osborne Borough now has a Mary Roberts Rinehart Nature Park there. Sometimes, Rinehart's business success clashed with her responsibilities as a wife and mother in the home. During World War I, she worked as a war journalist for The Saturday Evening Post, one of her many adventurous pursuits. Rinehart underwent a radical mastectomy as a result of her breast cancer. Her 25-year Filipino cook employee attempted to stab her with knives in 1947. She passed away at the age of 82 at her New York City residence at 630 Park Avenue