''The Adventures of Sally'' is a novel by

P. G. Wodehouse Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, ( ; 15 October 188114 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeve ...

. It appeared as a serial in '' Collier's'' magazine in the United States from October 8 to December 31, 1921, and in ''

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'' in the United Kingdom from April to July 1922. It was first published in book form in the United Kingdom by Herbert Jenkins on 17 October 1922, and in the U.S. by George H. Doran on March 23, 1923, under the title ''Mostly Sally''.McIlvaine, E.; Sherby, L.S.; and Heineman, J.H. (1990) ''P. G. Wodehouse: A Comprehensive Bibliography and Checklist''. New York: James H. Heineman, pages 40 – 41. . It was serialised again, under this second title, in '' The Household Magazine'' from November 1925 to April 1926. The novel relates the adventures of Sally Nicholas, a young American woman who inherits a fortune of $25,000.

Plot

Sally Nicholas is a young, pretty, and popular American woman who lives in a boarding house in New York and works as a

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. Upon reaching her twenty-first birthday, she inherits a considerable fortune. Sally tries to adjust to her new life, but financial and romantic problems beset her until a

happy ending A happy ending is an ending of the plot of a work of fiction in which almost everything turns out for the best for the main protagonists and their sidekicks, while the main villains/antagonists are dead/defeated. In storylines where the protago ...

ensues.

References

External links

The Russian Wodehouse Society's page
Displays numerous book covers and has a list of characters.
Free eBook of ''The Adventures of Sally''
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* 1922 British novels Novels by P. G. Wodehouse Works originally published in Collier's Novels first published in serial form Herbert Jenkins books British comedy novels {{1920s-comedy-novel-stub