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Crowned Heads

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Crowned Heads is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse,^[1] first published in the United States in The Argosy in June 1914 and then in the United Kingdom in Pearson's Magazine in April 1915. It was also included in the collection The Man with Two Left Feet published in the UK in 1917.

Plot summary

A young but unattractive girl, Kate Bennett, meets a young and attractive man, Ted Brady, who falls in love with her and proposes to her. However her grandfather, Matthew Bennett, who lives under illusion that he is the King of England, objects to their marriage. Matthew changes his mind when Ted wins elections at the Mardi Gras and becomes a King of Coney Island.

Main characters

Kate Bennett, called Katie
Ted Brady
Genevieve called Jenny, Katie's friend
Tennessee Bear-Cat called Bear-Cat, Ted Brady's friend
Kate Bennett's father (mentioned only)
Matthew Bennett, Katie's grandfather
Mr. Murdoch, called Lord Murdoch, Matthiew Bennett's friend
Schwartz, Matthew Bennett's friend
Billy Burton (mentioned only)

References

1. ^{{cite book|last1=Jasen|first1=David A.|title=P.G. Wodehouse: A Portrait of a Master|date=2012|publisher=Schirmer Trade Books|location=London|isbn=978-0-85712-754-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GuS5AwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=8 March 2016}}

2 : Short stories by P. G. Wodehouse|1914 short stories

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