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When a Man Marries

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Book Overview: 

A divorced playboy hosts a dinner party complete with a stand in wife to placate his aunt who financially supports him. When his chef is hospitalized with smallpox symptoms, the fun begins. Throw in an ex-wife, a mystery, and a little romance and you have a comedy of side splitting proportions

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Anne Brown was getting over her tears and now she turned on me in a temper.

"It's all your fault," she said. "I was going to stay at home and get a little sleep—"

"Well, you can sleep now," Dallas broke in. "There'll be nothing to do but sleep."

"I think you haven't grasped the situation, Dal," I said icily. "There will be plenty to do. There isn't a servant in the house!"

"No servants!" everybody cried at once. The Mercer girls stopped giggling.

"Holy cats!" Max stopped in the act of hanging up his overcoat. "Do you mean—why, I can't shave myself! I'll cut my head off."

"You'll do more than that," I retorted grimly. "You will carry coal and tend fires and empty ash pans, and when you are not doing any of those things there will be pots and pans to wash and beds to make."

Then there WAS a row. We had worked back to the den now, and I stood in front of the fireplace and let the storm. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Short, easy to read, and the solution was one of Rinehart's "Had I But Known," once again. The comic elements, and the romantic comedy ensuing, in an almost spoof of the classic British house party mystery, made this far more enjoyable. In 1910 New York, society girl Kit throws a dinner and card par

I know people who gnash their teeth about e-readers, but the Kindle has been responsible for introducing me to some really great pre-copyright authors, and Mary Roberts Rinehart (aka "the American Agatha Christie") is a prime example. She was one of the most popular and prolific writers of her time.

What a great work of laughable entertainment - I thoroughly enjoyed this read from 1909 and would recommend it to anyone looking for a nonsensical, slight mystery/slight romantic comedy. It's similar in humor to P. G. Wodehouse but perhaps with more sarcasm than straight silliness.

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