title: A Concise Companion to Contemporary British Fiction
author:  James F. English 
description: "Blackwell's new <i>Companion</i> to contemporary British fictionis a delight to review. It delivers on its promises to beinnovative, highly readable, lively and topical, and it warrantswholehearted endorsement as an essenital addition to any librarythat is seriously developing resources for undergraduate and taughtpostgraduate study."<br /><i>Reference Reviews &lt;!--end--&gt;</i> <br />
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  ## Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel
  
  
    
  
  
  ### Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
  
  
  ### Herbert Westbrook
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## NOT GEORGE WASHINGTON
  
  
  
  
  
  ## An Autobiographical Novel
  
  
  ## by P. G. Wodehouse and Herbert Westbrook
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  **PART ONE**
  
  
  
  
  
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  _Miss Margaret Goodwin's Narrative_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  **CHAPTER 1**
  
  
  
  
  
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  **JAMES ARRIVES**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I am Margaret Goodwin. A week from today I shall be Mrs. James Orlebar
  Cloyster.
  
  
  It is just three years since I first met James. We made each other's
  acquaintance at half-past seven on the morning of the 28th of July in the
  middle of Fermain Bay, about fifty yards from the shore.
  
  
  Fermain Bay is in Guernsey. My home had been with my mother for many years at
  St. Martin's in that island. There we two lived our uneventful lives until
  fate brought one whom, when first I set my eyes on him, I knew I loved.
  
  
  Perhaps it is indiscreet of me to write that down. But what does it matt