Project Gutenberg 2013-05-22 Public domain in the USA. 195 Webster, Jean 1876 1916 McKinney, Jean Webster Webster, Alice Jean Chandler Much Ado About Peter Produced by Charlene Taylor, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Much Ado About Peter" by Jean Webster is a novel written in the early 20th century. This story unfolds in a lively setting, focusing on the humorous and romantic entanglements of Peter Malone, the head groom at the Willowbrook estate, as he navigates his relationships with the staff and the new arrivals, particularly a charming maid named Annie O'Reilly. The narrative is anticipated to blend wit, character dynamics, and perhaps some social commentary, highlighting themes of ambition, love, and the intricacies of life below the upper-class surface. The opening of the novel introduces Peter and his fellow grooms, Billy and Joe, as they go about their daily routines in the carriage house. When Mrs. Carter assigns Peter and Billy to pick up a new maid from the train, an air of competition and tension develops between the two grooms, both vying for the maid's affection. This rivalry and Peter's daydreams about a romantic connection with the maid set the stage for humorous misunderstandings and challenges. Meanwhile, the arrival of the new maid hints at transformative changes to the established order at Willowbrook, suggesting that comedic misadventures rooted in class dynamics and personal aspirations are at play. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42768/42768-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 81.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Domestic fiction Household employees -- Fiction PS Text Category: Romance Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: American Literature 325657 2025-08-17T09:32:04.779188 text/html 310295 2024-10-23T15:56:35 text/html 298098 2025-08-17T09:32:09.661149 application/epub+zip 298075 2025-08-17T09:32:05.522176 application/epub+zip 193051 2025-08-17T09:32:05.130180 application/epub+zip 406492 2025-08-17T09:32:12.915127 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 375162 2025-08-17T09:32:09.243121 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 271157 2022-09-19T14:12:59.360576 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 289694 2025-08-17T09:32:04.117147 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 269831 2024-10-23T15:56:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17157 2025-08-17T09:32:13.050096 application/rdf+xml 22917 2025-08-17T09:32:05.223167 image/jpeg 3397 2025-08-17T09:32:05.178161 image/jpeg 273152 2025-08-17T09:32:04.820166 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia