Bachelors Anonymous

Here's another classic comedy from P.G.Wodehouse bringing a marriage addict and a bachelor together in one book.
Ivor, an American movie moghul, is a recently divorced personality, who wants to avoid getting into any more impulsive marriages, like his last one. He seeks his lawyer, Ephraim, who is a member of a club called Bachelor's Anonymous, for advice. Ephraim suggests Ivor should leave for England and get a personal bodyguard, who'd protect Ivor from rash decision of proposing to women when he has run out of things to talk to. Thus, Ivor leaves for England.
Joseph is an upcoming story writer. Thus far, he has been supporting himself at a lawyer's office, but his passion lied in drama. One of his story's was going to be performed at the local theatre with Vera as the leading lady. As part of her journalist job, Sally had to interview the story writer and proceeds to interview Joseph. For Joseph, it is love at first sight, but he is unable to get a date with her. Meanwhile, he gets a call from his friend Jerry about the possibility of a new job. The new job is being the bodyguard to Ivor, which is a chance in a million for Joe, since he could finance his stories.
Sally receives a letter from Jerry's company mentioning a matter of importance with regards to her old boss, who was a campaigner against smoking. It's fate that brings Joe to Sally again and this time, he fixes a date with her. After he leaves, Sally finds out from Jerry that her old boss had left her a fortune and a home, under the condition that she doesn't smoke and to monitor that, a detective would be living with her in her new apartment. She returns home to share her joy with her roomie, who insists on seeing the new place. As they are viewing the new place, Sally tires out and falls asleep, missing Joe's lunch date. Panicking, she reaches the restaurant, only to find him gone. She is remorseful, since she had started to like him as well.
Meanwhile, Joe starts his new job with Ivor. Ivor quite liked his bodyguard, but is disturbed when Joe starts raving about when an interviewer, Sally, comes by to ask him questions. Ivor immediately insists that Ephraim come to England, while Sally apologizes and fixes a lunch date with Joe. Ivor attends Joe's play and is delighted to meet Vera and according to his usual self, invites Vera to have dinner with him.
Joe prepares himself tiptop for the date and meets Ephraim with Ivor, when he returns. Ephraim enrages him by speaking odd things about love and finally loses his mental balance, when he drinks a seemingly harmless concoction that Ephraim hands him and thus, misses his date with Sally.
Meanwhile, Sally moves into her new apartment and finds out her detective roomie, Daphne, to be not-so-formidable. She easily fits in with her and feels on cloud nine thinking she's never be smoking, so the fortune would be hers in no time. However, her day starts going wrong when she's stood up by Joe and is angry at him. Surprises of surprises, her ex-fiance, Jaklyn, who finds out about Sally's new fortunes (and decides this is the solution to all his debts), arrives at the restaurant and in fit of anger, Sally agrees to be engaged to him again. She returns home in low spirits and tells of her engagement to her roomie, who is decidedly shocked, since she is engaged to Jakyln as well, however, she keeps her calm.
When Joe finds out the next day about what happened to him, he is annoyed at Ephraim and tries to make peace with Sally, however, Ephraim follows him around with discouraging words. Finally, they follow Sally in a cab to her nanny's home. Ephraim loses Joe and Sally and tries to find them by asking the nanny, Jane, however, Jane is a stout woman who refuses to let him in. To try again, Ephraim enters the neighbour's lawn and gets bitten by the dog. The owner, Amelia rushes out to help him and Ephraim falls in love with the nurse, who works at St. Swithin's.
Joe is unable to convince Sally and returns disheartened to Ivor's house, where he finds a panicking boss. Ivor is worried about his n-th lunch with Vera and is convinced that he would be marrying Vera soon. Joe suggests Ivor to hospitalise himself, such that Vera will not be able to find him. Ivor does so accordingly. Ephraim returns and apologises to Joe and insists that he would clear up the matter with Sally. Sally is very happy when she hears of the truth, but shares the problem of her engagement with Jaklyn. Ephraim volunteers to clear it up with the third guy and leaves with Joe. The matter seemed to be utterly simple when Ephraim, single handedly, offered some money to Jaklyn to break up the engagement and the couple is much obliged to him. However, Sally loses her fortune since, in her restlessness, she takes up the cigarette.
Meanwhile, the readers find out the reason Jaklyn was so easy going was because Daphne (to whom he was engaged first) had given him a surprise trip to the church, where they had been hastily married off. And Ephraim's offer was a bonus to the already available riches that Jaklyn was to receive because of his marriage to Daphne.
Ivor is much angry at being left at the hospital and calls and fires Joe, since Ivor had now proposed to his nurse, Amelia, and she had replied that she would consider his proposals. Ephraim finds out about Ivor whereabouts and visits him at the hospital only to find out that Amelia is his nurse. He loses no minute in proposing and securing her hand.
When Ivor finds out that he is in no danger of marrying Amelia or Vera, he happily receives Joe again and also agrees to finance his movies. Such ended the hilarious book of English humour and wit. Certainly, Wodehouse is the king of the 'Comedy of Errors'.