The Setting P.G Wodehouse’s A Damsel in Distress is a romantic comedy set in rural England and London. The Characters The heroine of the story is Lady Patricia Maud Marsh, a resident of Belpher Castle. Mr. Wodehouse portrays her as an impressionable 20-year old who gets infatuated with a certain Geoffrey Raymond during a trip to Wales. Her attempt to meet up with him again in London triggers the main events of the story, when she is chanced upon by George Bevan, the hero. Wodehouse introduces George Bevan as an American composer visiting London for work. The other important characters in the story are Belpher Castle’s Lord Marshmoreton and Lady Caroline Byng, the heroine’s father and aunt, respectively. Also residing in the same castle are Reginald Byng, her step-cousin; Percy Wilbraham Marsh, her brother; Albert, the page-boy; Keggs, the butler; and Alice Faraday, Lord Marshmoreton’s secretary. Summary In Belpher Castle's garden, Lady Caroline Byng is droning on...