P. G. Wodehouse 
Piccadilly Jim 

Piccadilly Jim is a 1917 comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse, featuring the young American socialite Jimmy Crocker. In the story, Jimmy travels to London to visit his father, but he soon finds himself involved in a series of misadventures. He falls in love with a young woman named Audrey, but she is engaged to another man. Jimmy tries to win her over, but he is constantly thwarted by his own bumbling nature and the interference of his friends and family.