"The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" is a short story by

Damon Runyon Alfred Damon Runyon (October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946) was an American newspaperman and short-story writer. He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. To ...

telling of the improbable — but eventually triumphant — love between an inveterate gambler (Sky Masterson) and a

missionary A missionary is a member of a Religious denomination, religious group which is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Tho ...

girl (the Miss Sarah Brown of the title). It was the basis for the

musical Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narr ...

Guys and Dolls ''Guys and Dolls'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also bo ...

'', with a similar plot, but with many twists added before the lovers are reunited and live happily ever after. It was published in 1933. In 1949, it was dramatized on radio as part of a program titled ''Damon Runyon Theatre''.

References

Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown, The American short stories {{1930s-story-stub