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Indiscretions of Archie

P.G. Wodehouse

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English
Everyman Hardcovers
15 September 2009
The book tells the story of impoverished, embarrassment-prone Drone Archibald ""Archie"" Moffam (pronounced ""Moom""), and his difficult relationship with art-collecting, hotel-owning millionaire father-in-law Daniel Brewster, father of Archie's new bride Lucille. Archie's attempts to ingratiate himself with Brewster only get him further into trouble.

It wasn't Archie's fault, really. It's true he went to America and fell in love with Lucille, the daughter of a millionaire hotel proprietor . . . and if he did marry her -- well, what else was there to do? From his point of view, the whole thing was a thoroughly good egg; but Mr. Brewster, his father-in-law, thought differently, Archie had neither money nor occupation, which was distasteful in the eyes of the industrious Mr. Brewster; but the real bar was the fact that he had once adversely criticized one of his hotels. Archie did his best to heal the breach; but, being something of an ass, genus priceless, he found it almost beyond his powers to placate the ""man-eating fish"" whom Providence had given him as a father-in-law. . . .
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Imprint:   Everyman Hardcovers
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 191mm,  Width: 133mm,  Spine: 29mm
Weight:   397g
ISBN:   9781841591643
ISBN 10:   1841591645
Series:   Everyman's Library P G WODEHOUSE
Pages:   256
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

PG Wodehouse was born on the 15th October 1881 in Guildford, Surrey, England He was educated at Dulwich College between 1894 & 1900, and in 1900 he entered the employ of the Hong Kong & Shanghai bank at GBP80 per year. He began writing articles for various newspapers & periodicals In 1902 he resigned from the bank, and in the same year his 1st novel The Pothunters was published. 'Plum' then wrote many highly successful novels as well as musicals, and in 1929 he signed a contract to work as a screenwriter in Hollywood After several years in Britain, he moved back to to the USA permanently. In 1974 his last complete novel Aunts aren't Gentlemen was published, and in 1975 he was knighted by the Queen. On the 14th Feb 1975 Plum died in hospital after a good morning's work on his latest novel

Reviews for Indiscretions of Archie

The handsome bindings are only the cherry on top of what is already a cake without compare. * Evening Standard * Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in * Evelyn Waugh * He exhausts superlatives * Stephen Fry *


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