{"product_id":"indiscretions-of-archie-p-g-wodehouse-popular-edition","title":"Indiscretions of Archie, P. G. Wodehouse — Popular Edition","description":"\u003cp id=\"p-rc_949c004397a48a95-117\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, [c. 1921]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. 320.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_949c004397a48a95-118\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eGood. Bound in the original publisher's stamped cloth, currently protected by a clear aftermarket plastic sleeve\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e. The binding remains reasonably tight and square, though the cloth exhibits a prominent dark stain to the rear board\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e and general handling wear. Internally, heavy foxing is present across the text block edges\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e, which mildly encroaches into the margins of the preliminary leaves and intermittently throughout the text\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e. Despite the spotting, the pages remain bright and the text perfectly legible\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_949c004397a48a95-119\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This is an unjacketed early \"Popular Edition\" of P. G. Wodehouse's comedic classic, printed in Great Britain by Butler \u0026amp; Tanner Ltd., Frome and London\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e. Characteristic of Herbert Jenkins' budget-friendly reprints of the era, the publisher has utilized the front endpapers to print a synopsis of the novel alongside advertisements for other Wodehouse titles\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_949c004397a48a95-121\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-123\"\u003eIndiscretions of Archie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-123 citation-end-123\"\u003e follows the affable but hopelessly inept Archie Moffam, who, after a trip to America, accidentally falls in love with and marries Lucille, the daughter of a millionaire hotel-proprietor\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-122 citation-end-122\"\u003e.\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-121 citation-end-121\"\u003eFrom Archie's perspective, the match is a \"thoroughly good egg,\" but his industrious new father-in-law, Mr. Brewster, strongly objects—primarily because Archie has neither money nor occupation, and previously left a scathing review of one of Brewster's hotels\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-120 citation-end-120\"\u003e.\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e What ensues is a masterclass in Wodehousian farce, as Archie, being \"something of an ass, genus priceless,\" embarks on a series of disastrously comical attempts to heal the breach and placate the \"man-eating fish\" whom Providence has given him as a father-in-law\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54062949663059,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260611_121323.jpg?v=1782127239","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/indiscretions-of-archie-p-g-wodehouse-popular-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}