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Gullible’s Travels

First published: 1917
Pages: 132

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Three Kings and a Pair
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Gullible's Travels
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Three Without, Doubled
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The title nods to Swift, but Ring Lardner's target here sits closer to home: the social-climbing American couple who cannot quite afford the life they long to lead. Published in 1917, this collection follows a plainspoken narrator and his status-hungry wife as they chase fashionable pastimes, from box seats at the opera to winter holidays among people richer than themselves. Lardner narrates in the flat, funny, ungrammatical voice that became his trademark, letting the characters expose their own vanity without ever seeming to notice. The comedy is broad, but the observation is exact, and the stories still ring true about money, envy, and the wish to be thought better than we are. This free PDF and EPUB edition gathers the collection for modern readers.

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Ring Lardner

Ring Lardner (1885-1933) was an American sportswriter, humorist, and short-story writer celebrated for his sharp ear for everyday speech. Beginning as a baseball reporter, he became one of the country's most admired satirists, influencing writers from Hemingway to Fitzgerald with his deadpan vernacular comedy.