Torchy and Vee

The breezy, wisecracking office boy turned man-about-town Torchy narrates his adventures in the business world and in love with his sweetheart Vee, in a series of comic sketches told in lively American slang. Sewell Ford’s popular Torchy stories delighted readers with their humor, energy, and affectionate portrait of a resourceful young go-getter. Fast-talking and good-humored, they capture the optimism and idiom of early twentieth-century urban America. A cheerful, entertaining comedy of youth, work, and romance, Torchy and Vee is a fine example of the popular humorous fiction of its day.