The Reverent Wooing of Archibald (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- First Published: 1928
- Type of Plot: Satire, wit and humor, frame story
- Time of Work: 1928
- Setting: London and Sussex, England
- Principal Characters: Mr. Wilfred Mulliner, Archibald Mulliner, Aurelia Cammarleigh
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Twentieth century, Marriage, 1920’s, England or English people, Upper classes, Wit or humor, London, Western Europe or western Europeans, Hedonism
- Locales: London, England, Sussex, England
The Story
Mr. Wilfred Mulliner, in the bar parlor of the Angler's Roost, relates how one of his nephews, Archibald, wooed Aurelia Cammarleigh.
From a window of London's Drones Club, Archibald espies a beautiful girl waiting for a taxi. He gets her name from Algy Wymondham-Wymondham, who suggests that Archibald introduce himself to her at Ascot. She lives with her dotty aunt, who believes that Sir Francis Bacon wrote William Shakespeare's plays. What, Archibald wonders, could he offer to impress someone like Aurelia? He is renowned for his imitation of a hen laying an...
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