[{"_1":2,"_3":-5,"_4":-5},"loaderData",{"_5":6,"_7":8},"actionData","errors","root",{"_197":198,"_199":200,"_201":202,"_203":204,"_205":-5,"_206":-5,"_207":106},"routes/read/search",{"_9":10,"_11":12,"_13":14,"_15":16,"_17":18,"_19":18,"_20":21,"_22":23,"_24":25,"_26":27,"_28":29,"_30":31,"_32":33,"_34":35,"_36":37,"_38":39},"books",[93,94],"totalPages",1,"availableMinWords",43200,"availableMaxWords",44292,"totalResults",2,"uncappedTotalResults","availableDescriptors",[86,44,87,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55],"popularTagDescriptors",[52,50,47,46,44,55,45,54],"includableTagDescriptors",[44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55],"excludableTagDescriptors",[44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55],"includableFandomDescriptors",[],"excludableFandomDescriptors",[],"availableWarnings",[],"excludableWarnings",[],"availableBookStatuses",[41],"allBookStatuses",[40,41,42,43],"ONGOING","COMPLETED","DROPPED","PAUSED",{"_56":83,"_58":84,"_60":61,"_62":85},{"_56":81,"_58":82,"_60":61,"_62":-5},{"_56":79,"_58":80,"_60":61,"_62":-5},{"_56":77,"_58":78,"_60":61,"_62":-5},{"_56":75,"_58":76,"_60":61,"_62":-5},{"_56":73,"_58":74,"_60":61,"_62":-5},{"_56":71,"_58":72,"_60":61,"_62":-5},{"_56":69,"_58":70,"_60":61,"_62":-5},{"_56":67,"_58":68,"_60":61,"_62":-5},{"_56":65,"_58":66,"_60":61,"_62":-5},{"_56":63,"_58":64,"_60":61,"_62":-5},{"_56":57,"_58":59,"_60":61,"_62":-5},"id","cmrnso1wq02fkuasbhzsurx0e","name","Harlem Renaissance","type","TAG","description","cmrnsnw6c02cnuasb1jry1mmn","Husband and wife","cmrnsnw6c02couasbli3355q0","Sisters-in-law","cmrnso1wq02fjuasbjotzxdy1","African Americans","cmrnsnw6c02cmuasbvwu7pttb","Voyages and travels","cmrnsnw6c02cluasbgx7ariqq","Bridge players","cmrnsnw6c02ckuasb1alfe3o4","Opera","cmrnsn41h01xnuasbwsx0c4vm","Shorts","cmrnsnw6c02cjuasbwn3ij5xa","Chicago (Ill.)","cmrnsnioa024zuasb1cf2qfsr","Comedy","cmrnsniot0252uasb32067eno","Humorous stories","cmrnsjr170015uasbruo6nwu5","Courtship","Stories that center around romantic pursuit, dating, or the process of wooing a partner.",{"_56":90,"_58":91,"_60":61,"_62":92},{"_56":88,"_58":89,"_60":61,"_62":-5},"cmrnsjxgo002vuasbnw95veii","Fiction","cmrnsjr17000wuasbw0yfi0bp","Satire","Satire uses humor, irony, and exaggeration to criticize individuals, society, or institutions.",{"_56":172,"_96":173,"_98":174,"_100":41,"_101":175,"_103":176,"_105":106,"_107":14,"_108":177,"_110":-5,"_111":178,"_113":179,"_115":180,"_117":181,"_119":182,"_121":118,"_122":118,"_123":118,"_124":-7},{"_56":95,"_96":97,"_98":99,"_100":41,"_101":102,"_103":104,"_105":106,"_107":16,"_108":109,"_110":-5,"_111":112,"_113":114,"_115":116,"_117":118,"_119":120,"_121":118,"_122":118,"_123":118,"_124":-7},"cmrnsnw6t02cpuasbyma096x3","title","Gullible’s Travels","slug","gullibles-travels","status","author",{"_170":171},"blurb_html","

Published in The Saturday Evening Post between 1916 and 1917, the stories that make up Gullible’s Travels follow the comical misadventures of a long-suffering husband and his aspiring socialite wife. The unnamed protagonists and their hapless attempts to climb the social ladder serve as a canvas for Ring Lardner to satirize marriage, social dynamics, and the newly emerging middle class of the late 1910s.

In 1917, the first five stories about the unnamed narrator and his “Missus” were compiled in book form as Gullible’s Travels, Etc. This Standard Ebooks edition also includes a later sixth story, “A Friendly Game,” which didn’t make it to print until after the contents of that book were finalized. Each story shares a common “fish out of water” theme wherein the narrator and his wife find themselves in social situations in which they’re clearly out of their element, including grand operas, Palm Beach resorts, and bridge clubs. The stories also explore timeless, familiar struggles of domestic life, like squabbling over the in-laws and introducing new acquaintances into established social circles.

Unlike much of Lardner’s writing, the subject matter of these stories is much more generally relatable. This, coupled with the more approachable writing style compared to some of his more epistolary works like the Jack Keefe stories, led these stories to be well-regarded. They gained enough popularity for a second printing in 1925 and eventually a paperback edition in the 1960s—though these subsequent editions still lacked the sixth story.

","isFanfic",false,"totalWordCount","coverImage",{"_56":157,"_158":159,"_160":161,"_162":163},"seriesEntry","primaryTags",[149,150,151,152],"secondaryTags",[126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133],"fandoms",[],"overallRating",0,"_count",{"_125":118},"detailViews","chapterViewsSum","favoritesCount","bookLists","reviews",{"_134":118,"_136":148},{"_134":12,"_136":147},{"_134":18,"_136":146},{"_134":144,"_136":145},{"_134":142,"_136":143},{"_134":140,"_136":141},{"_134":138,"_136":139},{"_134":135,"_136":137},"position",7,"contentDescriptor",{"_58":66},6,{"_58":64},5,{"_58":70},4,{"_58":72},3,{"_58":74},{"_58":78},{"_58":84},{"_58":82},{"_134":118,"_136":156},{"_134":12,"_136":155},{"_134":18,"_136":154},{"_134":144,"_136":153},{"_58":76},{"_58":91},{"_58":89},{"_58":80},"cmrnsnuky02cbuasbe0pi2746","updatedAt",["D",1784223597202],"entryType","IMAGE","img",{"_164":165,"_166":167,"_168":169},"src","/images/cmrnsnuky02cbuasbe0pi2746?size=md","srcSet","/images/cmrnsnuky02cbuasbe0pi2746?size=xs 64w, /images/cmrnsnuky02cbuasbe0pi2746?size=sm 512w, /images/cmrnsnuky02cbuasbe0pi2746?size=md 1024w, /images/cmrnsnuky02cbuasbe0pi2746?size=lg 1600w","splatHashImageHash","8a124e51dd25a87ce51dee9ac7298a68","username","classics","cmrnso1x902fluasblctpfl4u","The Walls of Jericho","the-walls-of-jericho",{"_170":171},"

When Fred Merrit, a wealthy and light-skinned black lawyer, decides to move into an exclusively white neighborhood in Manhattan, he hires three of the toughest movers in Harlem, Joshua “Shine” Jones, Jinx Jenkins, and Bubber Brown, to bring his possessions safely into his new home. Under the surface, all is not well. Fred Merrit’s new neighbors, like the haughty Miss Agatha Cramp, resent his intrusion into their neighborhood, while the working-class “rats” of the Harlem community resent the cultural mores of professional “dickties” like Fred Merrit. These confrontations all come to the fore in The Walls of Jericho, a comedy of manners depicting everyday life during the Harlem Renaissance.

",{"_56":191,"_158":192,"_160":161,"_162":193},[187,188],[183,184],[],3.25,{"_125":142},{"_134":118,"_136":186},{"_134":12,"_136":185},{"_58":59},{"_58":68},{"_134":118,"_136":190},{"_134":12,"_136":189},{"_58":91},{"_58":89},"cmrnso0ik02ffuasb47re87nt",["D",1784223604892],{"_164":194,"_166":195,"_168":196},"/images/cmrnso0ik02ffuasb47re87nt?size=md","/images/cmrnso0ik02ffuasb47re87nt?size=xs 64w, /images/cmrnso0ik02ffuasb47re87nt?size=sm 512w, /images/cmrnso0ik02ffuasb47re87nt?size=md 1024w, /images/cmrnso0ik02ffuasb47re87nt?size=lg 1600w","7e33a2ae215d376cd51dcc5b97289756","requestInfo",{"_235":236,"_237":-7,"_238":239,"_240":241,"_242":243,"_244":245},"ENV",{"_229":230,"_231":232,"_233":234},"honeyProps",{"_223":224,"_225":226,"_227":228},"cssVars",{"_208":209,"_210":211,"_212":213,"_214":215,"_216":217,"_218":213,"_219":220,"_221":222},"toast","user","isProbablyMobile","--font-size","16px","--font-family","Source Sans Pro","--color-name","white","--background-color","rgb(230, 230, 230)","--text-color","rgb(27, 27, 27)","--content-background-color","--content-shadow","rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 6px 12px 3px","--content-outline","0","nameFieldName","name__confirm","validFromFieldName","from__confirm","encryptedValidFrom","KCcNA67PJrrFkiwHwy0LaLMTkkE9vPldoj+ZRDc7ibzgWAZDzw2lTL8=","MODE","production","ALLOW_INDEXING","true","RESOURCE_URL","https://omniteria.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/omniteria-a0w8g0ckg8k4k440ksg8oo4c-pr-572","hints",{"_246":247,"_248":249},"locale","origin","https://572.staging.omniteria.com","path","/search","nowMs",1785341859256,"userPrefs",{"_246":247},"theme","light","timeZone","UTC"]

Menu

Filters

2 results

Tags

Fanfics

Warnings

Status

Reading time?

Search

2 results

Tags

Fanfics

Warnings

Status

Reading time?

Search

2 results

Reading time^?

Reading time^?