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Torchy and Vee

Sewell Ford

Torchy and Vee

Paper book: €24.99

Digital: €5.99

Original publication
1919
Monolingual
12 June 2026
Pages
510
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Romance
Moods
Have a laugh, Fall in love, Get ahead in life
Translated from
English

Book summary

Once a red-haired office boy, Torchy has become private secretary to the president of a big New York company. Married to Vee and a young father, he lives in the suburbs at the end of the First World War. At the office as at home, he meddles in the affairs of his colleagues, his neighbours and his friends, especially when love is involved.

Seventeen linked comic stories, told by Torchy himself, with his New York straight talk and plenty of humour.

Short and lively, they are easy to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

一个纽约青年用幽默讲述自己的生活。红头发的年轻人托尔奇是纽约一家大公司老板的秘书。他的妻子叫薇。

The world of the book

第一次世界大战末期的纽约。故事发生在1918年和1919年。许多美国年轻人去了法国打仗。在纽约,上班族每天傍晚乘火车回到周边小镇的家。厨娘们纷纷去工资更高的工厂做工,家家户户也自己种菜。

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