Adele and Company

by Dornford Yates

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The first full-length novel featuring Yates' finest comic creation, Bertram 'Berry' Pleydell. Written in response to public demand for Berry stories, it is regarded as one of Yates' best books. Amongst the madcap escapades of the Pleydell clan the reader will find 'crime, criminals, and some of the funniest writing in the English language'.

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Canonical title
Adèle and Co.; Adele and Company
Original publication date
1931
People/Characters
Berry Pleydell; Daphne Pleydell; Jonah Mansell; Jill Mansell; Adèle Fest; Boy Pleydell
First words
I afterwards found that it was six o'clock in the morning when first I opened my eyes.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But, as Fluff and his wife have made their home in New Zealand, we let the nickname stand.

Classifications

Genres
Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Mystery
DDC/MDS
823.9Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-
LCC
PR6047 .A73 .A66Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature1900-1960
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Languages
English
Media
Paper, Ebook
ISBNs
6
ASINs
6