William John Locke’s Aristide Pujol is one of Edwardian fiction’s most irresistible characters: a roving, fast-talking, warmly chaotic Frenchman who bends every situation to his advantage through sheer optimism and the kind of exuberant charm that proves impossible to resist or stay angry at. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol (1912) collects the best of his episodic escapades in one supremely entertaining volume.
Light, warmhearted, and genuinely funny, Locke’s comedy captures the energy of a man absolutely undefeated by any circumstance life can arrange against him. Download this free EPUB and follow Aristide wherever life takes him next.