Lardner had been mining this vein of social satire as early as Gullible's Travels, Etc. (1917). In the title story of that collection, the Gullibles, disdaining the "riff and raff" of their Chicago neighborhood, embark on an expedition to join the "Elight" in Palm Beach, Florida. Like the Finches, the Gullibles find high society impenetrable and hurry back to.....
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