John Ingerfield

Jerome tells the story of John Ingerfield, a rich oil refiner, who is now financially stable so that he decide it is time to find a wife. He imagines how the girl would be: young, beautiful, well educated. He finally ask a friend, Will, to choose the most suitable girl for him. Thus, when Will has chosen the young girl, John asks her to marry him, but the union based on common sense and love seems not to be successful...

Keywords: John Ingerfield, Jerome K. Jerome, Faligi