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Archie Goodwin (character)

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observer and has trained his memory so that he can make verbatim reports, oral or typewritten, of extended conversations. He claims to be able to type 6 to 7 pages per hour on average, or up to 10 when he needs to hurry. Because Wolfe is generally ignorant of the logistical details of the world outside his house (and uninterested in them) he relies on Archie for various kinds of practical information and opinions. Wolfe also turns to Archie for personal judgments regarding the character of the women connected with a case.
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From time to time Archie acknowledges the reader directly, by speculating as to whether we will be interested in this or that detail, showing us supposed copies of vital documents when the originals are no longer accessible to him at the time he is writing, or discussing whether we might have figured
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Archie's conversations with other characters often feature his penchant for arch wit, which can serve purposes such as playing devil's advocate to "badger" Wolfe into working; stalling or goading police officers; issuing threats under the guise of ironically ingenuous observations; or charming female
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I know pretty well what my field is. Aside from my primary function as the thorn in the seat of Wolfe's chair to keep him from going to sleep and waking up only for meals, I'm chiefly cut out for two things: to jump and grab something before the other guy can get his paws on it, and to collect pieces
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Archie, as Stout's first-person narrator, faithfully relates each case in the past tense in meticulous detail. His narrative includes his own thoughts over the course of the story, from ruminations on the case in progress to personal impressions of and opinions about the people involved. He is very
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that is part of an alarm system designed to sound if anyone gets too close to Wolfe's bedroom door or windows at night. He typically eats his breakfast in the kitchen, and lunch and dinner in the dining room with Wolfe. However, if he must hurry to keep an appointment, he will eat in the kitchen or
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Archie has a long-time cordial relationship with Lily Rowan, a wealthy society woman. However, they do not try to limit each other's social lives, and Archie has many passing love interests throughout the series. When meeting a woman he considers particularly beautiful, Archie often facetiously
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house on West 35th Street. Wolfe rarely leaves the brownstone – and makes it a special point to never leave the house for reasons concerning his work – so Archie does most of the actual investigating, followed by reporting his findings to Wolfe, who solves the mystery. Archie is a skilled
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Because Wolfe routinely keeps Archie in the dark about certain key insights and key tasks assigned to other operatives, Archie's openness with the reader over the course of the story he is telling from his own point of view does not risk giving away the solution prior to Wolfe's climactic
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when that team was founded in 1962. When moving around Manhattan on business, he often prefers to walk rather than using Wolfe's car or taking taxis. Unlike his employer, Archie has only two conspicuous eccentricities: His favorite drink is milk, and he always knows the exact time.
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Rex Stout was never overly concerned with consistency in the Wolfe books, and Archie himself comfortably relates unreliable information as it came during the course of the story, so some specifics of Archie's background vary in the corpus. In
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expresses a desire to propose marriage. The only serious affair apart from Lily that he shares with the reader is Lucy Valdon, with whom he has a series of extended assignations during
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maneuver whereby he quotes a character using a striking or unusual turn of phrase, and then later uses the phrase himself, in some other context, in the course of his narration.
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Rex Stout's confidential memo dated 15 September 1949, describing Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin, and Wolfe's office, is reprinted in the back matter of the 1992 reprint of
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Describing his new wallet, Archie writes "Wolfe had given it to me on October 23, at the dinner-table, and I didn't even know he knew when my birthday was."
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revelations. (However, despite his candor toward the reader, Archie occasionally discloses that he's holding back some particularly private thought or event.)
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in many aspects of investigative work, such as remembering faces and tailing people, Goodwin is one of the most competent private detectives in the city.
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Wolfe raises as a hobby. His salary was $ 200 per week, but later it is $ 400 per week. Archie's hobbies include dancing (usually at the Flamingo),
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Rex Stout prepared a confidential memo dated 14 September 1949, providing physical descriptions of Archie and Wolfe. Under the heading
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Archie is Wolfe's live-in assistant in the private investigation business Wolfe runs out of his comfortable and luxurious New York City
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something out yet at a certain point in the narrative. He occasionally expresses mild concern that another character, such as Wolfe or
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When he was later asked by biographer John J. McAleer at what age Archie was fixed in his own mind, Rex Stout replied, "I like 34."
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thorough in describing the details of other characters' physical appearances, often adding his own positive or negative judgments.
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In addition to detective work, Archie also handles Wolfe's bookkeeping and banking, types his correspondence, and keeps the
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Archie's bedroom is on the third floor of the brownstone, and he owns all of the furniture within it. Under his bed is a
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I am just under six feet and weigh a hundred and eighty and therefore could not be called little. — Archie Goodwin
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Regardless of what year the story takes place, Archie and the other principal characters in the corpus
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until they relocated to San Francisco in 1957, then later became a fan of the
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is Leslie, that he has two brothers and two sisters, and that he was born in
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Archie himself implies that his father's name was Titus, when he tells
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at a restaurant because Wolfe hates to see anyone rush through a meal.
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The most concentrated – but suspect – biography of Archie comes from
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characters into cooperating with Wolfe's professional desiderata.
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Archie Goodwin meets Flora Gallant in part one of Rex Stout's "
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Archie's narratorial wittiness includes a repeatedly employed
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while asking her to call Wolfe, pretending to be his mother.
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of the puzzle for Wolfe to work on. — Archie Goodwin (1937)
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John Gibson and Joseph Julian in the 1943–44 radio series
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Height 6 feet. Weight 180 lbs. Age 32.
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Index

Archie Goodwin

Frame-Up for Murder
Austin Briggs
The Saturday Evening Post
Fer-de-Lance
Rex Stout
American
detective
Rex Stout
Nero Wolfe
Fer-de-Lance
A Family Affair
brownstone
gong
germination
orchids
poker
baseball
New York Giants
New York Mets
do not age
Chillicothe, Ohio
Zanesville
Fer-de-Lance
The Final Deduction
Too Many Women
maiden name
Canton, Ohio
American Midwest

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