Thank You, Jeeves (Bertie Wooster & Jeeves)

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Wodehouse, P. G. (2008) [1938]. The Code of the Woosters (Reprinteded.). London: Arrow Books. ISBN 978-0-09-951375-9. When Bertie was eight years old, he took dancing lessons (alongside Corky Potter-Pirbright, sister of Bertie's friend Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright). [10] It is established throughout the series that Bertie is an orphan who inherited a large fortune at some point, although the exact details and timing of his parents' deaths are never made clear. Lord Worplesdon was mentioned in the short story " Jeeves Takes Charge", in which it is stated that he was once thrown out of a music hall with Bertie Wooster's Uncle Willoughby. [89] It is also said in this story that he sat down to breakfast one morning, cried "Eggs! Eggs! Damn all eggs!", and ran out of his house, "never again to return to the bosom of his family" – this incident is never referenced again, however. [84] He later appears in Joy in the Morning, in which he wants to have a clandestine meeting with an American businessman, Chichester Clam. In the same novel, Nobby Hopwood obtains her guardian's permission to marry Boko Fittleworth. Wodehouse, P. G. (2008) [1934]. Right Ho, Jeeves (Reprinteded.). London: Arrow Books. ISBN 978-0-09-951374-2.

Shippey, Tom (13 March 2015). "Science Fiction: The Lost World". The Wall Street Journal. New York . Retrieved 2 April 2018. Bertie frequently describes Jeeves as having a "feudal spirit". Jeeves enjoys helping Bertie and his friends, [41] and solves Bertie's personal problems despite not being obliged to do so. Jeeves interrupts his vacation twice to come to Bertie's aid (in " The Love That Purifies" and Jeeves in the Offing). He regularly rescues Bertie, usually from an unwanted marriage but also from other threats, such as when he saves Bertie from a hostile swan or when he pulls Bertie out of the way of a taxi. [42] Jeeves is evidently offended when a revolutionary tells him that servants are outdated in " Comrade Bingo". [43] The Pride of the Woosters Is Wounded" with "The Hero's Reward" (together " Scoring off Jeeves", originally published February 1922 in the Strand.) Radio Theatre: Ring for Jeeves". The Radio Times. BBC (1631): 11. 11 February 1955 . Retrieved 25 February 2018.

Wodehouse, P. G. (2008) [1934]. Thank You, Jeeves (Reprinteded.). London: Arrow Books. ISBN 978-0099513735. Wodehouse (2008) [1925], Carry On, Jeeves, chapter 1, p. 36. In "Jeeves Takes Charge", Bertie fires Jeeves after Jeeves causes Florence to end her engagement to Bertie. Jeeves explains his actions: "'As I am no longer in your employment, sir, I can speak freely without appearing to take a liberty. In my opinion you and Lady Florence were quite unsuitably matched... You would not have been happy, sir!'" The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) – A semi-novel consisting of eighteen chapters, originally published as eleven short stories (some of which were split for the book):

By no means an ambitious man, Bertie seeks neither a prestigious job nor a socially advantageous Richard P. "Bingo" Little is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves stories. A member of the Drones Club and a close friend of Bertie Wooster, Bingo often falls in love in the early stories. Bingo also appears in Drones Club stories outside the Jeeves canon. Charles Edward "Biffy" Biffen is a fictional character who appears in the Jeeves short story, " The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy". An absent-minded friend of Bertie Wooster, Biffy is engaged to a woman named Mabel, who is Jeeves's niece. [9] Rupert Bingley [ edit ] In post-WWII Britain, Jeeves temporarily becomes valet to Lord Rowcester whilst Bertie Wooster is away at a school to teach the wealthy classes how to survive in the wake of social revolution. Lord Rowcester, engaged to be married to Jill Wyvern, wishes to find means of earning money to repair his home and thus sell it off to live a happy married life. At the suggestion of Jeeves, Bill sets up as a bookmaker at horse races under the title of Honest Patch Perkins. [50] Mrs Scholfield [ edit ] Haslam, Melanie (1990). "Croft Original Sherry Commercial: [Jeeves and Wooster]". WARC . Retrieved 13 February 2013.

Wodehouse, P. G. (2008) [1930]. Very Good, Jeeves (Reprinteded.). Arrow Books. ISBN 978-0-09-951372-8. Jeeves has an uncle, Charlie Silversmith, who is butler at Deverill Hall. Silversmith dandled Jeeves on his knee frequently when Jeeves was very young and, when Jeeves is an adult, they write regularly to each other. [15] [16] Charlie Silversmith's daughter Queenie Silversmith is Jeeves's cousin. Jeeves also mentions his late uncle Cyril in Right Ho, Jeeves. His niece Mabel is engaged to Bertie Wooster's friend Charles "Biffy" Biffen. His cousin Egbert is a constable and plays a role in the short story " Without the Option". [17] Wodehouse, P. G. (2008) [1934]. Thank You, Jeeves (Reprinteded.). Arrow Books. ISBN 978-0-09-951373-5. Stilton is mentioned in Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin: "Strong language was no novelty to [Monty] – he had once been present when somebody had slammed a car door on the finger of D'Arcy ('Stilton') Cheesewright of the Drones". [23]

With a few exceptions, the short stories were written first, followed by the novels. The saga begins chronologically in the short story " Jeeves Takes Charge", in which Bertie Wooster first hires Jeeves. Bertie and Jeeves usually live at Berkeley Mansions, though they also go to New York and numerous English country houses. Throughout the short stories and novels, Bertie tries to help his friends and relatives, but ends up becoming entangled in trouble himself, and is ultimately rescued by Jeeves. Typically, Bertie has a new piece of clothing or item that Jeeves disapproves of, though Bertie agrees to relinquish it at the end of the story. Jeeves Makes an Omelette", a rewrite of a Reggie Pepper story originally published in My Man Jeeves Jeeves and the Wedding Bells (2013), a pastiche novel authorized by the Wodehouse estate, was written by British novelist Sebastian Faulks, who became the first writer authorized by the Wodehouse estate to produce a new fiction utilizing the Jeeves and Wooster characters. Leave It to Jeeves", rewritten and retitled "The Artistic Career of Corky" in Carry On, Jeeves, originally published 1916-02-05 in the Saturday Evening Post. Jeeves Live! (2007—2020) is an intermittent series of dramatic readings of Jeeves short stories, performed by Martin Jarvis in front of a live audience and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. [146] The series includes the following eight stories: "Fixing It for Freddie", "Bertie Changes His Mind", "Jeeves and the Song of Songs", "Jeeves Takes Charge", "The Aunt and the Sluggard", "Jeeves and the Yule-Tide Spirit", "Indian Summer of an Uncle", and "The Great Sermon Handicap". Two other stories aired under the title Jeeves in Manhattan, "Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest" and "The Artistic Career of Corky". Six of these readings were recorded live at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. [147] [148]As a valet, he was employed at different times by Ginger Winship, L. P. Runkle, and Bertie Wooster. [12] Mr Blumenfeld [ edit ] George Wooster, Lord Yaxley, is a fictional character in the Jeeves stories. He frequents many gentlemen's clubs, and is said to have discovered, well before modern medical thought, that alcohol was a food. [79] He is Bertie's uncle and apparently inherits his title, as he seems unlikely to have earned it. He eventually marries an ex-barmaid. [80] He plays an important role in " The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace" and appears in " Indian Summer of an Uncle". Come On, Jeeves (opened 1954, still presented from time to time as of 2017 [update] under its name or as Ring for Jeeves) is a 1952 play by Guy Bolton and Wodehouse (adapted into the 1953 novel Ring for Jeeves), opened 1954 in Worthing, England (cast unknown), published in 1956.

Wodehouse, P. G. (2008) [1923]. The Inimitable Jeeves (Reprinteded.). Arrow Books. ISBN 978-0-09-951368-1. The Jeeves novel The Mating Season was dramatized as a play by Marjorie Duhan Adler, under the title Too Much Springtime. The play was published by the Dramatic Publishing Company in Chicago in 1955. [151] Wodehouse (2008) [1923], The Inimitable Jeeves, chapter 1, p. 10. This is a reference to a poem by Alexander Pope. Upjohn is mentioned in The Code of the Woosters, The Mating Season, and " Jeeves and the Greasy Bird". He is also mentioned in the Drones Club story " The Editor Regrets".

Literary and Cultural References

Kuzmenko, Michel (The Russian Wodehouse Society) (22 March 2007). "Wodehouse books". Bibliography . Retrieved 15 August 2007.