Thank You, Jeeves (Bertie Wooster & Jeeves)

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The Jeeves stories are described as occurring within a few years of each other. For example, Bertie states in Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit (1954) that his Aunt Dahlia has been running her paper Milady's Boudoir, first introduced in " Clustering Round Young Bingo" (1925), for about three years. [116] However, there are inconsistencies between the stories that make it difficult to construct a timeline. For instance, it is stated in Jeeves in the Offing that Aunt Dahlia ran her paper for four years, and not three, as is shown in Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit. Nonetheless, some scholars have attempted to create a rough timeline. J. H. C. Morris suggested that the Jeeves canon spanned approximately five years, stating that four Christmases are accounted for, and another must have passed during Bertie's time in America in the early stories, making five in all. [117] Kristin Thompson also suggested that approximately five years passed during the stories, though Thompson instead relied on explicit references to time passed between events in the series. [118] Wodehouse, P. G. (2008) [1949]. The Mating Season (Reprinteded.). Arrow Books. ISBN 978-0-09-951377-3. Hall, Robert A. Jr. (1974). The Comic Style of P. G. Wodehouse. Hamden: Archon Books. ISBN 0-208-01409-8.

List of P. G. Wodehouse characters in the Jeeves stories, a categorized outline of Jeeves characters Reggie (16 March 2007). "Wodehouse Who's Who: Jeeves". Blandings, a Companion to the Works of P. G. Wodehouse. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Wodehouse disclosed little about Jeeves's early life. According to the character, he was privately educated, [13] and his mother thought him intelligent. [14] In 1988, David Suchet portrayed Jeeves and Simon Cadell played Bertie Wooster in the BBC Saturday Night Theatre radio adaptation of the novel Right Ho, Jeeves. [143] The following is a list of recurring and notable fictional characters featured in the Jeeves novels and short stories by P. G. Wodehouse.Bertie once won a prize at private school for the best collection of wildflowers made during the summer holidays. [14] When Bertie was fourteen, he won the Choir Boys' Handicap bicycle race at a local school treat, having received half a lap start. [15]

In illustrations, Bertie Wooster has frequently been depicted wearing a monocle. However, this is probably merely a stereotypical depiction of an upper-class gentleman, as Bertie does not seem to wear a monocle in the original stories. The only evidence of Bertie wearing a monocle occurs in " The Spot of Art", when Bertie sees a portrait of himself, wearing a monocle, in a poster advertising soup. Bertie is revolted by the image, which gives him a look of "bestial greed". The monocle seems to exaggerate this expression, and Bertie makes fun of how large the monocle looks, calling it "about six inches in circumference". [28] Bertie is never described as wearing a monocle elsewhere. It is unlikely that Bertie would wear a monocle that would not be mentioned, since the glasses of other characters, particularly Bertie's friend Gussie Fink-Nottle, are well-described, and another prominent Wodehouse character, Psmith, has a distinctive monocle that is mentioned many times. [29] Personality [ edit ] By no means an ambitious man, Bertie seeks neither a prestigious job nor a socially advantageous who relies on the opinions of his twelve-year-old son for the same reason. [15] Butterfield [ edit ] 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]The short stories are set primarily in London, where Bertie Wooster has a flat and is a member of the raucous Drones Club, or in New York City, though some short stories are set around various stately homes in the English countryside. The novels all take place at or near an English country house, most commonly Brinkley Court, Worcestershire (in four novels) and Totleigh Towers, Gloucestershire (in two novels). In 1919, two silent short comedy films, "Making Good with Mother" and "Cutting Out Venus", were released in the US. These shorts were inspired by the Reggie Pepper stories and directed by Lawrence C. Windom. Reggie Pepper, a prototype for Bertie Wooster, was given a manservant named "Jeeves" who was a reformed burglar. The shorts featured Lawrence Grossmith as Reggie Pepper and Charles Coleman as Jeeves. [137] The Jeeves canon is set in a floating timeline (with each story being set at the time when it was written though the characters do not age), in an idealized world where wars are downplayed or not mentioned. Certain Edwardian era elements, such as traditional gentlemen's clubs like the Drones Club, continue to be prevalent throughout the stories. Wodehouse (2008) [1947], Joy in the Morning, chapter 16, p. 154 and chapter 17, p. 161. Jeeves is probably quoting William Wordsworth's poem " My Heart Leaps Up". Emily Wooster is a fictional character mentioned in one Jeeves semi-novel, The Inimitable Jeeves. She is Bertie Wooster's Aunt Emily, the widow of Henry Wooster, and the mother of Claude and Eustace Wooster. [79] George Wooster [ edit ]

Jeeves often reads intellectual, "improving" books, including the works of Spinoza, Shakespeare, and " Dostoevsky and the great Russians". [80] [81] He also enjoys the works of romance novelist Rosie M. Banks, [82] and regularly reads The Times, which Bertie occasionally borrows to try the crossword puzzle. [83] In " Jeeves in the Springtime", he went dancing in Camberwell, where he was seen by Bertie's friend Bingo Little. Bingo says that he saw Jeeves "swinging a dashed efficient shoe". [84] Once a week, Jeeves takes the afternoon off to play bridge at his club, the Junior Ganymede. [85] Mrs. Scholfield is a fictional character who is mentioned in the Jeeves short story " Bertie Changes His Mind". She is sister to Bertie Wooster, and apparently lives or spends some considerable portion of her time in India. [51] She is never given a first name. Bertie and his sister seem to be on good terms, since Bertie considers buying a house where he can live with his sister and her three young daughters.The Artistic Career of Corky", a rewrite of "Leave It to Jeeves", originally published in My Man Jeeves Cawthorne (2013), pp. 170–173. When asked by Lord Rowcester if he was in the First World War, Jeeves claims he "dabbled in it to a certain extent". Wodehouse, P. G. (2008) [1923]. The Inimitable Jeeves (Reprinteded.). London: Arrow Books. ISBN 978-0099513681. Dirda, Michael (10 November 2011). "Holmes and away". New Statesman America . Retrieved 23 March 2020. The Pride of the Woosters Is Wounded" with "The Hero's Reward" (together " Scoring off Jeeves", originally published February 1922 in the Strand.)