Jeeves and Wooster (novel): Difference between revisions

Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves are fictional characters, created by British author [[P. G. Wodehouse|PG Wodehouse]]. They have appeared in many comedic short stories and novels published between 1915 and 1974.

 

 

The plots tend to follow a set formula: life would be just about perfect for our single and very wealthy young man-about-London-town were it not for his inability to say no when his even goofier friends and/or imposing aunts come asking favours. Most often these are tied into typically Wodehousean love affairs, rife with comic misunderstanding and convoluted scheming, meaning that Bertie generally finds himself 'accidentally engaged' at least once or twice a book (in a couple cases, on and off over the course of several books). Of course, always the perfect gentleman (as the stern Code of the Woosters dictates), he would never correct a lady...

** In the introduction to ''The Code of the Woosters'', Alexander Cockburn mercilessly mocks "naso-labial curvature" as used by one analyst of the books. It describes a smile.

* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: In an early chapter of ''Jeeves In The Morning,'' a house burns down. This is barely mentioned throughout the rest of the novel, not even by the owner.

* [[We Named the Monkey "Jack"]]: Bertie's [[Embarrassing Middle Name]] is the name of a horse his father won money on.

* [[World of Snark]]: A more idealistic example than most, but ''still''. Even Bertie gets to snark.