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An ever-changing collection of information about Jeeves, Bertie Wooster, and P.G. Wodehouse.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen

Name Description, notes and other rannygazoo
Agatha, Aunt See Worplesdon, Lady Agatha Wooster Gregson
Alpine Joe (SULJ) See Wooster, Bertram Wilberforce
Jeeves addresses Bertie as "Alpine Joe" when rescuing him from Major Plank because Bertie is wearing an Alpine hat (SULJ).
Anatole Aunt Dahlia's peerless French chef.
Aunt Dahlia obtained Anatole from Rosie M. Banks Little (TBD).
Anatole briefly gives notice in TBD.
Angela Cousin of Bertie.
Daughter of Aunt Dahlia.
Girlfriend and fiancee of Tuppy Glossop.
Aubrey Fothergill See Fothergill, Aubrey
Augustus Fink-Nottle See Fink-Nottle, Augustus
Aunt Agatha See Worplesdon, Lady Agatha Wooster Gregson
Aunt Dahlia See Travers, Dahlia Wooster
Banks, Rosie M. See Little, Rosie M. Banks
Bartholomew Stiffy Byng's dog.
Identifying characteristics: Aberdeen terrier, bites first and asks questions later.
Bassett, Madeline Thinks that Bertie is hopelessly in love with her.
Daughter of Sir Watkyn Bassett.
Cousin of Stiffy Byng.
Engaged to Gussie Fink-Nottle (TMS,SULJ).
Engaged to Lord Sidcup (SULJ).
Identifying characteristics: TBD
Bassett, Sir Watkyn Ex-magistrate who once fined Bertie five pounds for a boyish peccadillo.
Suspects Bertie of being a dangerous thief.
Father of Madeline Bassett.
Uncle and guardian of Stiffy Byng.
Friend of Roderick Spode.
Employer of Butterfield (SULJ).
Silver collector and rival of Uncle Tom
Identifying characteristics: Small
Beefy Bingham See Bingham, Beefy
Bellamy (SULJ) Vicar of Hockley-cum-Meston.
Bellinger, Cora (JASOS) Tuppy Glossop neglects Angela for Cora Bellinger.
Studying for opera.
Sang Sonny Boy.
Identifying characteristics: Dark flashing eyes, 30, light heavyweight.
Bingham, Beefy (JASOS) Friend of Bertie's since Oxford.
Parson in the East End (JASOS).
Hosted clean bright entertainment at Oddfellows Hall, Bermondsey East (JASOS).
Bertie See Wooster, Bertram Wilberforce
Bertie Wooster See Wooster, Bertram Wilberforce
Bingeese Mr. and Mrs. Bingo Little
See Little, Richard
See Little, Rosie M. Banks
Bingo See Little, Richard
Bingo, Mrs. See Little, Rosie M. Banks
Blenkinsop, Alderman
     aka Bobby Blenkinsop
Husband of Mrs. Alderman Blenkinsop (JAFS).
About to be knighted.
Residence: Liverpool
Blenkinsop, Mrs. Alderman Social rival of Mrs. Trotter (JAFS).
Wife of Bobby Blenkinsop.
Residence: Liverpool
Blennerhassett, Sir Everard and Lady Residents of B7 in Bertie's apartment building (TYJ).
Blumenfeld, Master (EDM) Son of Mister Blumenfeld.
His father values his opinion on plays.
Bobbie Wickham gave Aunt Agatha's dog McIntosh to him so he would like her mother's play (EDM).
Blumenfeld, Mister (EDM) American theater manager.
Father of Master Blumenfeld.
Bobbie Wickham gave Aunt Agatha's dog McIntosh to his son so he would like her mother's play (EDM).
Identifying characteristics: fat.
Bobbie Wickham See Wickham, Roberta
Boko Fittleworth See Fittleworth, Boko.
Bustard, Lieutenant Colonel J. J. (D.S.O.) Resident of B5 in Bertie's apartment building (TYJ).
Butterfield Sir Watkyn Bassett's butler (SULJ).
Byng, Johnny Friend of Major Plank
Byng, Stiffy See Pinker, Stephanie Byng
Chief Inspector Witherspoon (SULJ) See Jeeves
Jeeves adopts the guise of Chief Inspector Witherspoon to rescue Bertie from Major Plank (SULJ).
Cheesewright, G. D'Arcy
     aka Stilton
     aka D'Arcy
Regards Bertie Wooster as rival for Florence.
Nephew of Uncle Joe.
Engaged to Florence Craye (JIM). Engagement broken (JAFS).
Romantically interested in Daphne Dolores Morehead (JAFS).
Former police officer (JIM).
Enthusiastic oarsman. Captain of boats at Eton.
Identifying characteristics: head like a pumpkin, large pink face, strong and muscular.
Clubs: Drones, Leander
Clementina (JAKC) Cousin of Bobbie Wickham.
Student at St. Monica's.
Bobbie Wickham sticks Bertie Wooster with the task of returning Bobbie's cousin Clementina to her school from which she is AWOL.
Cora Bellinger See Bellinger, Cora
Craye, Lady Florence
     aka Florence Craye
     aka Florence
     aka Flossie (JTC)
Former and occasional fiancée of Bertie Wooster.
Sister of Edwin the Boy Scout.
Daughter of Lord Worplesdon.
Step-daughter of Aunt Agatha.
Engaged to Bertie Wooster, Stilton Cheesewright, Percy Gorringe, Ginger Winship.
Author of Spindrift.
Identifying characteristics: Hazel eyes, luxuriant platinum blonde hair, tall, willowy, terrific profile, intellectual.
Dahlia, Aunt See Travers, Dahlia Wooster
Daphne Dolores Morehead (JAFS) See Morehead, Daphne Dolores
D'Arcy See Cheesewright, G. D'Arcy
Edwin
     aka Edwin the Boy Scout
Brother of Florence
Continually behind on his daily acts of kindness, leading to his putting black polish on Bertie's brown shoes (JTC).
Informs Uncle Willoughby that Bertie hid a parcel in his bedroom (JTC).
Identifying characteristics: Ferret-faced, 14 years old (JTC)
Emsworth, Lord Friend of Uncle Willoughby mentioned in Recollections of a Long Life. (JTC)
Enoch Simpson (JASOS) Recited "Dangerous Dan McGrew" at Beefy Bingham's clean bright entertainment.
Ephraim Gadsby (JAFS) See Wooster, Bertram Wilberforce
Bertie adopts the pseudonym "Ephraim Gadsby" to avoid giving his real name to the police.
Fink-Nottle, Augustus
     aka Gussie
Friend of Bertie.
Engaged to Madeline Bassett (TMS,SULJ).
Elopes with Emerald Stoker (SULJ).
Resides in Lincolnshire.
Identifying characteristics: Keeps newts, drinks orange juice, wears horn-rimmed spectacles, face like a fish.
Fittleworth, Boko Friend of Bertie.
Florence See Craye, Lady Florence
Florence Craye See Craye, Lady Florence
Flossie See Craye, Lady Florence
Bertie calls Florence this -- once (JTC).
Fothergill, Aubrey Employer of Meakin (JTC).
Friend of Bertie.
Freddie Widgeon See Widgeon, Freddie.
Gadsby, Ephraim (JAFS) See Wooster, Bertram Wilberforce
Bertie adopts the pseudonym "Ephraim Gadsby" to avoid giving his real name to the police.
George, Uncle See Wooster, George
Gervais-Gervais, Sir Stanley Friend of Uncle Willoughby mentioned in Recollections of a Long Life. (JTC)
Ginger Winship See Winship, Harold
Glendennon, Magnolia (JATTB) Secretary of Ginger Winship.
Former secretary of Boko Fittleworth.
Elopes with Ginger Winship.
Glossop, Hildebrand
     aka Tuppy Glossop
Friend of Bertie.
Nephew of Sir Roderick Glossop.
Boyfriend and fiance of Angela.
Once in love with Cora Bellinger until she punched him in the eye (JASOS).
Once betted Bertie he couldn't swing across the swimming-bath at the Drones by the ropes and rings, then looped the last ring back, causing Bertie to fall into the water in faultless evening dress.
Involved in the hot-water-bottle puncturing scheme of Bobbie Wickham (JYTS).
Sang Sonny Boy at Beefy Bingham's clean bright entertainment (JASOS).
Identifying characteristics: High voice.
Glossop, Honoria Once engaged to Bertie (TBD).
Daughter of Sir Roderick Glossop.
Identifying characteristics: TBD
Glossop, Sir Roderick Snooterer of Bertie.
Father of Honoria Glossop.
Uncle of Tuppy Glossop.
Prominent nerve specialist (or loony doctor).
On wrong end of the hot-water-bottle puncturing scheme of Bobbie Wickham (JYTS).
Identifying characteristics: Bald, bushy eyebrows.
Gorringe, Percy (JAFS)
     aka Percy
     aka Rex West
Son of Mrs. Trotter. Step-son of L.G. Trotter.
Engaged to Florence Craye (JAFS).
Once tried to borrow a thousand quid from Bertie Wooster.
Author of "Caliban at Sunset", published in Parnassus.
Dramatized Florence's novel Spindrift.
Under the pen name of Rex West, author of Mystery of the Pink Crayfish, The Poisoned Doughnut, Murder in Mauve, and Inspector Biffen Views the Body.
Identifying characteristics: Short side-whiskers, tortoise-shell rimmed spectacles, six foot two.
Gregson, Mrs. See Worplesdon, Lady Agatha Wooster Gregson
Gussie See Fink-Nottle, Augustus
Harold Pinker See Pinker, Rev. Harold P.
Harold Pendlebury-Smith See Pendlebury-Smith, Harold
Harold Winship See Winship, Harold
Honoria Glossop See Glossop, Honoria
Jeeves
     aka Chief Inspector Witherspoon (SULJ)
     aka Reginald (JATTB)
     aka Reggie (JATTB)
Gentleman's personal gentleman to Bertie Wooster (JTC).
Continually rescuing Bertie (and Bertie's friends and relations) from the soup.
Holds strong views on socks, ties, trousers, hats, spats, cravats, white mess jackets, moustaches, vases, and portraits of Bertie.
Appears in all Jeeves stories.
Jeeves's first name is only revealed in JATTB.
Uncle of tbd.
Cousin of Queenie.
Nephew of Charlie Silversmith.
Friend of Smethurst.
Formerly employed by Lord Worplesdon.
Clubs: Junior Ganymede
Johnny Byng Friend of Major Plank
Laura Pyke (JOSC) See Pyke, Laura
Little, Bingo See Little, Richard
Little, Richard
     aka Bingo Little
     aka Bingo
Bertie Wooster's closest pal.
Husband of Rosie M. Banks.
Nephew of tbd.
Before marriage, in love with tbd.
Inherited house in Norwich from Uncle Willoughby.
Clubs: Drones
Little, Rosie M. Banks
     aka Rosie M. Banks
     aka Mrs. Bingo
Wife of Bingo Little.
Friend of Laura Pyke (JOSC).
Celebrated author of Only a Factory Girl, Mervyn Keene, Clubman, and other goo.
Former waitress (to gather material for book).
Former employer of Anatole.
Attended St. Adela's School.
Lord Emsworth See Emsworth, Lord
Lord Worplesdon See Worplesdon, Lord Percy
Lord Yaxley See Wooster, George
McIntosh (EDM) Dog owned by Aunt Agatha.
Bertie looks after McIntosh while Aunt Agatha is away.
Bobbie Wickham gives McIntosh to Master Blumenfeld.
Identifying characteristics: Aberdeen terrier, weak intellect.
Madeline Bassett See Bassett, Madeline
Mainwaring-Smith, Col. Employer of Smethurst (ISU).
Major Plank See Plank, Major
Manglehoffer, Mr. Manager of Bertie's apartment building (TYJ).
Maudie See Wilberforce, Mrs. Maude
Meakin Employed by Aubrey Fothergill as gentleman's personal gentleman (JTC).
Morehead, Daphne Dolores (JAFS) Novelist.
Florence admires her work.
Aunt Dahlia wants her to write for Milady's Boudoir.
Finds Stilton Cheesewright attractive.
Identifying characteristics: blonde hair, attractive figure, Chanel No.5.
Mrs. Bingo See Little, Rosie M. Banks
Mrs. Gregson See Worplesdon, Lady Agatha Wooster Gregson
Murgatroyds Friends of Florence Craye
Oakshott Butler of Uncle Willoughby (JTC).
Oates (SULJ) Police constable of Totleigh-in-the-Wold.
Bartholomew) bit Oates on the leg.
Pendlebury-Smith, Harold (JAFS) Recently married to Valerie Twistleton.
Former member, Drones.
Former Darts champ, Drones.
Pendlebury-Smith, Valerie Twistleton (JAFS) Recently married to Pendlebury-Smith, Harold.
Percy See Gorringe, Percy
Percy, Uncle See Worplesdon, Lord Percy
Piggy See Wooster, George
Pinker, Rev. Harold P.
     aka Harold
     aka Stinker
Friend of Bertie Wooster from Oxford.
Engaged to Stiffy Byng.
Curate of Totleigh-in-the-Wold.
Attended Magdalen College, Oxford University (boxing blue, football blue).
Plays rugby football (prop forward) for the Harlequin Club.
Identifying characteristics: Red face, 200 pounds, muscular, clumsy.
Pinker, Stephanie Byng
     aka Stiffy
Friend of Bertie Wooster.
Engaged to Stinker, later married (JATTB).
Cousin of Madeline Bassett.
Niece and ward of Sir Watkyn Bassett.
Owner of Bartholomew.
Identifying characteristics: Small, large blue eyes.
Plank, Major (SULJ) Explorer.
Sold black amber statuette to Sir Watkyn Bassett.
Had Alpine Joe arrested by Chief Inspector Witherspoon for attempted fraud.
Rugby football enthusiast.
Resides at Hockley-cum-Meston.
Identifying characteristics: TBD
Platt, Rhoda Object of Uncle George's romantic intentions (ISU).
Niece of Mrs. Maude Wilberforce.
Engaged to Smethurst.
Waitress.
Resides at Wisteria Lodge, Kitchener Road, East Dulwich
Pyke, Laura (JOSC) Old school chum of Rosie M. Banks.
Food crank.
Attended St. Adela's School.
Reggie (JATTB) See Jeeves
Bingley calls Jeeves "Reggie" (JATTB).
Rex West See Gorringe, Percy
Rhoda Platt See Platt, Rhoda
Roberta Wickham See Wickham, Roberta
Roderick Glossop, Sir See Glossop, Sir Roderick
Rosie M. Banks See Little, Rosie M. Banks
Silversmith, Charlie Jeeves's uncle (TMS).
Father of Queenie.
Butler at Deverill Hall.
Sir Roderick Glossop See Glossop, Sir Roderick
Sir Stanley Gervais-Gervais See Gervais-Gervais, Sir Stanley
Smethurst Young fellow of Jeeves's acquaintance (ISU).
Engaged to Rhoda Platt (ISU).
Employed by Col. Mainwaring-Smith as gentleman's personal gentleman (ISU).
Stephanie Byng See Pinker, Stephanie Byng
Stiffy Byng See Pinker, Stephanie Byng
Stilton Cheesewright See Cheesewright, G. D'Arcy
Stinker Pinker See Pinker, Rev. Harold P.
Tinkler-Moulke, Honorable Mrs. Resident of C6 in Bertie's apartment building (TYJ).
Patient of Sir Roderick Glossop (TYJ).
Tom, Uncle See Travers, Thomas Portarlington
Travers See Travers, Dahlia Wooster
Travers, Dahlia Wooster -?-
     aka Aunt Dahlia
     aka Dahlia
     aka Travers
Bertie's good and deserving aunt (not to be confused with Aunt Agatha).
Wife of Uncle Tom. Married Tom the year Bluebottle won the Cambridgeshire JASOS.
Mother of Angela and Bonzo.
Sister of Bertie's father and of Aunt Agatha, Uncle George.
Courteous and popular proprietress of Milady's Boudoir.
Employer of Anatole.
Went to school with Ginger Winship's mother (JATTB).
Residences: Brinkley Court, Market Snodsbury, Worcestershire
Former member: Quorn Fox Hunt, Pytchley
Identifying characteristics: Red face, booming voice.
Travers, Thomas Portarlington
     aka Uncle Tom
Bertie's Uncle Tom.
Husband of Aunt Dahlia.
Retired merchant prince.
Collector of old silver.
Lord Sidcup is a club acquaintance.
Residences: Brinkley Court, tbd
Identifying characteristics: Dislikes house guests, suffers from bad digestion.
Trotter, L.G. (Lemuel Gengulphus) (JAFS) Husband of Mrs. Trotter.
Step-father of Percy Gorringe.
Owner of chain of newspapers. Aunt Dahlia wants to sell Milady's Boudoir to Trotter.
Refused a knighthood.
Employer of Worple.
Residence: Liverpool
Identifying characteristics: Face like a weasel, poor digestion, teetotaler.
Trotter, Mrs. (JAFS) Husband of L.G. Trotter.
Mother of Percy Gorringe.
Has disreputable brother.
Bitter social rival of Mrs. Alderman Blenkinsop.
Residence: Liverpool
Identifying characteristics: burly heavyweight.
Tuppy Glossop See Glossop, Hildebrand
Twistleton, Valerie See Pendlebury-Smith, Valerie Twistleton.
Uncle Joe (JAFS) Uncle of Stilton Cheesewright.
Magistrate at Vinton Street Police Court.
Bertie appeared before him after tripping an officer who tried to catch Florence when the Mottled Oyster was raided.
Identifying characteristics: gold-rimmed pince-nez, hates to be kept waiting for his soup.
Uncle George See Wooster, George
Uncle Percy See Worplesdon, Lord Percy
Uncle Tom See Travers, Thomas Portarlington
Uncle Willoughby (JTC) Uncle of Bertie Wooster. Bertie was, at one time, dependent on Uncle Willoughby for an allowance.
Author of Recollections of a Long Life, published by Riggs & Ballinger.
Friend of Lord Worplesdon, Lord Emsworth, Sir Stanley Gervais-Gervais.
Employer of Oakshott.
Residence: Easeby, Shropshire
Identifying characteristics: TBD
Valerie Twistleton See Pendlebury-Smith, Valerie Twistleton.
Watkyn Bassett See Bassett, Sir Watkyn
West, Rex Nom du plume of Gorringe, Percy
Wickham, Roberta
     aka Bobbie Wickham
Occasional love interest of Bertie.
Daughter of Lady Wickham.
Cousin of Clementina.
Attended St. Monica's School.
Advised Bertie to puncture hot water bottle with darning needle (JYTS).
Stuck Bertie with returning her cousin Clementina to St. Monica's (JAKC).
Gave Aunt Agatha's dog McIntosh to Master Blumenfeld so that he would like her mother's play (EDM).
Resides at Skeldings Hall.
Identifying characteristics: Red hair.
Wickham, Lady Mother of Bobbie Wickham.
Novelist.
Resides at Skeldings Hall.
Widgeon, Freddie Friend of Bertie.
Clubs: Drones
     Annual Darts Sweepstakes
Wilberforce Middle name of Bertie.
Named after horse in the Grand National (JATTB).
Wilberforce, Mrs. Maude (ISU)
     aka Maudie
Uncle George once almost married.
Becomes engaged to Uncle George.
Aunt of Rhoda Platt.
Former barmaid at the Criterion.
Resides at Wisteria Lodge, Kitchener Road, East Dulwich
Willoughby, Uncle See Uncle Willoughby
Winship, Harold (JATTB)
     aka Ginger
Friend of Bertie from Oxford.
Engaged to Florence Craye.
Elopes with Magnolia Glendennon.
Oxford boxing blue.
Former member of Drones.
Stands for Parliament as the Conservative candidate in Market Snodsbury.
Aunt Dahlia was at school with Ginger's mother.
Former employer of Bingley.
Witherspoon, Chief Inspector (SULJ) See Jeeves
Jeeves adopts the guise of Chief Inspector Witherspoon to rescue Bertie from Major Plank (SULJ).
Wooster See Wooster, Bertram Wilberforce
Also Major Plank had a friend named Wooster -- no relation -- who was eaten by a crocodile on the Zambesi.
Wooster, Bertram Wilberforce
     aka Bertie Wooster
     aka Bertie
     aka Wooster
     aka Alpine Joe (SULJ)
     aka Ephraim Gadsby (JAFS)
Hero of all but one (TROJ) and narrator of all but two (TROJ,tbd) of the Jeeves stories.
Employer of Jeeves (JTC).
Personal
     Bachelor
     Son of tbd and tbd. Brother of tbd.
     Nephew of Aunt Dahlia, Aunt Agatha, Uncle George, Uncle Percy, Uncle Willoughby, tbd.
     Cousin of Thomas, Bonzo, Angela. Cousin by marriage of Florence, Edwin the Boy Scout
     Ex-fiance of Florence Craye, Honoria Glossop, Madeline Bassett.
     Descendant of the Woosters, who did their bit in the Crusades.
     Friends from the egg: TBD.
     Friends from Malvern House: Kipper Herring, Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright.
     Friends from Eton: TBD.
     Friends from Oxford: Stinker Pinker, Beefy Bingham, Ginger Winship.
     Other friends: TBD.
     Snootered by: Stilton Cheesewright, Roderick Spode, Sir Watkyn Bassett, Major Plank, Sir Roderick Glossop (later friends with).
     Former employer of Bingley, tbd.
     Main address: 3A Berkeley Mansions, Berkeley Square, London W1
     Other addresses: New York, Cannes, Paris, tbd.
Education
     Malvern House, Bramley-on-Sea
          Prize for best collection of wild flowers
     Eton
          Prize for Scripture Knowledge
     Magdalen College, Oxford University
          A.B.
          Racquets Blue
Publications: "What the Well-Dressed Man is Wearing", Milady's Boudoir
Clubs: Drones
     Annual Golf Tournament, Annual Darts Sweepstakes
Interests: darts, golf, billiards, tennis, singing, driving, banjolele playing, squash, swimming, and reading novels of suspense.
Code of the Woosters: Always help out a pal.
Identifying characteristics: light baritone singing voice.
Wooster, George
     aka Uncle George
     aka Lord Yaxley
     aka Piggy (ISU)
Uncle of Bertie Wooster.
Brother of Aunt Agatha, Aunt Dahlia, TBD.
Engaged to Mrs. Maude Wilberforce (ISU).
Clubs: Buffers
Worple Gentleman's personal gentleman to L.G. Trotter (JAFS).
Retrieved a draft of L.G. Trotter's refusal of a knighthood.
Clubs: Junior Ganymede
Worplesdon, Lady Agatha Wooster Gregson
     aka Aunt Agatha
     aka Mrs. Gregson
Aunt of Bertie Wooster.
Sister of Uncle George, Aunt Dahlia, TBD.
Wife of Lord Worplesdon.
Widow of Spencer Gregson.
Mother of Thomas.
Step-mother of Florence and Edwin the Boy Scout.
Friend of Miss Mapleton.
Owner of McIntosh (EDM).
Snooters Bertie at every turn.
Residences: Bumpleigh Hall, TBD, Pont Street.
Worplesdon, Lord Percy
     aka Uncle Percy
Uncle by marriage of Bertie Wooster.
Second husband of Aunt Agatha.
Father of Florence and Edwin the Boy Scout.
Step-father of Thomas.
Former employer of Jeeves.
Residences: Bumpleigh Hall, Pont Street.
Yaxley, Lord See Wooster, George
TBD tbd
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Places

Name Description, notes and other rannygazoo
Aspinwall's (JAFS) Jewelry store in Bond Street where Aunt Dahlia had duplicate pearls made.
Barribault's Restaurant at which Bertie Wooster meets Ginger Winship for lunch (JATTB).
Blucher's (ISU) Where Bertie buys his ties.
Bond Street Location of Aspinwall's jewelry store (JAFS).
Location of pet shop where Jeeves purchases substitute for McIntosh (EDM).
Brinkley Court Aunt Dahlia's residence in Worcestershire.
Buffers (ISU) Uncle George's club.
Where Rhoda Platt works as a waitress.
Burlington Arcade (ISU) Location of Blucher's.
Colney Hatch Asylum with which Bertie is occasionally threatened.
Criterion (ISU) Club frequented by Uncle George in his youth.
Mrs. Wilberforce was a barmaid at the Criterion.
Curzon Street Location of Junior Ganymede Club.
Drones Bertie Wooster's club.
Other members: Bertie Wooster, Stilton Cheesewright, Freddie Widgeon.
Has a swimming bath.
Easeby (JTC) Uncle Willoughby's residence in Shropshire.
Eaton Square (EDM) Location of Bobbie Wickham's aunt's home in London.
Feverish Cheese (JAFS) Former name of the Mottled Oyster.
flat Bertie's London apartment at 3A Berkeley Mansions, London W1.
Includes Bertie's room, spare bedroom, Jeeves's bedroom, sitting room, kitchen, piano, mantelpiece.
Frozen Limit (JAFS) Former name of the Mottled Oyster.
Goat and Grapes (JASOS) Pub which Tuppy Glossop visits before singing Sonny Boy.
Hockley-cum-Meston (SULJ) Major Plank lives in Hockley-cum-Meston in Gloucestershire.
Jug and Bottle (JASOS) Pub which Bertie Wooster visits before singing Sonny Boy.
Junior Ganymede Club Rather posh club for valets and butlers in Curzon Street.
Rule Eleven requires valets and butlers to contribute complete information about their employers to the club book. Members can then read about prospective employers.
Jeeves is a member of the Junior Ganymede.
Liverpool Home of L.G. Trotter, Mrs. Trotter, and Mr. and Mrs. Alderman Blenkinsop (JAFS).
Market Snodsbury Aunt Dahlia lives at Brinkley Court in Market Snosbury in Worcestershire.
Mottled Oyster (JAFS) Garish nightclub to which Bertie Wooster takes Florence Craye so she can get atmosphere for her new novel.
Norwich Location of house Bingo Little inherited.
Pont Street Location of Aunt Agatha's home in London.
St. Adela's (JOSC) School for girls.
Rosie M. Banks and Laura Pyke attended St. Adela's.
St. Monica's (JAKC) School for girls.
Bobbie Wickham and the kid Clementina attended St. Monica's.
Savoy Restaurant to which Bertie Wooster takes L.G. Trotter and Mrs. Trotter for dinner (JAFS).
Hotel where Mr. Blumenfeld and Master Blumenfeld are staying (EDM).
Shropshire (JTC) Uncle Willoughby's residence, Easeby, is in Shropshire.
Skeldings Hall (JYTS) Residence of Bobbie Wickham.
South Norwood (ISU) Where Aunt Agatha believes Rhoda Platt lives.
Startled Shrimp (JAFS) Former name of the Mottled Oyster.
Steeple Bumpleigh (JIM) Location of Bumpleigh Hall and Wee Nooke.
Residence of Aunt Agatha, Uncle Percy, Florence Craye, Edwin, Stilton Cheesewright, Boko Fittleworth, Nobby Hopwood.
Town in the county of Hampshire (JIM) or Essex (JATTB). Near East Wibley.
Totleigh-in-the-Wold Village where Sinker Pinker is the curate.
Vinton Street Police Court (JAFS) Stilton Cheesewright's Uncle Joe is a magistrate there.
Bertie Wooster had to appear there, under the pseudonym of Ephraim Gadsby.
Worcestershire County of Aunt Dahlia's residence at Brinkley Court.

 

What-nots

Name Description, notes and other rannygazoo
Alpine hat (SULJ) Bertie wears a blue Alpine hat with a pink feather.
As a result, Jeeves addresses Bertie as "Alpine Joe" when rescuing him from Major Plank.
aniseed (EDM) Bertie sprinkles aniseed on his trousers to facilitate sneaking the dog McIntosh out of Mr. Blumenfeld's hotel room.
black amber statuette (SULJ) Native sculpture.
Bought from Major Plank by Sir Watkyn Bassett.
Bertie Wooster attempts to return to Plank.
"Caliban at Sunset" (JAFS) Poem by Percy Gorringe. Published in Parnassus. Satirical of Stilton Cheesewright.
Club Book Book to which Rule Eleven of the Junior Ganymede Club requires valets and butlers to contribute complete information about their employers. Members can then read about prospective employers.
Useful for blackmail purposes (JATTB).
Purloined by Bingley.
cow-creamer Silver milk jug in the shape of a cow. (COW)
Coveted by Uncle Tom and Sir Watkyn Bassett.
Purloined by Aunt Dahlia.
darning needle Useful for puncturing hot water bottles (JYTS).
hot water bottle Punctured by Bertie (JYTS).
Inspector Biffen Views the Body (JAFS) Novel by Rex West.
Mervyn Keene, Clubman Novel by Rosie M. Banks. Madeline Bassett gives a synopsis in The Mating Season (TMS).
Milady's Boudoir Weekly newspaper for the delicately nurtured.
Published by Aunt Dahlia.
Bertie Wooster once contributed an article on "What the Well-Dressed Man is Wearing".
Sold to L.G. Trotter (JAFS).
Murder in Mauve (JAFS) Novel by Rex West.
Mystery of the Pink Crayfish (JAFS) Novel by Rex West.
Only a Factory Girl Novel by Rosie M. Banks.
Parnassus (JAFS) Poetry magazine.
Percy Gorringe published his poem "Caliban at Sunset" in Parnassus.
Recollections of a Long Life (JTC) Reminiscences by Uncle Willoughby, published by Riggs & Ballinger.
Riggs & Ballinger (JTC) Publishers of Recollections of a Long Life by Uncle Willoughby.
Rollo Beaminster (JAFS) Fictional hero of Florence Craye's new novel.
Sir Eustace Willoughby, Bart. (JAFS) Victim in Mystery of the Pink Crayfish (JAFS).
Sonny Boy (JASOS) Song sung by Bertie, Tuppy Glossop, and Cora Bellinger.
Spindrift Novel by Florence Craye. Later dramatized for stage by Percy Gorringe.
Spinoza Philosopher cove Jeeves enjoys reading.
Types of Ethical Theory (JTC) Book that Florence wants Bertie to read.

 

Jeeves Stories by P.G. Wodehouse

Name Description, notes and other rannygazoo
All About Jeeves
All About JeevesAll About Jeeves - Audio Cassette, Edward Duke (Reader)
Includes:
Jeeves Takes Charge (JTC)
The Chump Cyril (TCC)
Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg (JHBE)
Bertie Changes His Mind
Bertie Changes His Mind (BCHM)
     in AAJ
Short story
Summary: TBD
Dramatis Personae: TBD
Bertie Wooster Sees It Through (BWSIT)
     in FCN
Novel
Summary: TBD
Dramatis Personae: TBD
Carry On, Jeeves (COJ)
Carry On, JeevesCarry On, Jeeves - Paperback
Carry On, JeevesCarry On, Jeeves - Audio Cassette, Frederick Davidson (Reader)
Carry On, JeevesCarry On, Jeeves - Audio CD, Frederick Davidson (Reader)
Carry On, JeevesCarry On, Jeeves: 8 Complete Stories - Audio Cassette, Martin Jarvis (Reader)
TBD
Code of the Woosters (COW)
Code of the WoostersCode of the Woosters - Paperback

Code of the WoostersCode of the Woosters - Hardcover
Novel
Summary: TBD
Dramatis Personae: TBD
Episode of the Dog McIntosh (EDM)
     in VGJ
Short story
Summary: While Bertie is looking after Aunt Agatha's dog McIntosh, Bobbie Wickham gives the dog to Master Blumenfeld so he will like her mother's play.
Dramatis Personae: Bertie Wooster, Jeeves, Bobbie Wickham, McIntosh, Mr. Blumenfeld, Master Blumenfeld.
Five Complete Novels (FCN)
Five Complete NovelsFive Complete Novels
Collection including:
Bertie Wooster Sees It Through (BWSIT)
The Return of Jeeves (TROJ)
Indian Summer of an Uncle (ISU)
     in VGJ
     in Jeeves
Short story
Summary: Bertie's Uncle George wants marry Rhoda Platt, a waitress. Aunt Agatha sends Bertie to pay off the waitress. Bertie meets the waitress's aunt, Mrs. Maude Wilberforce, who turns out to be a former barmaid, formerly engaged to Uncle George. Uncle George and Mrs. Wilberforce become engaged.
Dramatis Personae: Bertie Wooster, Jeeves, Uncle George, Mrs. Maude Wilberforce, Aunt Agatha.
Jeeves
JeevesJeeves - Audio Cassette, Roger Livesay (Reader), Terry- Thomas (Reader)
Includes:
Indian Summer of an Uncle
Jeeves Takes Charge
Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg (JHBE)
     in AAJ
Short story
Summary: TBD
Dramatis Personae: TBD
Jeeves and the Impending Doom (JID)
     in VGJ
Short story
Summary: TBD
Dramatis Personae: TBD
Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit (JAFS)
Jeeves and the Feudal SpiritJeeves and the Feudal Spirit - Audio Cassette, Jonathan Cecil (Reader)
Novel
Summary: Bertie Wooster grows a moustache. Bertie Wooster helps Aunt Dahlia to sell Milady's Boudoir to L.G. Trotter. Florence Craye ends her engagement to Stilton Cheesewright (twice), makes and breaks an engagement with Bertie Wooster, and becomes engaged to Percy Gorringe. Aunt Dahlia beans Lord Sidcup to keep him from exposing her dud pearl necklace.
Dramatis Personae: Bertie Wooster, Jeeves, Aunt Dahlia, Stilton Cheesewright, Florence Craye, Percy Gorringe, L.G. Trotter, Mrs. Trotter, Daphne Dolores Morehead, Lord Sidcup.
Jeeves and the Kid Clementina (JAKC)
     in VGJ
Short story
Summary: Bobbie Wickham sticks Bertie Wooster with the task of returning Bobbie's cousin Clementina to her school from which she is AWOL.
Dramatis Personae: Bertie Wooster, Jeeves, Bobbie Wickham, Clementina, Miss Mapleton, police constable.
Jeeves and the Old School Chum (JOSC)
     in VGJ
Short story
Summary: Laura Pyke, friend of Rosie M. Banks, disrupts Bingo Little's happy home with food crankery until Jeeves intervenes.
Dramatis Personae: Bertie Wooster, Jeeves, Bingo Little, Rosie M. Banks, Laura Pyke.
Jeeves and the Song of Songs (JASOS)
     in VGJ
Jeeves and the Song of SongsThe Delightful World of P.G. Wodehouse : Jeeves and the Song of Songs - Audio Cassette, J. Donald Walters (Narrator)
Short story
Summary: Tuppy Glossop falls in love with opera singer Cora Bellinger. Bertie and Jeeves intervene to reunite Tuppy with Angela.
Dramatis Personae: Bertie Wooster, Jeeves, Tuppy Glossop, Cora Bellinger, Aunt Dahlia.
Jeeves and the Tie That Binds (JATTB)
Jeeves and the Tie That BindsJeeves and the Tie That Binds [UNABRIDGED] - Audio Cassette, J. Donald Walters (Narrator)
Novel
Summary: Bertie and Jeeves help Ginger Winship stand for Parliament, as Ginger's fiancee Florence Craye wishes. Lord Sidcup also uses his eloquence on Ginger's behalf. Bertie's former valet Bingley threatens to use material from the club book to ruin Ginger in order to win a bet. Meanwhile, Aunt Dahlia tries to extract some money from L.P. Runkle for Tuppy.
Dramatis Personae: Bertie Wooster, Jeeves, Aunt Dahlia Ginger Winship, Florence Craye, Lord Sidcup, Madeline Bassett, Mrs. McCorkadale, L.P. Runkle, Magnolia Glendennon, Augustus, Bingley
Jeeves and the Yule-Tide Spirit (JYTS)
     in VGJ
Short story
Summary: Bertie follows Bobbie Wickham's suggestion to puncture Tuppy Glossop's hot water bottle during the Christmas holidays. (Bertie arrives at Skeldings on December 23.)
Dramatis Personae: Bertie Wooster, Jeeves, Bobbie Wickham, Tuppy Glossop, Sir Roderick Glossop, Aunt Agatha.
Location: Skeldings Hall
Jeeves in the Morning (JIM)
(originally titled Joy in the Morning)
Jeeves in the MorningJeeves in the Morning - Paperback
Jeeves in the MorningJeeves in the Morning - Audio CD, Fredrick Davidson (Reader)
Novel
Summary: Bertie's Uncle Percy seeks Jeeves's help in arranging a secret meeting with J. Chichester Clam, to discuss the merger of the two shipping lines. Florence becomes engaged to Stilton, breaks the engagement, becomes engaged to Bertie, then breaks the engagement and reconciles with Stilton after Stilton leaves the Force. Bertie helps to gain Uncle Percy's blessing on Boko and Nobby's marriage.
Dramatis Personae: Bertie Wooster, Jeeves, Uncle Percy, Florence Craye, Edwin the Boy Scout, Stilton Cheesewright, Boko Fittleworth, Nobby Hopwood.
Jeeves Takes Charge (JTC)
Jeeves Takes ChargeJeeves Takes Charge - Audio Cassette, Edward Duke (Reader)

     in AAJ
     in Jeeves
Short story
Bertie Wooster and Jeeves meet for the first time.
Summary: Florence Craye asks Bertie, her current fiance, to steal Uncle Willoughby's book of embarrassing recollections before they are published.
Dramatis Personae: Bertie Wooster, Jeeves, Uncle Willoughby, Florence Craye, Edwin the Boy Scout.
Location: Easeby, Shropshire
Life With Jeeves (LWJ)
Life With JeevesLife With Jeeves
Collection including:
Right Ho, Jeeves (RHJ)
The Inimitable Jeeves (TIJ)
Very Good, Jeeves (VGJ)
Right Ho, Jeeves (RHJ)
Right Ho, JeevesRight Ho, Jeeves - Paperback
Right Ho, JeevesRight Ho, Jeeves - Paperback
Right Ho, JeevesRight Ho, Jeeves - Audio Cassette, Jonathan Cecil (Reader)

     in LWJ
TBD
Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (SULJ)
Stiff Upper Lip, JeevesStiff Upper Lip, Jeeves - Audio Cassette
Stiff Upper Lip, JeevesStiff Upper Lip, Jeeves - Audio Cassette
Novel
Summary: Bertie returns to Totleigh Towers to patch up Madeline and Gussie's engagement. He attempts to do right by Major Plank by returning the black amber statuette. Gussie elopes with the cook, Emerald Stoker. Madeline gets engaged to Roderick Spode. Stinker Pinker and Stiffy Byng get engaged.
Dramatis Personae: Bertie Wooster, Jeeves, Aunt Dahlia, Gussie Fink-Nottle, Sir Watkyn Bassett, Madeline Bassett, Emerald Stoker, Stinker Pinker, Stiffy Byng, Major Plank, Uncle Tom.
Thank You, Jeeves (TYJ)
Thank You, JeevesThank you, Jeeves - Audio Cassette
TBD
The Chump Cyril (TCC)
     in AAJ
Short story
Summary: TBD
Dramatis Personae: TBD
The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy (TICOS)
     in VGJ
Short story
Summary: TBD
Dramatis Personae: TBD
The Inimitable Jeeves (TIJ)
The Inimitable JeevesThe Inimitable Jeeves - Audio Cassette, Jonathan Cecil (Reader)
The Inimitable JeevesThe Inimitable Jeeves - Audio Cassette, Frederick Davidson (Reader)
The Inimitable JeevesThe Inimitable Jeeves - Paperback

     in LWJ
TBD
The Love That Purifies (TLTP)
     in VGJ
Short story
Summary: TBD
Dramatis Personae: TBD
The Man With Two Left Feet (TMWTLF)
The Man With Two Left FeetThe Man With Two Left Feet - Audio Cassette, Frederick Davidson (Reader)

     in LWJ
Collection of short stories, including one Bertie Wooster story
The Mating Season (TMS) Novel
Summary: TBD
Dramatis Personae: TBD
The Ordeal of Young Tuppy (TOYT)
     in VGJ
Short story
Summary: Aunt Dahlia wants Bertie to break up a romance between Tuppy Glossop and Miss Dalgleish, a dog-girl. Tuppy plays in a spirited rugby match. Tuppy reconciles with Angela.
Dramatis Personae: Bertie Wooster, Jeeves, Aunt Dahlia, Tuppy Glossop, Miss Dalgleish.
The Return of Jeeves (TROJ)
     in FCN
Novel
Summary: TBD
Dramatis Personae: TBD
The Spot of Art (TSA)
     in VGJ
Short story
Summary: TBD
Dramatis Personae: TBD
Very Good, Jeeves (VGJ)
Very Good, JeevesVery Good, Jeeves! - Paperback
Very Good, JeevesVery Good, Jeeves! - Hardcover
Very Good, JeevesVery Good, Jeeves! - Audio Cassette, Jonathan Cecil (Reader)

     in LWJ
Collection of short stories, including Jeeves and the Impending Doom (JID), The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy (TICOS), Jeeves and the Yuletide Spirit (JYTS), Jeeves and the Song of Songs (JASOS), Episode of the Dog McIntosh (EDM), The Spot of Art (TSA), Jeeves and the Kid Clementina (JAKC), The Love that Purifies (TLTP), Jeeves and the Old School Chum (JOSC), Indian Summer of an Uncle (ISU), and The Ordeal of Young Tuppy (TOYT)
Originally published 1930.

 

About P.G. Wodehouse

Wodehouse, Sir P.G.

b. Oct. 15, 1881, Guildford, Surrey, Eng.

d. Feb. 14, 1975, Southampton, N.Y., U.S.

in full PELHAM GRENVILLE WODEHOUSE (aka Plum), English-born comic novelist, short-story writer, lyricist, and playwright, best known as the creator of Jeeves, the supreme "gentleman's gentleman." He wrote more than 90 books and more than 20 film scripts and collaborated on more than 30 plays and musical comedies.

Wodehouse was educated at Dulwich College, London, and, after a period in a bank, took a job as a humorous columnist on the London Globe (1902) and wrote freelance for many other publications. After 1909 he lived and worked for long periods in the United States and in France. He was captured in France by the Germans in 1940 and spent much of the war interned in Berlin. In 1941 he made five radio broadcasts from there to the United States in which he humorously described his experiences as a prisoner and subtly ridiculed his captors. His use of enemy broadcasting facilities evoked deep and lasting resentment in Britain, however, which was then practically under siege by Germany. After the war Wodehouse settled in the United States, becoming a citizen in 1955. He was knighted in 1975.

Wodehouse began by writing public-school stories and then light romances. It was not until 1913 (in Something New; published in England as Something Fresh, 1915) that he turned to the farce, which became his special strength. He had a scholar's command of the English sentence. He delighted in vivid, far-fetched imagery and in slang. His plots are highly complicated and carefully planned. Whatever the dates of publication of his books, Wodehouse's English social atmosphere is of the late Edwardian era. The young bachelor Bertie Wooster and his effortlessly superior manservant, Jeeves, were still together, their ages unadvanced, in Much Obliged, Jeeves (1971), though they first appeared in a story in The Man with Two Left Feet (1917).

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P. G. Wodehouse (1881--1975) was born in Surrey, educated in London, and spent much of his life in Southampton, Long Island, becoming an American citizen in 1955. In a literary career spanning more than seventy years, he published more than ninety books, twenty film scripts, and collaborated on more than thirty plays and musical comedies.

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