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Description edit
Thank You, Jeeves the first full length novel to be published in the Jeeves and Wooster canon. The story had previously been serialised, in the Strand Magazine in the UK , nd in the U.S. in Cosmopolitan Magazine.
After a falling-out concerning Bertie’s relentless playing of the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Bertie Wooster: Young man-about-town. Not much upstairs, but a good heart.
- Jeeves: Bertie's valet. In control.
- Lord Chuffnell (aka Chuffy, Marmaduke): An old school friend of Bertie.
- Pauline Stoker: Daughter of an American millionaire. Loves Chuffy.
- J. Washburn Stoker: A rather ruthless American millionaire.
- Sir Roderick Glossop: A psychiatrist. Friend of Stoker.
- Lady Myrtle Chuffnell: Chuffy's aunt.
- Seabury: Lady Chufnell's young, obnoxious son.
- Dwight Stoker: Stoker's young son.
- Ted Voules: Police Sergeant.
- Constable Dobson: Local bobby.
- Brinkley: Bertie's new valet.
- Bertram Wooster: Add a description of this character.
- Jove
- Reyes
- Master Dwight
- George
- Berrie
- Beale
- Agatha: One of Bertie's aunts.
- Mary: Parlour maid at Lord Chufnell's
- Bettie
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
I was a shade perturbed.
Table of Contents edit
1. Jeeves Gives Notice
2. Chuffy
3. Re-Enter the Dead Past
4. Annoying Predicament of Pauline Stoker
5. Bertie Takes Things in Hand
6. Complications Set In
7. A Visitor for Bertie
8. Police Persecution
9. Lovers' Meetings
10. Another Visitor
11. Sinister Behavior of a Yacht-Owner
12. Start Smearing, Jeeves!
13. A Valet Exceeds His Duties
14. The Butter Situation
15. Development of Butter Situation
16. Trouble at the Dower House
17. Breakfast-Time At the Hall
18. Black Work in a Study
19. Preparations for Handling Father
20. Jeeves Has News
21. Jeeves Finds the Way
22. Jeeves Applies For a Situation
Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 19 in Jeeves and Wooster. (standard series)
Preceded by Very Good, Jeeves!, and followed by Right Ho, Jeeves.
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This is book 639 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Tender Is the Night, and followed by Call It Sleep.
Authors & Contributors edit
- P. G. Wodehouse (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Herbert Jenkins
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: March 16, 1934
ISBN: 9781585674343
Page Count: 263
Publisher: Herbert Jenkins
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: March 16, 1934
ISBN: 9781585674343
Page Count: 263
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.912
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Movie Connections edit
- "Jeeves and Wooster" Chuffy (or, Jeeves in the Country) (IMDb): This novel was adapted into the episodes "Jeeves in the Country" and "Kidnapped!" for the 1990s television series Jeeves and Wooster starring Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry. In the television series the banjolele was replaced by a trombone.
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