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Description edit
Also published as Jeeves in the Morning.
Trapped in the rural hell-hole of the Steeple Bumpleigh with his bossy ex-fiancee, Florence Craye, her fire-breathing father, Lord Worplesdon, her frightful Boy-Scout brother, Edwin, and her beefy new betrothed, 'Stilton' Cheesewright, Bertie... read more
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Characters edit
- Bertram Wooster (aka Bertie): A rich, young English gentleman
- Jeeves: Bertie's valet
- Boko Fittleworth: A old school chum of Bertie's; now a successful author.
- Nobby: Lord Worplesden's ward; Boko Fittleworth's intended.
- Edwin: Lord Worplesdon's son: boy scout and carbuncle. A snurge.
- Agatha: Add a description of this character.
- Worplesdon
- Bertie Wooster
- Spinoza
- Percy
- Miss Hopwood
- Cheesewright
- Steeple Bumpleigh
- J. Chichester Clam
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
AFTER the thing was all over, when peril had ceased to loom and happy endings had been distributed in heaping handfuls and we were driving home with our hats on the side of our heads, having shaken the dust of Steeple Bumpleigh from our tyres, I confessed to Jeeves that there had been moments during the recent proceedings when Bertram Wooster, though no weakling, had come very near to despair.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 8 of 18 in Jeeves and Wooster. (standard series)
Preceded by The Code of the Woosters, and followed by The Mating Season.
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- P. G. Wodehouse (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1946
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 281
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1946
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 281
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.912
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