Knowra P. G. Wodehouse P. G. Wodehouse P. G. Wodehouse was an English author and humorist best known for stories about valet Jeeves and his employer, Bertie Wooster. His comic fiction also includes the Blandings Castle novels and musicals written with collaborators.
Jeeves : Jeeves is the exceptionally capable valet who solves problems for Bertie Wooster in stories by P. G. Wodehouse. His quiet intelligence and strategic interventions drive the best-known Wooster stories.
Comic timing : Comic timing is the control of rhythm and pause that makes a humorous line or action effective. Wodehouse’s punchlines depend on carefully delayed revelations and verbal reversals.
The Globe : The Globe was a London newspaper for which P. G. Wodehouse worked as a reporter early in his career. Newspaper work helped establish his professional writing life after school.
My Man Jeeves : My Man Jeeves is a 1919 collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, including early Jeeves fiction. It offers an early view of the character before the later novels.
Wodehousean : Wodehousean describes a style of comic prose associated with P. G. Wodehouse’s elaborate metaphors, precision, and playful diction. The adjective signals a distinctive voice that readers and critics recognize beyond individual stories.
Bertie Wooster : Bertie Wooster is a wealthy, amiable young Englishman whose misadventures are narrated in P. G. Wodehouse’s stories. His first-person voice turns social trouble into comic adventure.
Farce : Farce is comedy built on improbable situations, mistaken identities, deception, and rapidly escalating complications. Disguises, schemes, and misunderstandings propel many Wodehouse plots.
P. G. Wodehouse bibliography : The bibliography of P. G. Wodehouse comprises his novels, short stories, plays, lyrics, and other published writings. His output ranged far beyond the Jeeves books that made him most famous.
Right Ho, Jeeves : Right Ho, Jeeves is a 1934 novel by P. G. Wodehouse featuring Bertie Wooster and Jeeves. Its interlocking schemes showcase the mature Wooster-and-Jeeves formula.
The Times : The Times is a British daily newspaper founded in 1785. Its 1990 obituary famously praised Wodehouse’s command of the English language.
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