List of P. G. Wodehouse characters in the Jeeves stories, a categorized outline of Jeeves characters Both the name "Jeeves" and the character of Jeeves have come to be thought of as the quintessential name and nature of a manservant, inspiring many similar characters as well as the name of an Internet search engine, Ask Jeeves, and a financial-technology company. [2] A "Jeeves" is now a generic term as validated by its entry in the Oxford English Dictionary. Wodehouse, P. G. (2008) [1938]. The Code of the Woosters (Reprinteded.). London: Arrow Books. ISBN 978-0-09-951375-9. Thompson, Kristin (1992). Wooster Proposes, Jeeves Disposes or Le Mot Juste. New York: James H. Heineman, Inc. ISBN 0-87008-139-X. The Jeeves stories are described as occurring within a few years of each other. For example, Bertie states in Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit (1954) that his Aunt Dahlia has been running her paper Milady's Boudoir, first introduced in " Clustering Round Young Bingo" (1925), for about three years. [116] However, there are inconsistencies between the stories that make it difficult to construct a timeline. For instance, it is stated in Jeeves in the Offing that Aunt Dahlia ran her paper for four years, and not three, as is shown in Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit. Nonetheless, some scholars have attempted to create a rough timeline. J. H. C. Morris suggested that the Jeeves canon spanned approximately five years, stating that four Christmases are accounted for, and another must have passed during Bertie's time in America in the early stories, making five in all. [117] Kristin Thompson also suggested that approximately five years passed during the stories, though Thompson instead relied on explicit references to time passed between events in the series. [118]

Leave It to Jeeves" (1940) is an episode of the American CBS radio series Forecast. It was not based on the Wodehouse short story originally titled " Leave it to Jeeves". Alan Mowbray portrayed Jeeves and Edward Everett Horton portrayed Bertie Wooster. The scriptwriter was Stuart Palmer. [139] The Wodehouse scholar Norman Murphy believes George Grossmith Jr. to have been the inspiration for the character of Bertie Wooster. [2] Others have asserted John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley was the inspiration. [3] P. G. Wodehouse was a distant cousin of John Wodehouse. He was also the godfather to the 3rd Earl's son, John Wodehouse, 4th Earl of Kimberley. [4] Wodehouse, P. G. (2008) [1960]. Jeeves in the Offing (Reprinteded.). London: Arrow Books. ISBN 978-0-09-951394-0. Wodehouse, P. G. (1968) [1966]. Plum Pie (Reprinteded.). London: Pan Books Ltd. ISBN 978-0-330-02203-3. Bertie Changes His Mind" – The only story in the canon narrated by Jeeves, originally published August 1922 in the Strand and Cosmopolitan.

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Jeeves has three placid aunts, in contrast to Bertie Wooster's aunts. [18] Aunt Emily is interested in psychical research, and another aunt, Mrs. Pigott, owns a cat in Maiden Eggesford; this cat plays a major role in Aunts Aren't Gentlemen. Jeeves occasionally refers to an aunt without naming her, including one who read Oliver Wendell Holmes to him when he was young. [19] In Right Ho, Jeeves, he mentions his Aunt Annie, though she was widely disliked. [20] Employment history [ edit ] In the 1970s and 1980s, Jeeves and Bertie Wooster were portrayed by various actors in twelve commercials for Croft Original Sherry. [133] One 1973 advertisement featured Jeremy Irons as Bertie Wooster. [134] Wodehouse, P. G. (2008) [1923]. The Inimitable Jeeves (Reprinteded.). London: Arrow Books. ISBN 978-0099513681.

The short stories are set primarily in London, where Bertie Wooster has a flat and is a member of the raucous Drones Club, or in New York City, though some short stories are set around various stately homes in the English countryside. The novels all take place at or near an English country house, most commonly Brinkley Court, Worcestershire (in four novels) and Totleigh Towers, Gloucestershire (in two novels). Wodehouse, P. G. (2008) [1934]. Thank You, Jeeves (Reprinteded.). London: Arrow Books. ISBN 978-0099513735. Wodehouse (2008) [1963], Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, chapter 4, p. 33. Bertie says regarding Jeeves, "He and the young master may have had differences about Alpine hats with pink feathers in them, but when he sees the y.m. on the receiving end of the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, he sinks his dudgeon and comes through with the feudal spirit at its best. So now, instead of being cold and distant and aloof, as a lesser man would have been, he showed the utmost agitation and concern. That is to say, he allowed one eyebrow to rise perhaps an eighth of an inch, which is as far as he ever goes in the way of expressing emotion." In post-WWII Britain, Jeeves temporarily becomes valet to Lord Rowcester whilst Bertie Wooster is away at a school to teach the wealthy classes how to survive in the wake of social revolution. Lord Rowcester, engaged to be married to Jill Wyvern, wishes to find means of earning money to repair his home and thus sell it off to live a happy married life. At the suggestion of Jeeves, Bill sets up as a bookmaker at horse races under the title of Honest Patch Perkins. [50] Mrs Scholfield [ edit ] Garcia-Navarro, Lulu (2 December 2018). "Jeeves And Wooster, But Make It A Modern Spy Novel". National Public Radio . Retrieved 27 January 2021.

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Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum" with "No Wedding Bells for Bingo" (together " Jeeves in the Springtime", originally published December 1921 in the Strand and Cosmopolitan.) Wodehouse, P. G. (2008) [1963]. Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (Reprinteded.). London: Arrow Books. ISBN 978-0099513957. The Japanese manga series Please, Jeeves (2008–2014) adapts many of the Jeeves short stories. It was translated by Tamaki Morimura and illustrated by Bun Katsuta. Shippey, Tom (13 March 2015). "Science Fiction: The Lost World". The Wall Street Journal. New York . Retrieved 2 April 2018.