The Inimitable Jeeves (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- First Published: 1923
- Type of Work: Farce
- Time of Work: The early 1920’s
- Setting: London, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Roville-sur-mer (France) and New York City
- Principal Characters: Bertie Wooster, Jeeves, Richard (Bingo) Little, Agatha Gregson, Honoria Glossop, Sir Roderick Glossop, Claude, Eustace, Mortimer, Lord Bittlesham, Rosie M. Banks
- Genres: Long fiction, Wit and humor
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, France or French people, Love or romance, New York City, Social issues, Marriage, Class consciousness, 1920’s, England or English people, Work or workers, Waiters or waitresses
- Locales: New York, NY, France, England
The Novel
Bertie Wooster’s friend Richard “Bingo” Little is forever falling in love with a wide variety of women, and it is up to Bertie, with the aid of Jeeves, his valet, to promote or prevent these romances, depending on the suitability of the young lady. At the beginning of The Inimitable Jeeves, Bingo is infatuated with a waitress and wants Bertie to make his Uncle Mortimer, the source of his income, receptive to the idea. Jeeves suggests having Bingo read the uncle such Rosie M. Banks novels as Only a Factory Girl, in which “marriage with young...
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