Jeeves facts for kids

The Inimitable Jeeves, a collection of short stories featuring Jeeves.

Jeeves is a well-known children´s book series written by British author PG Wodehouse. They star Jeeves, the genius butler of Bertie Wooster, a rich, spoiled man in his twenties. The last Jeeves book, Aunts Aren´t Gentlemen, was written in 1974. The first Jeeves book, Extricating Young Gussie, was a short story written in 1915.

Characters

Jeeves.

Reginald Jeeves is the butler of Bertie Wooster. He is extremely intelligent and strategic, but disagrees with Bertie on this such as clothes and furniture.

Bertie.

Strand Magazine illustration by Alfred Leete of "Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest," one of 34 Jeeves short stories.

Bertie Wooster (official name Bertram Willoughby Wooster) is a carefree, wealthy young man living in London with his valet Jeeves.

Aunt Dahlia.

Aunt Dahlia is Bertie´s ¨good aunt¨, and is quite jovial. She often jokingly insults Bertie. She also uses her chef, Anatole, as a threat for Bertie to help her when she needs it.

Madeline Bassett.

Madeline Bassett is (according to Bertie Wooster) a droopy girl, first mentioned in Right Ho, Jeeves. She was formerly engaged to Bertie but is later enaged to Bertie´s friend, Gussie Fink-Nottle.

Sir Roderick Glossop.

Sir Roderick is a forceful personality. He is a nerve specialist (or, as Wooster calls him, the loony doctor) and the father of Honoria Glossop, to whom Bertie was once engaged. Bertie and Sir Roderick are often att odds, but following the events of Thank You, Jeeves, become good friends.

A List of Books.

• Thank You, Jeeves
• Code of the Woosters
• Right Ho, Jeeves (published in 1934)
• Joy in the Morning (published in 1947)
• Jeeves and the Feudal Sprit
• Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves
• The Mating Season
• Aunts Aren´t Gentlemen (published in 1974, and the last Jeeves book)
• A collection of 34 short stories

Praise

The Jeeves books were well-received.

Gallery Of Short Stories

Below is a list of both the Jeeves short stories, as well as images from them.

1. Jeeves Takes Charge
2. Episode of the Dog McIntosh
3. The Love That Purifies
4. Bingo and the Little Woman
5. The Purity Of The Turf
6. The Great Sermon Handicap
7. The Delayed Exit Of Claude and Eustace
8. Jeeves Makes An Omelette
9. Jeeves and the Greasy Bird
10. Bertie Changes His Mind
11. Jeeves Takes Charge
12. Fixing It For Freddie
13. The Great Metropolitan Touch
14. Sir Roderick Comes To Lunch
15. Jeeves and the Chump Cyril
16. Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg
17. Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest
18. Jeeves In The Springtime
19. Scoring Off Jeeves
20. Aunt Agatha Takes The Count
21. The Artistic Career of Old Corky
22. Comrade Bingo
23. The Aunt And The Sluggard
24. The Rummy Affair Of Old Biffy
25. Without the Option
26. Clustering Round Young Bingo
27. Jeeves and the Impending Doom
28. The Inferiority Complex Of Old Sippy
29. The Ordeal of Young Tuppy
30. Jeeves and the Song of Songs
31. Indian Summer of An Uncle
    

    Saturday Evening Post illustration by Henry Raleigh of "Jeeves Takes Charge"
    
    
32. Jeeves and the Kid Clementina
33. The Spot of Art
34. Jeeves and the Old School Chum
    

    Strand Magazine illustration by Alf Leete of "Jeeves and the Chump Cyril"
    

    Strand Magazine illustration by Alfred Leete of "Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg"
    
    

Strand Magazine illustration by Alfred Leete of "Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest"

Referneces

See also

In Spanish: Jeeves para niños