The Artistic Career of Corky

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"The Artistic Career of Corky" is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse featuring Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves, centered on a struggling artist and his romantic and professional misadventures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comic fiction
short story
author P. G. Wodehouse
centralConflict Corky’s attempt to succeed as an artist and gain approval for his romance
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter Alexander Worple
Bertie Wooster
Corky
Jeeves
Muriel Singer
fictionalWorld P. G. Wodehouse universe
surface form: Wodehouse Jeeves canon
focusesOn Corky’s artistic career
Corky’s romantic life
genre comedy of manners
humor
hasAristocraticNarrator Bertie Wooster
hasValetCharacter Jeeves
includesCharacterRole love interest
struggling artist
valet
wealthy uncle
language English
literaryUniverse Jeeves and Wooster
narrativePerspective first-person
narrator Bertie Wooster
protagonist Corky
series Jeeves and Wooster
surface form: Jeeves stories
setting early 20th century
theme artistic ambition
class differences
financial dependence
romantic misadventure
social satire
tone comic
light-hearted
workOfAuthor P. G. Wodehouse

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Carry On, Jeeves containsWork The Artistic Career of Corky