Rupert Baxter
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Rupert Baxter is a recurring character in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, known as the hyper-efficient, suspicious former secretary whose attempts to impose order often lead to comic chaos.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rupert Baxter canonical | 4 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
P. G. Wodehouse character
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Blandings Castle series
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surface form:
Blandings Castle stories
Heavy Weather ⓘ Leave It to Psmith ⓘ Service with a Smile ⓘ Something Fresh ⓘ Summer Lightning ⓘ Uncle Fred stories ⓘ
surface form:
Uncle Fred in the Springtime
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| appearsInFranchise | Blandings Castle ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Blandings Castle series
ⓘ
The Empress of Blandings ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Emsworth’s prize pig, the Empress of Blandings
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| characterTrait |
conscientious
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efficient ⓘ hyper-efficient ⓘ long-suffering ⓘ methodical ⓘ orderly ⓘ pedantic ⓘ serious ⓘ suspicious ⓘ |
| createdBy | P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ |
| employer |
Lord Emsworth
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surface form:
Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth
Lord Emsworth ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Something Fresh ⓘ |
| genre | comic fiction ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century British literature ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
antagonist to Lord Emsworth’s idle lifestyle
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comic foil ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| occupation |
private secretary
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secretary ⓘ |
| personalityContrastWith | Lord Emsworth ⓘ |
| recurring | true ⓘ |
| relationshipToLordEmsworth |
former secretary
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frequent adversary ⓘ |
| setting | Blandings Castle ⓘ |
| typicalPlotFunction |
his schemes often result in comic chaos
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tries to impose order on Blandings Castle ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
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