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.

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Rupert Baxter canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf P. G. Wodehouse character
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Blandings Castle series
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
appearsInFranchise Blandings Castle
associatedWith Blandings Castle series
The Empress of Blandings
surface form: Lord Emsworth’s prize pig, the Empress of Blandings
characterTrait conscientious
efficient
hyper-efficient
long-suffering
methodical
orderly
pedantic
serious
suspicious
createdBy P. G. Wodehouse
employer Lord Emsworth
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
comic foil
nationality British
occupation private secretary
secretary
personalityContrastWith Lord Emsworth
recurring true
relationshipToLordEmsworth former secretary
frequent adversary
setting Blandings Castle
typicalPlotFunction his schemes often result in comic chaos
tries to impose order on Blandings Castle

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