Uncle Fred stories

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comic fiction fictional work series short story collection

The Uncle Fred stories are a series of comic tales by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the mischievous and irrepressible Earl of Ickenham, known for creating chaos in upper-class English society.

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Uncle Fred in the Springtime 3
Uncle Fred Flits By 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comic fiction ⓘ
fictional work series ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ
adaptedAs radio drama ⓘ
television adaptation ⓘ
author P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ
characterTraitOfProtagonist irrepressible ⓘ
mischievous ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter Blandings Castle residents ⓘ
Lord Emsworth ⓘ
Pongo Twistleton ⓘ
firstPublicationForm magazine serial ⓘ
short story ⓘ
genre comic novel ⓘ
humorous fiction ⓘ
influencedBy Edwardian comic tradition ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature ⓘ
literaryStyle intricate plotting ⓘ
witty dialogue ⓘ
literaryUniverse P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ
surface form: P. G. Wodehouse universe
mainCharacter Earl of Ickenham ⓘ
Frederick Altamont Cornwallis Twistleton ⓘ
mainCharacterAlias Uncle Fred ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableWorkInSeries Cocktail Time ⓘ
Service with a Smile ⓘ
Uncle Dynamite ⓘ
Uncle Fred stories self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Uncle Fred Flits By

Uncle Fred stories self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Uncle Fred in the Springtime
partOf P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ
surface form: P. G. Wodehouse comic canon
protagonistNickname Uncle Fred ⓘ
protagonistTitle Earl of Ickenham ⓘ
setting Blandings Castle series ⓘ
surface form: Blandings Castle universe

upper-class English society ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
theme romantic comedy ⓘ
satire of British aristocracy ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
typicalPlotElement elaborate impersonations ⓘ
romantic entanglements ⓘ
social chaos ⓘ
typicalTone farce ⓘ
light-hearted ⓘ

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Lord Emsworth → appearsInWork → Uncle Fred stories ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uncle Fred in the Springtime
Blandings Castle series → hasPart → Uncle Fred stories ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uncle Fred in the Springtime
P. G. Wodehouse → notableWork → Uncle Fred stories ⓘ
Pelham → notableWork → Uncle Fred stories ⓘ
subject surface form: Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
Uncle Fred stories → notableWorkInSeries → Uncle Fred stories self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uncle Fred Flits By
Uncle Fred stories → notableWorkInSeries → Uncle Fred stories self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uncle Fred in the Springtime