The Code of the Woosters

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The Code of the Woosters is a classic comic novel in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster series, celebrated for its intricate farce, witty dialogue, and portrayal of upper-class English society.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jeeves and Wooster novel
comic novel
novel
adaptedAs radio drama
television episode
author P. G. Wodehouse
character Aunt Dahlia
Gussie Fink-Nottle
Harold "Stinker" Pinker
Madeline Bassett
Roderick Spode
Sir Watkyn Bassett
Stephanie "Stiffy" Byng
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts upper-class English society
features blackmail plot involving a cow-creamer
political satire of fascist movements through Roderick Spode
firstEditionFormat print
firstPublisher Herbert Jenkins
follows Right Ho, Jeeves
genre comic fiction
farce
humour
hasHumourType running gags
situational comedy
verbal humour
hasLiteraryStyle intricate farce
witty dialogue
hasProtagonistRelationship valet-master relationship between Jeeves and Bertie Wooster
hasReputation classic of comic literature
one of P. G. Wodehouse’s best novels
hasTheme class distinctions
romantic entanglements
social satire
hasWorkType comic novel about Jeeves and Wooster
language English
mainCharacter Bertie Wooster
Jeeves
narrator Bertie Wooster
originalLanguage English
partOf Jeeves canon
publicationYear 1938
series Jeeves and Wooster
setting England
Totleigh Towers
televisionAdaptation Jeeves and Wooster (TV series)
timePeriodOfSetting interwar Britain


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