Jeeves Takes Charge

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"Jeeves Takes Charge" is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse that introduces the brilliant valet Jeeves as he begins working for the amiably hapless Bertie Wooster.

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Jeeves Takes Charge canonical 2

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instanceOf short story ⓘ
author P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ
centralTheme comic misadventures of an upper-class bachelor ⓘ
relationship between valet and gentleman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter Bertie Wooster NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jeeves NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Jeeves and Wooster universe NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublicationLanguage English ⓘ
firstPublicationMedium magazine ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Saturday Evening Post NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre comic short story ⓘ
humour ⓘ
hasAdaptation radio adaptations ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
hasCharacterRole Bertie Wooster is an idle young gentleman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jeeves is Bertie Wooster's valet NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDeuteragonist Jeeves NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn later depictions of the intelligent valet archetype ⓘ
hasNotableLine Jeeves’s calm, respectful manner contrasts with Bertie’s flustered narration ⓘ
hasProtagonist Bertie Wooster NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubject British upper-class society ⓘ
servant-master dynamics ⓘ
social expectations and engagements ⓘ
includedInCollection various Jeeves short story collections ⓘ
introducesCharacter Aunt Agatha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jeeves NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement comic literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod early 20th-century British literature ⓘ
literaryStyle light comic prose ⓘ
mainConflict Bertie Wooster's romantic entanglement opposed by Aunt Agatha ⓘ
narrationType first-person narration ⓘ
narratorCharacter Bertie Wooster NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Jeeves canon ⓘ
publicationYear 1916 ⓘ
publisherOfFirstUSPublication The Saturday Evening Post NERFINISHED ⓘ
resolutionType comic resolution engineered by Jeeves ⓘ
series Jeeves stories NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingCountry England NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
tone humorous ⓘ
workChronologyNote one of the earliest Jeeves stories ⓘ

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Uncle Tom Travers → appearsInWork → Jeeves Takes Charge ⓘ
Jeeves and Wooster → firstAppearanceAsPair → Jeeves Takes Charge ⓘ