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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jeeves Takes Charge canonical | 2 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
comic misadventures of an upper-class bachelor
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relationship between valet and gentleman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Bertie Wooster
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Jeeves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Jeeves and Wooster universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Saturday Evening Post NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comic short story
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humour ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptations
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television adaptations ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole |
Bertie Wooster is an idle young gentleman
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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
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servant-master dynamics ⓘ social expectations and engagements ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | various Jeeves short story collections ⓘ |
| introducesCharacter |
Aunt Agatha
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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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