The Purity of the Turf
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"The Purity of the Turf" is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse featuring Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves, centered on a betting scheme at a village school sports day.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
humorous fiction
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short story ⓘ |
| author | P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
betting scheme
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gambling on sports ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
British upper-class life
ⓘ
comic misunderstandings ⓘ scheming and counter-scheming ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Aunt Agatha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bertie Wooster NERFINISHED ⓘ Bingo Little NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeeves NERFINISHED ⓘ Steggles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Cosmopolitan
NERFINISHED
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The Strand Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
comic short story ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | interwar British society ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle |
light-hearted
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witty dialogue ⓘ |
| hasMainConflict | manipulation of betting odds at school sports day ⓘ |
| hasResolutionType | comic resolution ⓘ |
| hasTargetPublicationAudience | general adult readers ⓘ |
| hasValetCharacter | Jeeves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryUniverse | Jeeves and Wooster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrator | Bertie Wooster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Jeeves short stories corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Bertie Wooster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| series | Jeeves stories ⓘ |
| setting |
English village
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village school sports day ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfPublication | early 20th century ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | P. G. Wodehouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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