Carry on, Jeeves

Carry On, Jeeves is a collection of ten cheerful short stories by the British-American writer PG Wodehouse , which were first published in book form in Great Britain on October 9, 1925, but had previously appeared as articles in British and American journals and magazines. In the United States, the short story collection came on October 7, 1927 on the market. The protagonists of all short stories are Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves .

The publication of Carry on, Jeeves was preceded by the collection of short stories The Incomparable Jeeves . The first Wodehouse novel with Jeeves and Wooster as protagonists did not appear until 1934 under the title Bertie in Wild Anticipation .

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This collection also includes the short story Jeeves takes the helm , which tells of the first meeting between Bertram Wooster and his valet. Six of the ten short stories had previously appeared in the short story collection My Man Jeeves published in 1919 , but were partially revised for this collection. In My Man Jeeves , some of the stories were told by Reggie Pepper, a forerunner of Bertie Wooster. For two of these stories the plot structure was retained, but told as a Jeeves and Wooster story with a setting in Great Britain instead of the United States.

In addition to Aunt Agatha , who is the reason some of the short stories are set in the United States, Florence Craye , a recurring fiancée of Bertie Wooster, is mentioned for the first time ; her brother Edwin, who as a boy scout always lags behind with his good deeds; Aunt Dahlia and Milady's Boudoir magazine, which she publishes ; the neurologist Roderick Glossop and his daughter Honoria as well as Bingo and Rosie Little.

The individual short stories

• "Jeeves Takes Charge", German title: Jeeves takes the helm
• "The Artistic Career of Corky"
• "Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest"
• "Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg"
• "The Aunt and the Sluggard"
• "The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy"
• "Without the Option"
• "Fixing It for Freddie"
• "Clustering Round Young Bingo". The short story leads u. a. Aunt Dahlia one.
• "Bertie Changes His Mind"

literature

• Frances Donaldson: PG Wodehouse: A Biography . London 1982, ISBN 0-297-78105-7 .
• Richard Usborne: Plum Sauce. A PG Wodehouse Companion. Overlook, Woodstock / NY 2003, ISBN 1-58567-441-9 .

Web links

• Felicitas von Lovenberg: Jeeves had a wooden expression on his face . Review of Woodhouse's work on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his first novel, Frankfurter Allgemeine, September 17, 2002
• Stephen Fry: What ho, My hero PG Wodehouse , The Independent, January 18, 2000

Single receipts

1. ↑ McIlvaine, E., Sherby, LS and Heineman, JH (1990) PG Wodehouse: A comprehensive bibliography and checklist . New York: James H. Heineman, ISBN 087008125X . Pp. 47-49.
2. ↑ Usborne: Plum Sauce. A PG Wodehouse Companion. , P. 149
3. ↑ Usborne: Plum Sauce. A PG Wodehouse Companion. , P. 158