P. G. Wodehouse
P.
G.
Wodehouse (1881–1975) was an English comic novelist and short story writer, best known for creating the aristocratic twit Bertie Wooster and his unflappable valet Jeeves.
His prose style—elaborate, playful, and endlessly quotable—influenced generations of humorists.
Wodehouse wrote nearly a hundred books, mostly set in an idealized Edwardian England of country houses, aunts, and romantic entanglements.
His name is pronounced WOOD-house.
Courteous, honorable man
- valetPersonal servant or parker
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- engagementsBinding commitments or meetings
- auntsParents' female siblings
inheritance · social embarrassment · romantic entanglements · upper class · servants · family obligations · matchmaking · mistaken identity
Verbal wit techniques
- satireMockery exposing vice
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
- whimsicalPlayfully fanciful or erratic
drollery · irony · repartee · understatement · absurdist · lighthearted · burlesque · mock-heroic
Byword for butler
Large historic aristocratic residence
- drawing roomFormal reception space
- English countrysideRural areas of Britain
- servants' quartersHousing for domestic employees
gentleman
Courteous, honorable man
- valetPersonal servant or parker
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- engagementsBinding commitments or meetings
aunts · inheritance · social embarrassment · romantic entanglements · upper class · servants · family obligations · matchmaking · mistaken identity
wordplay
Verbal wit techniques
whimsical · drollery · irony · repartee · understatement · absurdist · lighthearted · burlesque · mock-heroic · comedic timing
Jeeves
Byword for butler
stately home
Large historic aristocratic residence
- drawing roomFormal reception space
- English countrysideRural areas of Britain
- servants' quartersHousing for domestic employees
P. G. WodehouseFyodor Dostoevsky
Franz Kafka · Thomas Hardy · Cormac McCarthy · tragedy · existential despair
P. G. WodehouseGeorge Orwell
D. H. Lawrence · Upton Sinclair · social realism · kitchen sink realism · class warrior
P. G. WodehouseErnest Hemingway
Cormac McCarthy · Samuel Beckett · minimalism · spare prose · terse