Bertie Wooster

Bertram Wilberforce " Bertie " Wooster is the main character and narrator in the stories of PG Wodehouse on Reginald Jeeves. Jeeves, the " gentleman 's personal gentleman " ( gentleman's valet, personal butler ) of Wooster. Bertie, a member of the British aristocracy and one of the so-called "idle rich" of the British Empire, is one of the most popular literary figures of the Anglo-Saxon world and at the same time also an archetype of something bullet -British aristocrats.

Bertie is an orphan and is in spite of his wealth under the constant influence of his aunts Agatha and Dahlia, who bring him by authority or blackmail into impossible situations that he can free himself alone with the help of his intelligent " gentleman's gentleman " Jeeves.

  • 4.1 audio
  • 4.2 Radio
  • 4.3 stage
  • 4.4 TV
  • 4.5 movie

Publication history

Bertie's first appearance is on the side of Reginald Jeeves in the short story Extricating Young Gussie 1915 - here his last name is, however, still " Mannering - Phipps ." In its present form emerged alongside Bertie Wooster Jeeves the first time in the published 1916 short story The Artistic Career of Corky on. Since Bertram Wooster Jeeves appears in every story and adaptation, with the exception of the novel Ring For Jeeves in 1953, is an adaptation of the play Come On, Jeeves by 1952.

2013 appear Jeeves and the Wedding Bells by British writer Sebastian Faulks, the first Jeeves and Wooster novel since the death of PG Wodehouse 1975.

Fictional Biography

Education

Wooster has at Eton and at Magdalen College in Oxford through the usual upper-class upbringing of a British aristocrat, but without much take it. Just the ability to steal police helmets, has remained. Although he claims for himself claim to have ever won an award for special knowledge of the Bible, he fails to regularly quotations and allusions from the world literature.

Engagement

Bertie never marries, although he frequently engaged. However, the relationships and entanglements always represent so complicated that Bertie can be facilitated at the end return to his bachelor life again. Jeeves contributes its part in defending the from him a much appreciated bachelor existence against the dangers of marriage.

Drones Club

Bertie is a member of an exclusive club in London, where many of his adventures begin. He is also friends with Lord Emsworth of Blandings Castle, another successful series of Wodehouse. Bertie, though - or precisely because - not very smart, is a popular and sought-after host, whose generosity and resilience are often exploited by his friends. The stories are full of allusions to past complications that have arisen from these traits.

Relationship

  • Dahlia Travers - his favorite aunt
  • Uncle Tom Travers - whose husband
  • Bonzo Travers - whose son
  • Agatha Gregson - another aunt
  • Thomas Gregson - Agatha's son
  • Willoughby Wooster - Bertie's uncle, author insidious memoirs
  • Henry Wooster - another uncle, eccentric

Friends

  • Augustus " Gussie " Fink - Nottle, newt expert
  • Hildebrand " Tuppy " Glossop, nephew of Sir Roderick Glossop
  • Richard " Bingo" Little
  • Rev. Harold " Stinker " Pinker

Bertram Wooster in Jeeves stories

  • Extricating Young Gussie (1915 ) (the first Jeeves and Wooster - short story in The Man with Two Left Feet, 1917)
  • The Artistic Career of Corky (short story, 1916)
  • My Man Jeeves (including four Jeeves and Wooster - short stories, 1919)
  • The Inimitable Jeeves (short story collection, 1923)
  • Carry On, Jeeves (short story collection, 1925)
  • Very Good, Jeeves (short story collection, 1930)
  • Thank You, Jeeves ( first complete Jeeves and Wooster - novel, 1934)
  • Right Ho, Jeeves (1934 )
  • The Code of the Woosters (1938 )
  • Joy in the Morning (1946 )
  • The Mating Season ( 1949)
  • Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit (1954 )
  • Jeeves in the Offing (1960 )
  • Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (1963 )
  • Much Obliged, Jeeves (1971 )
  • Aunts Are not Gentlemen ( 1974)
  • Jeeves and the Wedding Bells ( expected 2013)

Bertram Wooster in other media

Audio

  • Jeeves Takes Charge (UK, 1960 ), Wooster spoken of Terry -Thomas

Radio

  • What Ho, Jeeves! (UK, 1973-1981 ), spoken by Richard Briers
  • The Code of the Woosters (UK, 2006), spoken by Marcus Brigstocke

Stage

  • Jeeves ( musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber; UK, 1975), David Hemmings in the role of Wooster In By Jeeves renamed reissue (UK 1996 Steven Pacey as Wooster, USA in 1996 and Broadway in 2001, John Scherer as Wooster )

TV

  • The World of Wooster (UK 1965-1967 ), Ian Carmichael as Wooster
  • Jeeves and Wooster - Lord and Master ( original: Jeeves and Wooster, UK from 1990 to 1993, ) Hugh Laurie as Wooster

Film

  • Thank you, Jeeves! (original: Thank You, Jeeves, UK, in 1935! ), David Niven as Wooster
  • Thank You, PG Wodehouse (UK, 1981), Jonathan Cecil as Wooster

Others

Bertam Wooster plays alongside Reginald Jeeves, a role in Alan Moore's comic The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

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