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Jeeves is a main character in a series of comic short stories and novels by English author/humourist P.G. Wodehouse. The term “Jeeves” as a generic butler name originated with this character created by Wodehouse and is now listed in the Oxford English Dictionary. The character is the valet of Bertie Wooster, often getting the rich […]

Blandings Castle is a series of comic stories and novels by British humourist P.G. Wodehouse. The castle is located in Blandings, Shropshire, England. The main character of the series is Lord Emsworth, the absent-minded head of the Threepwood family. He has nine living sisters, a brother, three children and several in-laws that occupy the castle.

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881-1975) was an English author of comic short stories and novels, best known for his Jeeves and Blandings Castle series. Widely considered a master of prose in the English language, the prolific author was admired by fellow contemporary authors such as Hilaire Belloc, Evelyn Waugh and Rudyard Kipling and modern authors […]