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P.G. Wodehouse is long gone, but it appears that Jeeves and Wooster will live on, with a new novel written by Sebastian Faulks. It is the first new novel in the series since Wodehouse’s death in 1975.
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 […]
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 […]