A Study Guide for P.G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves Takes Charge"

By Gale and Cengage

A Study Guide for P.G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves Takes Charge," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cengage Learning - Gale
• Release date: Jul 6, 2016
• ISBN: 9781535826471

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Jeeves Takes Charge

Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

1919

Introduction

P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves Takes Charge was first published in 1919 in England in a collection of stories entitled My Man Jeeves. Wodehouse wrote dozens of stories and several novels detailing the comical misadventures of Bertie Wooster, a befuddled young Englishman, and his resourceful butler, Jeeves. Jeeves Takes Charge is one of the earliest stories in the series. Bertie recounts how he came to hire Jeeves in the story. In Jeeves Takes Charge, as in all the Jeeves and Wooster stories, Bertie foolishly gets himself into a difficult predicament and it is up to Jeeves to save him. Wodehouse’s stories were very popular when they were published, and they are still widely read today. His particular brand of humor continues to amuse many people as the numerous fan clubs that are found on the Internet demonstrates.

Author Biography

P. G. Wodehouse was born on October 15, 1881, in Hong Kong, where his father was stationed as a member of the British civil service. He was sent to England along with his older brothers for his schooling in 1884. He attended Elizabeth College and Malvern House, a naval preparatory school. At the age of 12, he began his most important educational experience at Dulwich College. His six years at Dulwich were a major influence on his life and work. His first payment for writing came during his last year there when one of his essays was published in the Public School