42:
285:
276:
aristocratic. Danby confesses that he always loved her, and prohibited his daughter from marrying outside the profession because that is what Julia did. Julia is moved and they share a heartfelt embrace. Bertie edges out. Meeting Gussie soon after, Bertie hears Julia and Danby are to be married, as are Gussie and Danby's daughter. Julia and Danby plan to perform together again. Fearing Aunt Agatha's ire, Bertie tells Gussie that, if Bertie is lucky, he will not be back in
England for about ten years.
156:
145:
394:
revolted at the idea of having Bertie suggest the solution. It would have been absolutely out of character. Then who? For a long time I was baffled, and then I suddenly thought 'Why not make Jeeves a man of brains and ingenuity and have him do it?' After that, of course, it was all simple and the stories just rolled out one after the other.
215:, though there are some differences between this story and later stories in which they appear. Jeeves only plays a very small role in this story and Bertie's surname, which is not explicitly given, appears to be Mannering-Phipps, as that is the name of his cousin Gussie, whose father is Bertie's paternal uncle. Bertie's imperious
393:
It never occurred to me at the time that he would ever do anything except appear at doors and announce people. Then – I don't think it was the next Bertie story but the one after that – I had got Bertie's friend into a bad tangle of some sort and I saw how to solve the problem but my artistic soul
352:
Wodehouse often uses terms outside of their normal contexts for comedic effect. An example of this can be seen in the manner of speech used by Bertie
Wooster, who makes use of unusual, exaggerated synonyms. This is illustrated in "Extricating Young Gussie", the first story in which Bertie appears,
247:
Arriving in New York, Bertie leaves Jeeves to see Bertie's baggage through customs and soon runs into Gussie, now going by the name of "George Wilson". Gussie is about to appear on the music-hall stage because Ray's father, an old vaudeville professional, does not want Ray to marry someone outside
384:
In contrast to the later stories in which he features, Jeeves is only a minor character in this story. He speaks just two lines, first when he announces Aunt Agatha, and second when Bertie suddenly tells Jeeves that they will shortly be going to
America and Jeeves, unfazed, asks which suit Bertie
398:
Another difference between "Extricating Young Gussie" and later Jeeves stories is that Bertie is not musically-inclined in this story, as he seems unfamiliar with Gussie's songs and states that he does not have an ear for music, whereas he shows much more interest in music in later stories, most
275:
Aunt Julia arrives, and Bertie takes her to see Gussie and Ray in their respective shows, which seem to engross Aunt Julia. Next, they visit Ray's father Danby, who turns out to have performed with Julia twenty-five years prior. Aunt Julia, happy to see Danby, is suddenly friendly rather than
238:
In Bertie's flat in London, around half past eleven, Jeeves wakes Bertie up telling him that his Aunt Agatha has come to see him. She is distressed that
Augustus "Gussie" Mannering-Phipps, her nephew and Bertie's cousin living in New York City, has fallen for a girl named Ray Denison who is a
243:
performer. Concerned about the family's prestige, Aunt Agatha does not want Gussie to marry a vaudeville performer like his late father did, though Gussie's mother Julia learned to be aristocratic. Aunt Agatha demands that Bertie go to New York and keep Gussie from marrying Ray.
271:
and starts badly, but halfway through his second song the girl beside Bertie joins in, bucking up Gussie. The audience cheers them both. After the show, Gussie reveals that the girl is Ray
Denison. Bertie is later introduced to her, and meets her formidable father, Joe Danby.
376:. This precise quotation differs from the allusions Bertie makes in future Jeeves stories, in which Bertie generally gives only a vague version of the quotations he alludes to, and often relies on Jeeves's help to correctly finish them.
365:
Bertie often makes literary allusions. When describing the invigorating energy of New York City in the story, Bertie states that it makes one feel "God's in His Heaven: All's right with the world", a quotation from the dramatic poem
610:(In the letter, written more than thirty years after this short story, Wodehouse apparently confuses this story with the Reggie Pepper story "Disentangling Old Duggie", and Aunt Agatha with Bertie's other aunt, Dahlia Travers.)
359:"Well, I rather thought of tottering out for a bite of lunch later on, and then possibly staggering round to the club, and after that, if I felt strong enough, I might trickle off to Walton Heath for a round of golf."
428:
uses a similar plot device of Bertie being pressured by his Aunt Agatha to prevent a young man of his acquaintance from going on the New York stage. That story was also reworked as chapters nine and ten of
257:
It was rotten. The poor nut had got stage fright so badly that it practically eliminated his voice. He sounded like some far-off echo of the past "yodeling" through a woolen blanket.
1248:
573:
Wodehouse (1997), chapter 1, p. 1. "'It can't have been half-past eleven when Jeeves, my man, woke me out of the dreamless and broke the news: 'Mrs. Gregson to see you, sir.'"
226:" (originally titled "Leave It to Jeeves"), which was first published in February 1916. The first meeting of Jeeves and Bertie was chronicled in the November 1916 short story "
582:
Wodehouse (1997), chapter 1, p. 5. "Jeeves came in with the tea. 'Jeeves,' I said, 'we start for
America on Saturday.' 'Very good, sir,' he said; 'which suit will you wear?'"
41:
763:
735:
850:
475:
267:
After some rehearsals, Gussie appears in his first show. Attending the performance, Bertie sits next to a very pretty girl. Gussie has
1243:
1179:
222:
While Jeeves is only a minor character in this story, he plays a larger role in the next published story in which he appears, "
1145:
708:
660:
891:
1140:
207:
The story features the first appearance of two of
Wodehouse's most popular and enduring characters, the impeccable valet
593:
682:
549:
249:
770:
915:
400:
223:
1238:
844:
424:
200:
1050:
1035:
947:
899:
415:
188:
93:
883:
837:
931:
463:
248:
the profession. Bertie, afraid that he will not be able to disentangle Gussie from vaudeville,
813:
431:
1125:
1106:
1040:
939:
923:
284:
8:
740:
227:
194:
98:
1133:
1098:
985:
537:
315:
867:
829:
704:
697:
678:
656:
545:
409:
748:
1045:
1025:
990:
875:
821:
670:
386:
1198:
1067:
1020:
907:
779:
756:
692:
373:
183:
33:
314:
George Wilson, Bertie's cousin (not to be confused with Bertie
Wooster's friend
186:. It was first published in the United States in the 18 September 1915 issue of
1206:
1030:
1010:
1005:
995:
970:
212:
1232:
1074:
1015:
805:
161:
1213:
1000:
448:
368:
268:
51:
980:
975:
216:
179:
29:
594:"P.G. Wodehouse Explains Origin Of 'Jeeves' To Author Lawrence Durrell"
481:
240:
1164:
404:
353:
when Aunt Agatha expresses disapproval of this manner of speaking:
651:
McIlvaine, Eileen; Sherby, Louise S.; Heineman, James H. (1990).
324:
Cuthbert
Mannering-Phipps, Gussie's late father (mentioned only)
965:
783:
458:"Extricating Young Gussie" was included in the 1934 collection
208:
132:
78:
330:
Daisy
Trimble, a wife to one of Bertie's pals (mentioned only)
653:
P. G. Wodehouse: A Comprehensive Bibliography and Checklist
219:, a recurring character, is also introduced in this story.
192:
and in the United Kingdom in the January 1916 edition of
361:"I am not interested in your totterings and tricklings."
1249:
Works originally published in The Saturday Evening Post
650:
307:
Spencer Gregson, Aunt Agatha's husband (mentioned only)
628:
McIlvaine (1990), p. 155, D59.10, and p. 183, D133.48.
778:
443:The story was illustrated by Martin Justice in the
696:
675:Wooster Proposes, Jeeves Disposes or Le Mot Juste
482:List of short stories and novels featuring Jeeves
385:will wear. In a 1948 letter he wrote to novelist
1230:
764:
744:. Vol. 51, no. 301. pp. 61–71.
505:
503:
460:Methuen's Library of Humour: P. G. Wodehouse
252:his Aunt Julia, Gussie's mother, for help.
771:
757:
500:
413:and composes lyrics for a hunting song in
733:
691:
591:
669:
544:. Hamden: Archon Books. pp. 89–94.
357:"What are your immediate plans, Bertie?"
283:
321:Julia Mannering-Phipps, Gussie's mother
1231:
1180:Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense
476:List of short stories featuring Jeeves
438:
399:notably when he sings competently in "
752:
407:(though apparently not very well) in
389:, Wodehouse wrote concerning Jeeves:
677:. New York: James H. Heineman, Inc.
592:Wodehouse, P. G. (4 February 2013).
536:
310:Augustus "Gussie" Mannering-Phipps,
198:. It was included in the collection
655:. New York: James H. Heineman Inc.
619:Wodehouse (1997), chapter 1, p. 10.
527:Wodehouse (1997), chapter 1, p. 11.
13:
542:The Comic Style of P. G. Wodehouse
336:Abe Riesbitter, a vaudeville agent
18:Short story by P. G. Wodehouse
14:
1260:
728:from the January 1916 edition of
718:
518:McIlvaine (1990), pp. 31–33, A21.
1244:Short stories by P. G. Wodehouse
703:. New York: Dover Publications.
154:
143:
40:
631:
622:
339:Joe Danby, Ray Denison's father
637:McIlvaine (1990), p. 114, B3a.
613:
600:(Reprinted ed.). Oath Inc
585:
576:
567:
558:
530:
521:
512:
342:Piano player in the music-room
292:illustration by Martin Justice
1:
564:Thompson (1992), pp. 286–287.
488:
379:
327:Ray Denison, Gussie's fiancée
279:
916:Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit
401:Jeeves and the Song of Songs
224:The Artistic Career of Corky
182:by the British comic writer
7:
469:
10:
1265:
845:Jeeves and the Greasy Bird
736:"Extricating Young Gussie"
425:Jeeves and the Chump Cyril
301:Aunt Agatha, Bertie's aunt
262:— Gussie gets stage fright
201:The Man with Two Left Feet
24:"Extricating Young Gussie"
1190:
1156:
1117:
1090:
1083:
1059:
1036:Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright
958:
859:
790:
734:Wodehouse, P. G. (1916).
189:The Saturday Evening Post
138:
128:
123:
113:
105:
89:
84:
74:
66:
58:
39:
28:
23:
884:The Code of the Woosters
838:Jeeves Makes an Omelette
799:Extricating Young Gussie
726:Extricating Young Gussie
347:
333:Barman in Gussie's hotel
176:Extricating Young Gussie
932:Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves
233:
948:Aunts Aren't Gentlemen
484:, by collected edition
396:
363:
304:Jeeves, Bertie's valet
293:
259:
117:18 September 1915 (US)
50:title illustration by
851:List of short stories
814:The Inimitable Jeeves
478:, by publication date
464:Methuen & Co. Ltd
445:Saturday Evening Post
432:The Inimitable Jeeves
391:
355:
290:Saturday Evening Post
287:
255:
94:Saturday Evening Post
1126:The World of Wooster
1107:Step Lively, Jeeves!
940:Much Obliged, Jeeves
924:Jeeves in the Offing
1214:List of adaptations
741:The Strand Magazine
724:Digital version of
538:Hall, Robert A. Jr.
439:Publication history
228:Jeeves Takes Charge
195:The Strand Magazine
1239:1915 short stories
1134:Jeeves and Wooster
1099:Thank You, Jeeves!
1051:List of characters
986:Gussie Fink-Nottle
892:Joy in the Morning
316:Gussie Fink-Nottle
294:
1226:
1225:
1222:
1221:
1174:
900:The Mating Season
868:Thank You, Jeeves
830:Very Good, Jeeves
710:978-0-486-29717-0
671:Thompson, Kristin
662:978-0-87008-125-5
416:The Mating Season
410:Thank You, Jeeves
172:
171:
168:
167:
119:January 1916 (UK)
1256:
1168:
1088:
1087:
1046:Daphne Winkworth
1026:Roderick Glossop
991:Madeline Bassett
876:Right Ho, Jeeves
822:Carry On, Jeeves
773:
766:
759:
750:
749:
745:
714:
702:
693:Wodehouse, P. G.
688:
666:
638:
635:
629:
626:
620:
617:
611:
609:
607:
605:
589:
583:
580:
574:
571:
565:
562:
556:
555:
534:
528:
525:
519:
516:
510:
507:
387:Lawrence Durrell
263:
158:
157:
147:
146:
140:
139:
114:Publication date
109:Print (Magazine)
44:
21:
20:
1264:
1263:
1259:
1258:
1257:
1255:
1254:
1253:
1229:
1228:
1227:
1218:
1199:What Ho! Jeeves
1186:
1152:
1113:
1079:
1068:Come On, Jeeves
1055:
1021:Honoria Glossop
954:
908:Ring for Jeeves
855:
786:
780:P. G. Wodehouse
777:
730:Strand Magazine
721:
711:
685:
663:
642:
641:
636:
632:
627:
623:
618:
614:
603:
601:
590:
586:
581:
577:
572:
568:
563:
559:
552:
535:
531:
526:
522:
517:
513:
508:
501:
491:
472:
462:, published by
441:
422:The 1918 story
382:
374:Robert Browning
360:
358:
350:
345:
282:
265:
261:
236:
211:and his master
184:P. G. Wodehouse
159:
155:
149:
144:
118:
97:
54:
34:P. G. Wodehouse
19:
12:
11:
5:
1262:
1252:
1251:
1246:
1241:
1224:
1223:
1220:
1219:
1217:
1216:
1211:
1207:Please, Jeeves
1203:
1194:
1192:
1188:
1187:
1185:
1184:
1176:
1160:
1158:
1154:
1153:
1151:
1150:
1149:
1148:
1143:
1130:
1121:
1119:
1115:
1114:
1112:
1111:
1103:
1094:
1092:
1085:
1081:
1080:
1078:
1077:
1072:
1063:
1061:
1057:
1056:
1054:
1053:
1048:
1043:
1038:
1033:
1031:Rosie M. Banks
1028:
1023:
1018:
1013:
1011:Bobbie Wickham
1008:
1006:Florence Craye
1003:
998:
996:Roderick Spode
993:
988:
983:
978:
973:
971:Bertie Wooster
968:
962:
960:
956:
955:
953:
952:
944:
936:
928:
920:
912:
904:
896:
888:
880:
872:
863:
861:
857:
856:
854:
853:
848:
841:
834:
826:
818:
810:
802:
794:
792:
788:
787:
776:
775:
768:
761:
753:
747:
746:
720:
719:External links
717:
716:
715:
709:
689:
683:
667:
661:
647:
646:
640:
639:
630:
621:
612:
584:
575:
566:
557:
550:
529:
520:
511:
498:
497:
496:
495:
490:
487:
486:
485:
479:
471:
468:
440:
437:
381:
378:
349:
346:
344:
343:
340:
337:
334:
331:
328:
325:
322:
319:
308:
305:
302:
299:
295:
281:
278:
254:
235:
232:
213:Bertie Wooster
170:
169:
166:
165:
151:
136:
135:
130:
126:
125:
121:
120:
115:
111:
110:
107:
103:
102:
91:
87:
86:
82:
81:
76:
72:
71:
68:
64:
63:
62:United Kingdom
60:
56:
55:
45:
37:
36:
26:
25:
17:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1261:
1250:
1247:
1245:
1242:
1240:
1237:
1236:
1234:
1215:
1212:
1209:
1208:
1204:
1201:
1200:
1196:
1195:
1193:
1189:
1182:
1181:
1177:
1172:
1167:
1166:
1162:
1161:
1159:
1155:
1147:
1144:
1142:
1139:
1138:
1136:
1135:
1131:
1128:
1127:
1123:
1122:
1120:
1116:
1109:
1108:
1104:
1101:
1100:
1096:
1095:
1093:
1089:
1086:
1082:
1076:
1075:Reggie Pepper
1073:
1070:
1069:
1065:
1064:
1062:
1058:
1052:
1049:
1047:
1044:
1042:
1039:
1037:
1034:
1032:
1029:
1027:
1024:
1022:
1019:
1017:
1016:Tuppy Glossop
1014:
1012:
1009:
1007:
1004:
1002:
999:
997:
994:
992:
989:
987:
984:
982:
979:
977:
974:
972:
969:
967:
964:
963:
961:
957:
950:
949:
945:
942:
941:
937:
934:
933:
929:
926:
925:
921:
918:
917:
913:
910:
909:
905:
902:
901:
897:
894:
893:
889:
886:
885:
881:
878:
877:
873:
870:
869:
865:
864:
862:
858:
852:
849:
846:
842:
839:
835:
832:
831:
827:
824:
823:
819:
816:
815:
811:
808:
807:
806:My Man Jeeves
803:
800:
796:
795:
793:
791:Short stories
789:
785:
781:
774:
769:
767:
762:
760:
755:
754:
751:
743:
742:
737:
731:
727:
723:
722:
712:
706:
701:
700:
694:
690:
686:
684:0-87008-139-X
680:
676:
672:
668:
664:
658:
654:
649:
648:
644:
643:
634:
625:
616:
599:
598:HuffPost News
595:
588:
579:
570:
561:
553:
551:0-208-01409-8
547:
543:
539:
533:
524:
515:
506:
504:
499:
493:
492:
483:
480:
477:
474:
473:
467:
465:
461:
456:
454:
450:
446:
436:
434:
433:
427:
426:
420:
418:
417:
412:
411:
406:
403:", plays the
402:
395:
390:
388:
377:
375:
371:
370:
362:
354:
341:
338:
335:
332:
329:
326:
323:
320:
317:
313:
309:
306:
303:
300:
297:
296:
291:
286:
277:
273:
270:
264:
258:
253:
251:
245:
242:
231:
229:
225:
220:
218:
214:
210:
205:
203:
202:
197:
196:
191:
190:
185:
181:
177:
164:
163:
162:My Man Jeeves
152:
142:
141:
137:
134:
131:
127:
122:
116:
112:
108:
104:
100:
95:
92:
88:
83:
80:
77:
73:
69:
65:
61:
57:
53:
49:
43:
38:
35:
31:
27:
22:
16:
1205:
1197:
1178:
1170:
1163:
1132:
1124:
1105:
1097:
1066:
1001:Bingo Little
946:
938:
930:
922:
914:
906:
898:
890:
882:
874:
866:
828:
820:
812:
804:
798:
739:
729:
725:
699:Enter Jeeves
698:
674:
652:
645:Bibliography
633:
624:
615:
602:. Retrieved
597:
587:
578:
569:
560:
541:
532:
523:
514:
509:: Appendix A
459:
457:
452:
449:Alfred Leete
444:
442:
430:
423:
421:
414:
408:
397:
392:
383:
369:Pippa Passes
367:
364:
356:
351:
311:
289:
274:
269:stage fright
266:
260:
256:
246:
237:
221:
206:
199:
193:
187:
175:
173:
160:
52:Alfred Leete
47:
15:
1175:(1975/1996)
1084:Adaptations
1041:Major Plank
981:Aunt Agatha
976:Aunt Dahlia
217:Aunt Agatha
180:short story
85:Publication
30:Short story
1233:Categories
1146:Characters
1137:(1990–93)
1118:Television
959:Characters
604:7 February
489:References
380:Background
280:Characters
241:vaudeville
124:Chronology
106:Media type
1210:(2008–14)
1202:(1973–81)
1171:By Jeeves
1129:(1965–67)
405:banjolele
90:Publisher
1141:Episodes
847:" (1965)
840:" (1958)
801:" (1915)
695:(1997).
673:(1992).
540:(1974).
470:See also
435:(1923).
204:(1917).
150:—
75:Genre(s)
67:Language
1169:(later
1060:Related
451:in the
447:and by
178:" is a
153:
70:English
59:Country
1183:(2013)
1165:Jeeves
1110:(1937)
1102:(1936)
1071:(1952)
966:Jeeves
951:(1974)
943:(1971)
935:(1963)
927:(1960)
919:(1954)
911:(1953)
903:(1949)
895:(1946)
887:(1938)
879:(1934)
871:(1934)
860:Novels
833:(1930)
825:(1925)
817:(1923)
809:(1919)
784:Jeeves
707:
681:
659:
548:
453:Strand
298:Bertie
250:cables
209:Jeeves
148:
133:Jeeves
129:Series
99:Strand
79:Comedy
48:Strand
1191:Other
1157:Stage
494:Notes
348:Style
288:1915
46:1916
1091:Film
705:ISBN
679:ISBN
657:ISBN
606:2018
546:ISBN
234:Plot
101:(UK)
96:(US)
782:'s
372:by
312:aka
230:".
32:by
1235::
738:.
732::
596:.
502:^
466:.
455:.
419:.
1173:)
843:"
836:"
797:"
772:e
765:t
758:v
713:.
687:.
665:.
608:.
554:.
318:)
174:"
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
