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The following is an incomplete list of fictional characters featured in the books and stories of P. G. Wodehouse, by series, in alphabetical order by series name. Due to overlap between the various classifications of Wodehouse's work, some characters appear more than once.
Sir Roderick Glossop is a recurring fictional character in the comic novels of P. G. Wodehouse. He is the father of Oswald and Honoria , as well as the uncle of Tuppy Glossop . Sometimes referred to as "the noted nerve specialist" or "the loony doctor", he is a practitioner of psychiatry.
Jeeves (born Reginald Jeeves, nicknamed Reggie [1]) is a fictional character in a series of comedic short stories and novels by English author P. G. Wodehouse.Jeeves is the highly competent valet of a wealthy and idle young Londoner named Bertie Wooster.
The following articles are about fictional characters from the stories of English comic writer P. G. Wodehouse. See also the special lists at the top of the category. See also the special lists at the top of the category.
The P. G. Wodehouse Society (UK) was founded in 1997 and has over 1,000 members as at 2015. [228] Alexander Armstrong became president of the society in 2017; [ 229 ] past presidents have included Terry Wogan and Richard Briers . [ 230 ]
Wodehouse frequently named his characters after places with which he was familiar, [1] and Lord Emsworth takes his name from the Hampshire town of Emsworth, where Wodehouse spent some time in the 1900s; he first went there in 1903, at the invitation of his friend Herbert Westbrook, and later took a lease on a house there called "Threepwood Cottage", which name he used as Lord Emsworth's family ...
Roderick Spode, 7th Earl of Sidcup, often known as Spode or Lord Sidcup, is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves novels of English comic writer P. G. Wodehouse.In the first novel in which he appears, he is an "amateur dictator" and the leader of a fictional fascist group in London called the Saviours of Britain, also known as the Black Shorts.
Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge (/ ˈ f æ n ʃ ɔː ˈ juː k r ɪ dʒ / FAN-shaw YOO-krij) is a fictional character in comedic stories by author P. G. Wodehouse. Ukridge appears in one novel and nineteen short stories. [1] Ukridge is a charismatic opportunist who will do anything to increase his capital—except, of course, work.