''My Man Jeeves'' is a collection of

short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest ...

P. G. Wodehouse Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, ( ; 15 October 188114 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeve ...

, first published in the United Kingdom in May 1919 by

George Newnes Sir George Newnes, 1st Baronet (13 March 1851 – 9 June 1910) was a British publisher and editor and a founding figure in popular journalism. Newnes also served as a Liberal Party Member of Parliament for two decades. His company, George New ...

. Of the eight stories in the collection, half feature the popular characters

Jeeves Jeeves (born Reginald Jeeves, nicknamed Reggie) 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 W ...

and

Bertie Wooster Bertram Wilberforce Wooster is a fictional character in the comedic Jeeves stories created by British author P. G. Wodehouse. An amiable English gentleman and one of the "idle rich", Bertie appears alongside his valet, Jeeves, whose intelligen ...

, while the others concern Reggie Pepper, an early prototype for Bertie Wooster. Revised versions of all the Jeeves stories in this collection were later published in the 1925 short story collection '' Carry On, Jeeves''. One of the Reggie Pepper stories in this collection was later rewritten as a Jeeves story, which was also included in ''Carry On, Jeeves''.

Publication history

The book was published in the United Kingdom in May 1919 by George Newnes; it is a collection of short stories featuring either Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, or Reggie Pepper. Although the book was not published in the United States, all the stories had appeared there, mostly in ''

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'' or ''

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'', and in the '' Strand'' in the UK, prior to the publication of the UK book. Several appeared later in rewritten form in '' Carry On, Jeeves'' (1925). "Absent Treatment", "Brother Alfred" and "Rallying Round Clarence" were included in the US version of '' The Man with Two Left Feet'' (1917). Jeeves and Wooster had first appeared in the short story " Extricating Young Gussie", which appeared in the ''Saturday Evening Post'' in 1915, and was included in ''The Man with Two Left Feet''.McIlvaine (1990), pp.31-33, A21.

* "Leave it to Jeeves" (revised as "

The Artistic Career of Corky "The Artistic Career of Corky" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published in the '' Saturday Evening Post'' in the United States in February 1916, and in ''Th ...

" in '' Carry On, Jeeves'') ** US: ''

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'', 5 February 1916 ** UK: '' Strand'', June 1916 * " Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest" (included in ''Carry On, Jeeves'') ** US: ''Saturday Evening Post'', 9 December 1916 ** UK: ''Strand'', March 1917 * "

Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg "Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published in the ''Saturday Evening Post ''The Saturday Evening Post'' is an American ...

" (included in ''Carry On, Jeeves'') ** US: ''Saturday Evening Post'', 3 March 1917 ** UK: ''Strand'', August 1917 * " Absent Treatment" (Reggie Pepper) ** UK: ''Strand'', March 1911 ** US: ''

'', 22 August 1911 * "Helping Freddie" (Reggie Pepper, rewritten as the Jeeves story " Fixing it for Freddie" in ''Carry On, Jeeves'') ** UK: ''Strand'', September 1911 ** US: ''

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'', March 1912 (as "Lines and Business") * "Rallying Round Old George" (Reggie Pepper, rewritten as the Mr. Mulliner story " George and Alfred" in '' Plum Pie'') ** UK: ''Strand'', December 1912 ** US: ''Collier's Weekly'', 27 September 1913 (as "Brother Alfred") * "Doing Clarence a Bit of Good" (Reggie Pepper, rewritten as the Jeeves story " Jeeves Makes an Omelette" in '' A Few Quick Ones'') ** UK: ''Strand'', May 1913 ** US: ''Pictorial Review'', April 1914 (as "Rallying Round Clarence") * "

The Aunt and the Sluggard "The Aunt and the Sluggard" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published in the ''Saturday Evening Post'' in the United States in April 1916, and in '' The ...

" (Jeeves and Wooster, included in ''Carry On, Jeeves'') ** US: ''Saturday Evening Post'', 22 April 1916 ** UK: ''Strand'', August 1916

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