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Trevor D'Arcy
well as the others... I want to make sure I read them in the right order.
Thanx
Lorrill Buyens
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seventeen helpings of lutefisk, then belched:
>Can someone give me the correct order for the Jeeves and Wooster books, as
>well as the others... I want to make sure I read them in the right order.
Speaking as one who began with the very last J&W volume the Master
ever wrote, I should like to humbly protest that the "right order" is
that in which you happen to encounter them.
Cordially yours,
Rosie M. Banks
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Trevor D'Arcy <dar...@cwcom.net> wrote:
:Can someone give me the correct order for the Jeeves and Wooster books, as
:well as the others... I want to make sure I read them in the right order.
Here's a start at the Woosterian chronology, with the stories and
books in order of publication date. The first six-digit number is
year/month/day of first publication; the four-character code is the
story code in Dan Garrison's _Who's Who in Wodehouse_, which I use as
an abbreviation in my notes.
For the short stories, the next abbreviation is the name of the
collections they appear in:
M2L=The Man with Two Left Feet
MMJ=My Man Jeeves
COJ=Carry On, Jeeves
IJ=The Inimitable Jeeves, which is more than just a collection; the stories
were slightly revised from magazine versions, and provided with transitions
to link them into a coherent book. Some were split into two chapters with
new titles in the process.
VGJ=Very Good, Jeeves
FQO=A Few Quick Ones
PP=Plum Pie
In addition all the short stories but 15EY are in the World of Jeeves
omnibus = WoJ.
Book titles are in ALL CAPITALS. The first-listed title is that of
the first publication, which was sometimes England and sometimes
America.
For the first several stories, I've included my notes on clues within
the text as to the time or sequence of the stories. I encourage
others to continue this process for later stories. As far as I can remember,
the novels were published in story sequence except for Ring for Jeeves/The
Return of Jeeves, which is a play adaptation in which Bertie is entirely
offstage, so it's not really relevant to a "Woosterian" chronology anyway.
150918 15EY M2L Extricating Young Gussie
Aunt Agatha is Mrs. Gregson; it's Bertie's first trip to NY, pre-
Prohibition, but post-1912, as a 1912 Irving Berlin song is parodied
("When the midnight choo-choo leaves for Alabam'", if you must know).
160205 16AC MMJ,COJ The Artistic Career of Corky
immediately after 15EY, during Bertie's same "exile" in NY; covers a
period of several months
160422 16AS MMJ,COJ The Aunt and the Sluggard
after 16AC, in NY
161118 16JT COJ Jeeves Takes Charge
First chronologically, "about half a dozen years ago", so let's say
1910 or thereabouts
161209 16JU MMJ,COJ Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest
in NY, about a year after 15EY; goes to stay with Rocky Todd w/o
mentioning his aunt, so probably before 16AS
170303 17JH MMJ,COJ Jeeves and the Hard Boiled Egg
in NY after had been in America a few months
180608 18JC IJ Jeeves and the Chump Cyril (A Letter of
Introduction/Startling Dressiness of a Lift Attendant in IJ)
in NY, time not clear from WoJ version, but IJ version is just after
22SR
211201 21JS IJ Jeeves in the Springtime (Jeeves Exerts the
Old Cerebellum/No Wedding Bells for Bingo in IJ)
first Bingo Little story
postWWI - Jeeves refers to wartime propaganda
220201 22SO IJ Scoring Off Jeeves (The Pride of the Woosters
is Wounded/The Hero's Reward in IJ)
in WoJ follows 21JS as original magazine publication; in IJ follows
much revised version of 22AA
First Honoria Glossop story, with Bingo in love with her then with
Daphne Braythwayt, and Aunt Agatha trying to get Bertie to marry Honoria
220301 22SR IJ Sir Roderick Comes To Lunch (Introducing
Claude and Eustace/Sir R. Comes to Lunch in IJ)
immediately succeeds 22SO in all versions
220401 22AA IJ Aunt Agatha Takes the Count (revised as Aunt
Agatha Speaks Her Mind/Pearls Mean Tears in IJ)
in WoJ follows 22SR as original magazine publication; in IJ follows
21JS with revised introduction
220501 22CB IJ Comrade Bingo (Comrade Bingo/Bingo Has a Bad
Goodwood in IJ)
follows 21JS, as Bingo's Uncle Mortimer Little is now Lord Bittlesham,
but in July of the same year as 21JS
just after trip to France (22AA) in WoJ, trip to America (18JC) in IJ
220601 22SH IJ The Great Sermon Handicap
immediately follows 22CB, in August
220701 22PT IJ The Purity of the Turf
immediately follows 22SH
220801 22BC COJ Bertie Changes His Mind [narr. Jeeves]
undatable except that it's some time after the purple socks of 18JC
220901 22MT IJ The Metropolitan Touch
immediately follows 22PT, in November
221001 22EC IJ The (Delayed) Exit of Claude and Eustace
some time after 22SR
221101 22BL IJ Bingo and the Little Woman (Bingo and the
Little Woman/All's Well in IJ)
about a week after 22EC, in IJ version
230517 IJ23 THE INIMITABLE JEEVES
240927 24RA COJ The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy
250221 25CR COJ Clustering Round Young Bingo
250627 25WO COJ Without the Option
251009 26FF COJ Fixing It for Freddie
260401 26IC VGJ The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy
261201 26JI VGJ Jeeves and the Impending Doom
271201 27JY VGJ Jeeves and the Yule-Tide Spirit
290901 29JS VGJ Jeeves and the Song of Songs
291001 29JD VGJ Jeeves and the Dog McIntosh
291101 29JL VGJ Jeeves and the Love That Purifies
291201 29SA VGJ Jeeves and the Spot of Art
300101 30JK VGJ Jeeves and the Kid Clementina
300201 30JO VGJ Jeeves and the Old School Chum
300301 30IS VGJ Indian Summer of an Uncle
300401 30TC VGJ Tuppy Changes His Mind (The Ordeal of Young Tuppy)
340316 TY34 THANK YOU, JEEVES
341005 RH34 RIGHT HO, JEEVES (Brinkley Manor)
381007 CW38 THE CODE OF THE WOOSTERS
460822 JM46 JOY IN THE MORNING
490909 MS49 THE MATING SEASON
530422 RJ53 RING FOR JEEVES (The Return of Jeeves)
541015 JF54 JEEVES AND THE FEUDAL SPIRIT (Bertie Wooster
Sees It Through)
590801 59JM FQO Jeeves Makes an Omelet (Jeeves and the Stolen Venus)
600404 HR60 HOW RIGHT YOU ARE, JEEVES (Jeeves in the Offing)
630322 SU63 STIFF UPPER LIP, JEEVES
651201 65JG PP Jeeves and the Greasy Bird
711015 MO71 MUCH OBLIGED, JEEVES (Jeeves and the Tie That Binds)
741017 AA74 AUNTS AREN'T GENTLEMEN (The Cat-Nappers)
-Neil Midkiff