P. G. Wodehouse

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (October 15, 1881 – February 14, 1975) was an English comic writer who enjoyed enormous popular success for more than seventy years. Described by Sean O'Casey as "English literature's performing flea", Wodehouse was an acknowledged master of English prose admired both by contemporaries like Hilaire Belloc, Evelyn Waugh and Rudyard Kipling and by modern writers like Salman Rushdie, Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett.

Characters

For a more extensive list of characters, see List of P. G. Wodehouse characters.

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Major characters

• Madeline Bassett
• Monty Bodkin
• Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth
• Galahad Threepwood
• Gussie Fink-Nottle
• Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps (pronounced Barmy Fungy-Phipps)
• Agatha Gregson (Aunt Agatha)
• Bingo Little
• Jeeves
• Mr Mulliner
• Oofy Prosser
• Dahlia Travers (Aunt Dahlia)
• The Oldest Member
• Psmith
• Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge
• Bertie Wooster
• Frederick Twistleton, 5th Earl of Ickenham (Uncle Fred)

Minor Characters

• Mr. Anstruther, "wettest man in Worcestershire"
• Anatole, chef extraordinaire
• Rupert Baxter, Lord Emsworth's efficient secretary
• Sebastian Beach, butler at Blandings Castle
• Major Brabazon-Plank
• Sir Roderick Glossop, famed looney doctor
• Honoria Glossop, Sir Roderick's intimidating daughter
• Tuppy Glossop, Sir Roderick's nephew
• Roderick Spode, 8th Earl of Sidcup, amateur dictator
• Pongo Twistleton, Uncle Fred's nephew