Aunt Dahlia | |
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Jeeves character | |
First appearance | "Clustering Round Young Bingo" (1925) |
Last appearance | Aunts Aren't Gentlemen (1974) |
Created by | P. G. Wodehouse |
Portrayed by | See below |
In-universe information | |
Full name | Dahlia Travers née Wooster |
Gender | Female |
Occupation | Proprietor of Milady's Boudoir |
Family | Agatha Gregson (sister) George Wooster, Lord Yaxley (brother) Henry Wooster (brother; deceased) Bertie Wooster's father (brother; deceased) |
Spouse | Tom Travers |
Children | Angela Travers Bonzo Travers |
Relatives | Bertie Wooster (nephew) Many others (see the list of Bertie's relatives) |
Nationality | British |
Dahlia Travers (née Wooster) is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves stories of English comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being best known as Bertie Wooster's bonhomous, red-faced Aunt Dahlia. She is much beloved by her nephew, in contrast with her sister, Bertie's Aunt Agatha.
Proprietor of the weekly newspaper for women Milady's Boudoir, she is married to Tom Travers, mother of Angela Travers and Bonzo Travers, and employs the supremely gifted French chef Anatole at her country house, Brinkley Court.
Aside from Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, Aunt Dahlia appears in more Jeeves novels, and more Jeeves stories overall, than any other character. She makes an appearance in fourteen Jeeves stories, including seven novels and seven short stories. Only Aunt Agatha and Bingo Little appear in more Jeeves short stories (eight and ten, respectively).