| Bertie Wooster | |
|---|---|
| Jeeves character | |
 Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, 1922 illustration by A. Wallis Mills | |
| First appearance | "Extricating Young Gussie" (1915) |
| Last appearance | Aunts Aren't Gentlemen (1974) |
| Created by | P. G. Wodehouse |
| Portrayed by | See |
| In-universe information | |
| Alias | Eustace H. Plimsoll Ephraim Gadsby Alpine Joe |
| Nickname | Bertie |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Socialite, idle rich |
| Family | Mrs Scholfield (sister) |
| Relatives |
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| Nationality | British |
| Education | Eton College Magdalen College, Oxford |
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 intelligence manages to save Bertie or one of his friends from numerous awkward situations. Bertie Wooster and Jeeves have been described as "one of the great comic double-acts of all time".[1]
Bertie is the narrator and central figure of most of the Jeeves short stories and novels. The two exceptions are the short story "Bertie Changes His Mind" (1922), which is narrated by Jeeves, and the novel Ring for Jeeves (1953), a third-person narration in which Bertie is mentioned but does not appear. First appearing in "Extricating Young Gussie" in 1915, Bertie is the narrator of ten novels and over 30 short stories, his last appearance being in the novel Aunts Aren't Gentlemen, published in 1974.
- ^ Leith, Sam (12 April 2007). "Dash it, Jeeves! Why are we so funny?". The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
Jeeves and Wooster remain one of the great comic double-acts of all time, alongside Bouvard and Pécuchet, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, Laurel and Hardy, Blackadder and Baldrick.