| "Jeeves and the Chump Cyril" | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Short story by P. G. Wodehouse | |||
 1918 Strand illustration by Alfred Leete | |||
| Country | United Kingdom | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Genre(s) | Comedy | ||
| Publication | |||
| Publisher | Saturday Evening Post (US) The Strand Magazine (UK) | ||
| Media type | Print (Magazine) | ||
| Publication date | 8 June 1918 (US) August 1918 (UK) | ||
| Chronology | |||
| Series | Jeeves | ||
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"Jeeves and the Chump Cyril" 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 New York in June 1918, and in The Strand Magazine in London in August 1918.[1] It was also included in the 1923 collection The Inimitable Jeeves as two separate chapters, "A Letter of Introduction" and "Startling Dressiness of a Lift Attendant".[2]
The story takes place in New York. Bertie is told by his Aunt Agatha to keep her friend's son Cyril Bassington-Bassington from becoming a performer.
- ^ Wodehouse, P. G. (August 1918). "Jeeves and the Chump Cyril". The Strand Magazine. 56 (332): 126–134.
- ^ Cawthorne (2013), p. 51.