| "Scoring off Jeeves" | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Short story by P. G. Wodehouse | |||
 1922 Cosmopolitan title illustration by T. D. Skidmore | |||
| Country | United Kingdom | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Genre(s) | Comedy | ||
| Publication | |||
| Publisher | The Strand Magazine (UK) Cosmopolitan (US) | ||
| Media type | Print (Magazine) | ||
| Publication date | February 1922 (UK) March 1922 (US) | ||
| Chronology | |||
| Series | Jeeves | ||
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"Scoring off Jeeves" (also published as "Bertie Gets Even") is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, that features a young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published in The Strand Magazine in London in February 1922,[1] and then in Cosmopolitan in New York in March 1922. The story was also included in the 1923 collection The Inimitable Jeeves as two separate chapters, "The Pride of the Woosters Is Wounded" and "The Hero's Reward".[2]
In the story, Bertie's Aunt Agatha wants him to marry the formidable Honoria Glossop, who intimidates Bertie. Bertie tries to thwart his aunt's plan without help from Jeeves.
- ^ Wodehouse, P. G. (February 1922). "Scoring off Jeeves". The Strand Magazine. 63: 155–162.
- ^ Cawthorne (2013), p. 54.