| "The Artistic Career of Corky" | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Short story by P. G. Wodehouse | |||
 1916 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 | February 1916 (US) June 1916 (UK) | ||
| Chronology | |||
| Series | Jeeves | ||
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"The Artistic Career of Corky" 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 the United States in February 1916, and in The Strand Magazine in the United Kingdom in June 1916, as "Leave it to Jeeves".[1] The story was also included in the 1925 collection Carry On, Jeeves.[2]
The story takes place in New York. The artist Corky, a friend of Bertie's, wants to get approval from his uncle to marry his fiancée Muriel. To help Corky, Jeeves proposes a plan that involves books about American birds.
- ^ Wodehouse, P. G. (June 1916). "Leave it to Jeeves". The Strand Magazine. 51 (306): 568–578.
- ^ Cawthorne (2013), p. 44.