The Code of the Woosters is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published on October 7, 1938, in the United Kingdom by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States by Doubleday Doran, New York. It features Wodehouse's best-known creation, Jeeves, and his master Bertie Wooster.
The Code of the Woosters is the first instalment in the Totleigh Towers saga. It introduces the characters of Sir Watkyn Bassett, the owner of Totleigh Towers, and Roder...
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The Code of the Woosters is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published on October 7, 1938, in the United Kingdom by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States by Doubleday Doran, New York. It features Wodehouse's best-known creation, Jeeves, and his master Bertie Wooster.
The Code of the Woosters is the first instalment in the Totleigh Towers saga. It introduces the characters of Sir Watkyn Bassett, the owner of Totleigh Towers, and Roderick Spode, later known as Lord Sidcup after his ascension to Earldom.
The story opens with Bertie recovering from a bachelor party he has thrown the night before for Gussie Fink-Nottle, his fish-faced newt-fancying friend. While still convalescing, he is summoned before his somewhat-beloved Aunt Dahlia, and ordered by her to go to a particular antique shop and "sneer at a cow creamer". This is an effort to sap the confidence of the shop's owner (and thus drive down the price) before the antique silver piece is purchased by Dahlia's collector...
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