Bertie Wooster finds himself perpetually out of his depth in a world of erratic aunts, impecunious artists, and complicated romantic disasters. Fortunately, he possesses Jeeves, a gentleman's gentleman whose intellect operates with terrifying omniscience. When Bertie attempts to rescue his artist friend Corky from a tyrannical, ornithology-obsessed uncle by fabricating a bird book to launch a romance, the plan goes predictably awry as the fiancée marries the uncle instead. Subsequent chapters find Bertie grappling with unwelcome houseguests, such as the meek Lord Pershore and his formidable mother Lady Malvern, whose penal tourist expeditions land poor Motty in a prison cell.
Through every crisis, from botched portraiture to illicit nocturnal revels, Jeeves remains a towering monument of calm, engineering solutions that leave Bertie dazzled and grateful. Even when confronted with disastrous financial schemes and irate relatives, Jeeves proves that no social catastrophe is beyond the reach of a well-placed b-and-s and a stroke of pure genius. The narrative culminates in restored domestic peace, leaving Bertie once again deeply indebted to his incomparable man.
