B. J. Harrison Reads Right Ho, Jeeves characters

Appears from the start

A wealthy young Englishman who narrates the confusion around him with confidence greater than his judgment. Returning from Cannes in a white mess jacket, he decides that Jeeves has become too controlling and takes charge of his friends' romantic problems himself.

Appears from the start

Bertie's exceptionally capable valet. He dislikes Bertie's new white dinner jacket and, after Bertie rejects his advice about Gussie, steps back from managing the affair. His calm reserve makes clear that he expects his employer's independent campaign to go badly.

Also known as Aunt Dahlia

Appears from the start

Bertie's forceful, warm-hearted aunt and the wife of Tom Travers. She runs the magazine Milady's Boudoir and summons Bertie to Brinkley Court when family, financial, and romantic troubles begin accumulating there.

Also known as Gussie

Appears from the start

Bertie's shy old friend, an earnest student of newts who has fallen in love with Madeline Bassett. He finds ordinary conversation difficult and the prospect of declaring himself almost impossible, prompting Bertie to volunteer advice.

First appears in chapter 6

A sentimental young woman staying at Brinkley Court and the object of Gussie's devotion. Her romantic ideas about stars, rabbits, and the natural world leave the practical Bertie deeply uncomfortable.

First appears in chapter 2

A muscular former schoolmate of Bertie's who is engaged to Angela Travers. After a disagreement during their holiday at Cannes, he arrives at Brinkley Court wounded in pride and convinced that Angela no longer cares for him.

First appears in chapter 2

Dahlia and Tom Travers's daughter, recently returned from Cannes. She has broken her engagement to Tuppy after a quarrel, though her anger and her continuing interest in him suggest a more complicated state of feeling.

First appears in chapter 5

The celebrated French chef at Brinkley Court. His cooking is a major source of happiness to the household and a powerful influence on Tom Travers, making any threat of his resignation a serious domestic and financial crisis.

Also known as Uncle Tom

First appears in chapter 5

Dahlia's rich, dyspeptic husband. He worries intensely about money and dislikes being asked to finance Milady's Boudoir, but his devotion to Anatole's cooking gives Dahlia leverage in their negotiations.

First appears in chapter 18

A schoolmaster at Market Snodsbury who presides over the grammar school's prize-giving. His formal occasion becomes the setting in which Gussie's attempt to overcome his shyness produces consequences no one planned.