The Mysterious Mr. Jeeves Timeline
The timeline of Jeeves and Wooster is a little wobbly at the best of times, but to make The Mysterious Mr. Jeeves come together, it had to be massaged even more than usual, however a true timeline does exist!
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- 1891: Designation: H (Jeeves is in his teens)
- Mid-late 1890′s: Jeeves Takes Charge - Jeeves enters the employ of the young (20-something) Bertie Wooster
- Before 1898: Jeeves and the Amateur Cracksman - Raffles and Bunny break into Wooster’s flat and a friendship is quickly formed (and then broken)
- The Appearance of Dorian Gray takes place as early as possible (unfortunately the book was published in 1890, which is just too early for this timeline)
- Most of the Jeeves stories take place in here (and therefore Moonlight on the Water and Uncle Charlie)
- ~1901: The Return of Bunny Manders
- After 1902: Jeeves Gets Sick (Jeeves and Wooster have known each other for 5+ years at this point)
- After 1904: Jeeves and the Great Detective - Jeeves and Wooster visit Sherlock Holmes in retirement
- Before 1909 (hypothetically): Jeeves Meets the Phantom of the Opera (Jeeves and Wooster have known each other for about 10 years)
- Early 1910′s: A Visit with Aunt Jane - Jeeves and Wooster visit Jeeves’s Aunt Jane Marple (though she’s not much older than he is)
- ~1914: Jeeves and the British Government - Jeeves and Wooster leave England to spend the duration of WWI in America
- 1916: Wooster writes and publishes the first of the Jeeves stories
- ~1919: Bertie Solves a Mystery - back in England, Bertie finds himself at the heart of a murder mystery and meets Hercule Poirot
- And who knows what further adventures may follow…