Annotations
It so often pans out that way when you begin a story. You whizz off the mark all pep and ginger, like a mettlesome charger going into its routine, and the next thing you know, the customers are up on their hind legs, yelling for footnotes.
—Bertie Wooster’s narration in Chapter One of The Mating Season (1949)
“And now,” said Bill, “supply a few footnotes.”
—Wilhelmina Shannon in Chapter Five of The Old Reliable (1951)
The members of the Yahoo! Blandings group have, for many years, undertaken the mammoth task of annotating Wodehouse’s books. The late Terry Mordue presented his portion of the work on his own website, now archived here at Madame Eulalie. But there are, and hopefully will continue to be, others in the field as well — Mark Hodson, John Dawson, Ian Michaud, Lynn Vesley-Gross, Neil Midkiff, Diego Seguí, and others as listed below have made contributions to this effort. See also Diego’s new page of Shakespeare Quotations and Allusions, which gradually will be cross-linked with the pages below as they are updated.
We present a list of the annotations here, for easy access. In addition, some of the serializations on this site have been annotated; links to the opening episodes of those are preceded by the symbol ✏ in the list below. Annotations to the short stories on this site are continually being added as well; the symbol ✎ in the menus for each periodical indicates an item with significant end notes. Contact us if you are interested in contributing to the annotation effort.
The Pothunters – Annotated by AK and others
✏ Love Among the Chickens (1908–09 serial) – Annotated by Neil Midkiff
Love Among the Chickens (1921 revision) – Annotated by Terry Mordue
✏ The Intrusions of Jimmy (1910 serial, later published as A Gentleman of Leisure) – Annotated by Neil Midkiff
Psmith in the City – Annotated by Mark Hodson
Something Fresh – Annotated by Terry Mordue
Piccadilly Jim – Annotated by Neil Midkiff
A Damsel in Distress – Annotated by Terry Mordue & Mark Hodson; updated and expanded by Neil Midkiff and others
The Clicking of Cuthbert – Annotated by Terry Mordue
The Girl on the Boat – Annotated by Mark Hodson; updated and expanded by Neil Midkiff and others
✏ The Adventures of Sally (1921 serial) – Annotated by Neil Midkiff
The Inimitable Jeeves – Annotated by Mark Hodson; updated and expanded by Neil Midkiff
Leave It to Psmith – Annotated by Terry Mordue & Mark Hodson; updated and expanded by Neil Midkiff and others
Bill the Conqueror – Annotated by Neil Midkiff, Diego Seguí, and others
Ukridge – Annotated by Mark Hodson; updated and expanded by Neil Midkiff and others
Carry On, Jeeves! – Annotated by Mark Hodson
Sam the Sudden – Annotated by Terry Mordue; updated and expanded by Neil Midkiff and others
Meet Mr. Mulliner – Annotated by Neil Midkiff and others
Money for Nothing – Annotated by Mark Hodson; updated and expanded by Neil Midkiff and others
Summer Lightning – Annotated by Mark Hodson; updated and expanded by Neil Midkiff and others
Mr. Mulliner Speaking – Annotated by Neil Midkiff and others
Very Good, Jeeves – Annotated by Neil Midkiff
Hot Water – Annotated by Mark Hodson; updated and expanded by Neil Midkiff
If I Were You – Annotated by Neil Midkiff
Heavy Weather – Annotated by Deepthi Sigireddi and Neil Midkiff, with contributions from Diego Seguí and others as credited
Right Ho, Jeeves – Annotated by Dan; updated and expanded by Neil Midkiff and others
Thank You, Jeeves – Annotated by Mark Hodson; updated and expanded by Neil Midkiff and others
Blandings Castle and Elsewhere – Annotated by Mark Hodson; updated and expanded by Neil Midkiff and others
The Luck of the Bodkins – Annotated by Mark Hodson
Young Men in Spats – Annotated by Mark Hodson
Laughing Gas – Annotated by John Dawson
Lord Emsworth and Others – Annotated by Mark Hodson
The Crime Wave at Blandings – Annotated by Mark Hodson
Summer Moonshine – Annotated by Terry Mordue; updated and expanded by Neil Midkiff and others
The Code of the Woosters – Annotated by Terry Mordue, with updates
Uncle Fred in the Springtime – Annotated by Mark Hodson; updated and expanded by Neil Midkiff and others
Money in the Bank – Annotated by Terry Mordue, with updates
Full Moon – Annotated by Neil Midkiff, Diego Seguí, and others
Spring Fever – Annotated by Neil Midkiff and others
The Mating Season – Annotated by John Dawson
Nothing Serious – Annotated by Ian West & Mark Hodson
The Old Reliable – Annotated by Neil Midkiff and others
Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit / Bertie Wooster Sees It Through – Annotated by Neil Midkiff and others
Cocktail Time – Annotated by Mark Hodson, updated and expanded by Neil Midkiff and others
Ice in the Bedroom – Annotated by Ian Michaud and Lynn Vesley-Gross
The Girl in Blue – Annotated by Ian Michaud and Lynn Vesley-Gross
Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen / The Cat-Nappers – Annotated by Neil Midkiff and others as credited
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