The Purity of the Turf

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"The Purity of the Turf" is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse featuring Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves, centered on a betting scheme at a village school sports day.

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instanceOf humorous fiction ⓘ
short story ⓘ
author P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ
centralTheme betting scheme ⓘ
gambling on sports ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
containsMotif British upper-class life ⓘ
comic misunderstandings ⓘ
scheming and counter-scheming ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter Aunt Agatha ⓘ
Bertie Wooster ⓘ
Bingo Little ⓘ
Jeeves ⓘ
Steggles ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1922 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Cosmopolitan ⓘ
The Strand Magazine ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
comic short story ⓘ
hasCulturalContext interwar British society ⓘ
hasHumorStyle light-hearted ⓘ
witty dialogue ⓘ
hasMainConflict manipulation of betting odds at school sports day ⓘ
hasResolutionType comic resolution ⓘ
hasTargetPublicationAudience general adult readers ⓘ
hasValetCharacter Jeeves ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryUniverse Jeeves and Wooster ⓘ
narrator Bertie Wooster ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Jeeves short stories corpus ⓘ
linked to: My Man Jeeves
protagonist Bertie Wooster ⓘ
publicationMedium magazine ⓘ
series Jeeves stories ⓘ
setting English village ⓘ
village school sports day ⓘ
timePeriodOfPublication early 20th century ⓘ
workOfAuthor P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ

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The Inimitable Jeeves → hasPart → The Purity of the Turf ⓘ