The Mating Season (novel)

The Mating Season
First US edition cover
Author	P. G. Wodehouse
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	Jeeves
Genre	Humour
Publisher	Herbert Jenkins, Didier & Co.
Publication date	9 September 1949
Media type	Print ()
Preceded by	Joy in the Morning
Followed by	Ring for Jeeves

The Mating Season is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 9 September 1949 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on November 29, 1949 by Didier & Co., New York.^[1] It stars Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. It is the second instalment of the Totleigh Towers saga, chronicling Bertie's continuing difficulties with Madeline Bassett.

Plot

Bertie Wooster and Gussie Fink-Nottle swap their identities, while Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright pretends to be the faux-Gussie's valet Meadowes and Jeeves pretends to be the faux-Bertie's valet, before complications ensue.

Together, they find themselves at the Aunt-ridden Deverill Hall, Hampshire, seat of the imposing Dame Daphne Winkworth, where Gussie's on-off engagement to Madeline Bassett is once again in danger, leaving Bertie at risk of becoming reattached to her. Bertie must also defend his friend Catsmeat's girl Gertrude Winkworth, daughter of Dame Daphne, from the attentions of the attractive Esmond Haddock, while avoiding fulfilling his Aunt Agatha's wish that he marry her himself...

All of Jeeves' considerable powers are required to bring things to a satisfactory conclusion.

The story was adapted during the 1990-1993 British TV series Jeeves and Wooster (episode #15 "Right Ho! Jeeves", fourth of season three, aired 19 April 1992 in the UK).^[2]

The story contains a synopsis of Mervyn Keene, Clubman which is the most complete example of the works of Rosie M. Banks ever given in the works of Wodehouse. Its recitation by Madeline Bassett leaves hearer Bertie Wooster in a state of dazed horror.

At the time of writing there was bad blood between Wodehouse and fellow author A. A. Milne. The book included several satirical jibes aimed at Milne, for instance after Bertie (pressured by Madeline Bassett) agrees to recite Christopher Robin poems at the village concert, he laments: "A fellow who comes on a platform and starts reciting about Christopher Robin going hoppity-hoppity-hop (or alternatively saying his prayers) does not do so from sheer wantonness but because he is a helpless victim of circumstances beyond his control." ^[3]

References and sources

References

↑ McIlvaine, E., Sherby, L.S. and Heineman, J.H. (1990) P.G. Wodehouse: A comprehensive bibliography and checklist. New York: James H. Heineman, pp. 83-84. ISBN 087008125X
↑ Jeeves and Wooster #15 (Season 3, Episode 4) at the Internet Movie Database
↑ http://wodehouse.ru/dt310896.htm

Sources

Kuzmenko, Michel (The Russian Wodehouse Society) (2005-11-11). "Wodehouse books: The Mating Season". Bibliography. Archived from the original on 2006-02-19.
Reggie (2007-06-08). "Wodehouse novels: The Mating Season". Blandings, a Companion to the Works of P. G. Wodehouse. Archived from the original on 2007-07-24.

P. G. Wodehouse

Bibliography Songs

Jeeves and Wooster	The Man with Two Left Feet "Extricating Young Gussie" My Man Jeeves The Inimitable Jeeves "Jeeves in the Springtime" "Comrade Bingo" Carry On, Jeeves "Jeeves Takes Charge" Very Good, Jeeves Thank You, Jeeves Right Ho, Jeeves The Code of the Woosters Joy in the Morning The Mating Season Ring for Jeeves Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit Jeeves in the Offing Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves Much Obliged, Jeeves Aunts Aren't Gentlemen

Blandings Castle	Something Fresh Leave It to Psmith Blandings Castle and Elsewhere "The Custody of the Pumpkin" "Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best" "Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey" "Company for Gertrude" "The Go-getter" "Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend" Summer Lightning Heavy Weather Lord Emsworth and Others "The Crime Wave at Blandings" Uncle Fred in the Springtime Full Moon Pigs Have Wings Service with a Smile Galahad at Blandings Plum Pie "Sticky Wicket at Blandings" A Pelican at Blandings Sunset at Blandings

Psmith	Mike Psmith in the City Psmith, Journalist Leave It to Psmith

School stories	The Gold Bat The Head of Kay's Mike The Pothunters A Prefect's Uncle Tales of St. Austin's Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere The White Feather

Autobiographical	Bring on the Girls! Performing Flea Over Seventy

Other books and stories	The Adventures of Sally Bachelors Anonymous Barmy in Wonderland Big Money Bill the Conqueror The Clicking of Cuthbert Cocktail Time The Coming of Bill Company for Henry A Damsel in Distress Do Butlers Burgle Banks? Doctor Sally Eggs, Beans and Crumpets A Few Quick Ones French Leave Frozen Assets A Gentleman of Leisure The Girl in Blue The Girl on the Boat The Globe By the Way Book The Heart of a Goof Hot Water Ice in the Bedroom If I Were You Indiscretions of Archie Jill the Reckless Laughing Gas The Little Nugget Louder and Funnier Love Among the Chickens The Luck of the Bodkins The Luck Stone A Man of Means The Man Upstairs The Man with Two Left Feet Meet Mr Mulliner Money for Nothing Money in the Bank Mr Mulliner Speaking Mulliner Nights Not George Washington Nothing Serious The Old Reliable Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin Piccadilly Jim Plum Pie The Prince and Betty Quick Service Sam the Sudden The Small Bachelor Something Fishy Spring Fever Summer Moonshine The Swoop! Ukridge Uncle Dynamite Uneasy Money William Tell Told Again Young Men in Spats

Radio	What Ho, Jeeves The Code of the Woosters

Stage	The Beauty of Bath (1906) Nuts and Wine (1914) Oh, Boy! (1917) Leave It to Jane (1917) The Riviera Girl (1917) Miss 1917 (1917) Oh, Lady! Lady!! (1918) The Girl Behind the Gun (1918) Kissing Time (1919) Sally (1920) The Cabaret Girl (1922) The Beauty Prize (1923) Oh, Kay! (1926) Show Boat (1927) Rosalie (1928) The Three Musketeers (1928) Anything Goes (1934) Jeeves (later By Jeeves) (1975/1996) Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense (2013) A Damsel in Distress (2015)

Films	A Gentleman of Leisure (1915) A Damsel in Distress (1919) Piccadilly Jim (1919) Summer Lightning (1933) Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) Thank You, Jeeves! (1936) Step Lively, Jeeves (1937) Piccadilly Jim (1936) A Damsel in Distress (1937) The Girl on the Boat (1961) By Jeeves (2001) Piccadilly Jim (2004)

Television	The World of Wooster (1965–67) The World of Wodehouse (1967–68) Wodehouse Playhouse (1975–78) Jeeves and Wooster (1990–93) Heavy Weather (1995) Blandings (2013)

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