There's divinity that shapes our ends...

Consider the case of Henry Pitfield Rice, Detective. Or the case of Bertie Wooster, tottering and trickling to the rescue of his not precisely intellectual cousin, under the basilisk eye of Aunt Agatha. Or the East End mongrel who mixed in Society. Or the King of Coney Island, the Super-Fan, or, of course, Henry Wallace Mills, of the two left feet.

Consider any or all of these twelve vintage cases of good eggs and decent chaps entangled in snares of young love...

God's in His Heaven, all's right with the Wodehouse world.

Characters

Henry Pifield Rice — Young bumbling detective working for Stafford's International Investigation Bureau who loves Alice
Alice Weston — Chorus girl on tour in The Girl From Brighton
Walter Jelliffe — Comedian and star of The Girl From Brighton
Sidney Crane — Baritone and leading member of the cast
Miss Clarice Weaver — Female lead singer and an unpopular member of the cast

Russian translation

• Spasenie Gassi by I.Bernshtein: 2003
• Na vyruchku yunomu Gassi by I.Bernshtein: 2004, 2004, 2006, 2006, 2006, 2006

Characters

Aunt Agatha Gregson — Bertie's aunt who is married to Spencer Gregson, a stock broker
Jeeves — Bertie's manservant
(Gussie) Augustus Mannering-Phipps — Bertie's cousin in New York engaged to Ray Denison
Bertie (Mannering-Phipps) — Narrator who is bossed by his Aunt Agatha
Julia Mannering-Phipps — Agatha's sister-in-law, Gussie's mother and widow of Cuthbert. Owns Beechwood in London and was once in vaudeville.
Ray Denison — Vaudeville singer engaged to Gussie
Abe Riesbitter — Vaudeville agent
George Wilson — Alias used by Gussie for the stage
Joe Danby — Ray's father, an old English vaudevillian in love with Julia

Characters

Jack Wilton — Hero who spread a story at Marvis Bay about his tragic love affair
Spencer Clay — Young ass
Ellerton — Another young ass
Mary Campbell — Wilton's love
Amy — Imaginary girl of Wilton's who had died

Russian translation

• Ublyudok by E.Tolkachev: 1927

Characters

The Mixer — Bulldog terrier mutt born in an East End pub whi narrates story
Shy Man — Bought The Mixer and burgled a house where Fred's father was caretaker
Fred — Barman at pub where Mixer was born

Russian translation

• Ublyudok by E.Tolkachev: 1927

Characters

The Mixer — Bulldog terrier mutt narrates story
John the Chauffeur — Ran over The Mixer
Master Peter — 10 year old boy of wealthy parents
Peter's Nurse — Doesn't like The Mixer
Helen — Peter's mother
Peter's father — Owns prize-winning dog kennels
Jack — A dog belonging to Dick, the Groom
Toto — A toy dog belonging to a guest
Weeks — Butler

Characters

Katie Bennett — Heroine who works in a second-hand bookshop in New York owned by her grandfather
Genevieve — Katie's friend and cloak model at Macy's
Ted Brady — Hero who loves Katie and is champion high jumper and runner
Mr. Matthew Bennett — Katie's paralyzed old grandfather who imagines himself King of England
Mr. Murdoch — Mr. Bennett's friend and glazier
Mr. Schwartz — Mr. Bennett's friend and saloon-keeper

Russian translation

• Serebryanny kubok 1915 - first known Russian translation of PGW

Characters

Miss Roxborough — Professional dancer at Geisenheimer's Dance Palace, married to Jack Tyson and narrates the story
Charlie Ferris — Tourist on his honeymoon who owns a drugstore in Ashley, Maine
Mrs. Mary Ferris — Charlie's wife who wins the Love-r-ly Silver Cup
Jack Tyson — Lives in Rodney, Maine
Izzy Baermann — Emcee at Geisenheimer's

Characters

Henry — Chief waiter at MacFarland's Restaurant in Soho, who came from the Guelph
Old Man MacFarland — Widower with a son and adopted daughter
Katie — Mac's adopted daughter and dancer in The Rose Girl
Andy MacFarland — Mac's son in love with Katie
Jules — Mac's cook originally from Paris

Characters

J. Wilmot Birdsey — American baseball fan living in London
Hugo Percy de Wynter Framlinghame — 6th Earl of Carricksteed — married Ìàå Elinor Birdsey
Mr. Waterall — Clean shaven baseball fan from New York living in London as the correspondent for the New York Chronicle
Mr. Johnson — Alias John Benyon — Baseball fan who robbed the New Asiatic Bank in New York

Characters

Joseph/Reginald — One stray black cat adopted at different times by Elizabeth and Boyd
Elizabeth Herrold — Struggling young writer
Francis — Janitor in apartment house
James Renshaw Boyd — Budding playwright who is heir to Boyd's meat products
Paul Axworthy Briggs — Budding novelist in the apartment house

Characters

Edward Plimmer — Police constable
Alf Brooks — Milkman
Ellen Brown — A cook loved by Plimmer who was going with Alf

Characters

Mr. Meggs — Chronic dyspeptic wealthy bachelor of 56
Jane Pillenger — Spinster and private secretary/typist to Mr. Meggs
Constable Gooch — Police constable

Russian translation

• Levsha na obe nogi by E.Tolkachev: 1928

Characters

Henry Wallace Mills — Voracious reader who is a paying cashie at the New York Bank
Minnie Hall — Henry's wife who was a former dance instructress
Sidney Mercer — Formerly a paying cashier with Henry's firm, now a professional dancer at Geisenheimer's

  The Man with Two Left Feet
       1916-03-18 Saturday Evening Post (US)
       1916-05 Strand (UK)
  Bill the Bloodhound
       1915-02 Century (US)
       1915-04 Strand (UK)
  Extricating Young Gussie
       1915-9-18 Saturday Evening Post (US)
       1916-01 Strand (UK)
  At Geisenheimer's
       1915-08-21 Saturday Evening Post (US)
  The Making of Mac's
       1915-05 Strand (UK)
       1916-05 Red Book (US)
  One Touch of Nature
       1914-08 McClure's (US)
  Black for Luck
       1915-06 Strand (UK)
       1915-07 Red Book (US)
  The Romance of an Ugly Policeman
       1915-01 Strand (UK)
  A Sea of Trouble
       1914-09 McClure's (US)
       1915-06 Pearson's (UK)
  Absent Treatment
      1911-03 Strand (UK)
      1911-08-26 Colliers (US)
  Rallying Round Old George
       1912-12 Strand (UK)
  Doing Clarence a Bit of Good
       1913-05 Strand (UK)