Deverill Hall is a fictional location in the Jeeves Stories of P. G. Wodehouse, written principally in the 1920s and 1930s. It is the country seat of Dame Daphne Winkworth, a formidable old harridan, friend of Aunt Agatha Gregson and therefore no friend of Bertie Wooster. It is a large, Tudor Manor, located in South Hampshire, and is also home to Dame Daphne's sisters, Emmeline, Charlotte, Myrtle and Harriet, as well as her pretty daughter Gertrude. Reginald Jeeves, here portrayed by Stephen Fry in ITVs Jeeves and Wooster series, is P. G. Wodehouses most famous character. ... Called English literatures performing flea, P. G. Wodehouse, pictured in 1904, became famous for his complex plots, ingenious wordplay, and prolific output. ... Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties . In Europe it is sometimes refered to as the Golden Twenties. ... // Events and trends The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the global depression. ... Hampshire (abbr. ...
Jeeves' relative Charlie Silversmith is the butler at Deverill. Bertie Wooster has been to stay there on a couple of occassions, but is not a particularly welcome guest and is usually sent back to London prior to the arranged date of departure due to some silly scrape he has got himself into.
After his appointment as Grange Hill's new deputy head, Stephen Deverill was determined to strengthen discipline in the school.
When Mr Robson is hospitalised Deverill takes control of the school piece by piece; he talks Mr Robson into OK-ing his "positive discipline" scheme and wears Mrs Holmes into submission.
At Congreve Hall, Deverill is recognised by two of their pupils.
For Gussie was an expected guest at DeverillHall, and clearly his enforced absence would give rise to immediate inquiries.
From this point it would be but a short step to a complete revelation of the scandalous details of his escapades and Bertram well knew what would be the effect of this intelligence on Gussie's fiancee, Madeline.
As always when a rift appeared in her love affairs Madeline would transfer her simpering affection to Bertram and the grim prospect of having to endure the grand passion of this female stimulated Bertie to the sternest of endeavours to forestall catastrophe.
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