# Rocky Todd — Jeeves Stories character guide

> Rocky Todd in Jeeves Stories by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** dear old Rocky, old Rocky, Dear old Rocky

**First appearance:** 0004-the-aunt-and-the-sluggard

## Snapshot

A dreamy poet who cherishes rural solitude above all things, until an aunt's visit and a poetical competition conspire against his peace.

## Who they are

Rocky Todd is a poet of the quiet, nature-loving variety who has arranged his life in the country precisely to avoid the intrusions of relatives and society. His aunt, however, has other plans, and her determination to draw him into a poetry competition—complete with a substantial prize—threatens the very seclusion he prizes. He matters because his predicament illustrates the Wodehouse theme of gentle souls besieged by well-meaning relatives, and his reliance on Bertie and Jeeves to extricate him drives the comic machinery.

## Relationships

### [Aunt Agatha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jeeves_stories_se/characters/aunt_agatha)

_family_

Rocky Todd is Aunt Agatha's nephew (and Bertie's cousin), a poet whom she tries to force into a more conventional and profitable lifestyle.

### [Aunt Agatha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jeeves_stories_se/characters/aunt_agatha)

_family_

Rocky Todd is Aunt Agatha's nephew (and Bertie's cousin), a poet whom she tries to force into a more conventional and profitable lifestyle.

### [Aunt Agatha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jeeves_stories_se/characters/aunt_agatha)

_family_

Rocky Todd is Aunt Agatha's nephew (and Bertie's cousin), a poet whom she tries to force into a more conventional and profitable lifestyle.

## In the story

### [The Aunt and the Sluggard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jeeves_stories_se/chapters/the-aunt-and-the-sluggard)

A lazy poet who lives on Long Island; his aunt's visit forces him to pretend to be a socialite.

### [Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jeeves_stories_se/chapters/jeeves-and-the-unbidden-guest)

Bertie's friend in Long Island, with whom he stays briefly to escape Lord Pershore's dog.

## Links

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