# Alan Beverley — Short Fiction character guide

> Alan Beverley in Short Fiction by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Beverley

**First appearance:** 0000-when-papa-swore-in-hindustani

## Snapshot

A jealous fiancé whose scowls at any man near his beloved drive her to write desperate letters, complicating every innocent encounter in Wodehouse's romantic tangles.

## Who they are

Alan Beverley exists in the anxious space between devotion and suspicion, a young man whose love expresses itself as possessiveness. His jealousy transforms ordinary social moments into minefields, forcing his fiancée to navigate his scowls and silences. This tension between affection and control becomes the engine of misunderstanding, making him both obstacle and sympathetic figure in the romantic machinery.

## In the story

### [The Man Upstairs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_42_se/chapters/the-man-upstairs)

Revealed to be Bill Bates, a Glasgow millionaire who posed as an artist to get close to Annette; he buys her waltz and Sellers' paintings secretly.

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