Short Fiction · Character
Lord Emsworth
A bewildered aristocrat who has spent years regretting the Emsworths lack a Family Curse, only to discover he has fathered one in the shape of his son Freddie.
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Also known as An Emsworth
First appearance: when papa swore in hindustani
As a major figure in Short Fiction, Lord Emsworth is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The amiable but woolen-headed earl is distressed by his butler's resignation threat over his beard, his son Freddie's marital troubles, and a series of mishaps in London.
Lord Emsworth listens to his son's marital disasters with the weary resignation of a man who has long since stopped expecting Freddie to do anything right. His lordship's dry, toneless interrogations — 'What precisely occurred?' — frame Freddie's rambling account of movie stars, scenarios, and a wife now installed at the Savoy. He is the still, exasperated center of a comic storm, a father whose ancient clan has produced, in Freddie, a catastrophe of truly dynastic proportions.
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- Family
- Other
Character groups
- Bumbling aristocrats and antagonists
- Central cast of characters
- Transformative and military roles
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- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Freddie Threepwood
family · ambivalent
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- Freddie Threepwood
family · ambivalent
Freddie Threepwood and Lord Emsworth are family members, likely father and son, with a… How this plays out →
- Freddie Threepwood
family · ambivalent
Freddie Threepwood and Lord Emsworth are family members, likely father and son, with a… How this plays out →
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