# Mr. Rackstraw — Short Fiction character guide

> Mr. Rackstraw in Short Fiction by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Rackstraw, Daniel Rackstraw, Mr. Daniel Rackstraw

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

## Snapshot

A young millionaire who doesn't care how he dresses, he appears in the orbit of Rutherford and Peggy as a figure of wealth and easy confidence on Broadway.

## Who they are

Mr. Rackstraw is one of the young millionaires whose casual dress and easy manner mark him as a man of means in the Broadway world Rutherford and Peggy inhabit. His presence underscores the social distance between Rutherford, a struggling writer with a story in Wilson's, and the moneyed set that moves through the same restaurants and theatres. He is part of the texture of the city that Peggy knows and Rutherford is learning, a world where a successful story buys a supper but not a fortune.

## In the story

### [The Goalkeeper and the Plutocrat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_42_se/chapters/the-goalkeeper-and-the-plutocrat)

Mr. Rackstraw, a multimillionaire Radical politician, opposes his daughter's engagement to Clarence but later offers a reward for winning the football match.

### [The Good Angel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_42_se/chapters/the-good-angel)

Mr. Keith; host of the house party, twists his ankle while investigating the stranded couple.

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