"jeeves and the hard-boiled egg" is a short story by p. g. wodehouse, and features the young gentleman bertie wooster and his valet jeeves. the story was published in the "saturday evening post" in the united states on 3 march 1917, and in "the strand magazine" in the united kingdom in august 1917. the story was also included in the 1925 collection "carry on, jeeves".