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| Author | P. G. Wodehouse |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Jeeves |
| Genre | Comic novel |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Doran (US) Herbert Jenkins (UK) |
Publication date | 22 August 1946 (US) 2 June 1947 (UK) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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| Preceded by | The Code of the Woosters |
| Followed by | The Mating Season |
Joy in the Morning is a novel by English humorist P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on 22 August 1946 by Doubleday & Co., New York and in the United Kingdom on 2 June 1947 by Herbert Jenkins, London.[1] Some later American paperback editions bore the title Jeeves in the Morning.
The story is another adventure of Bertie Wooster and his resourceful valet Jeeves. Bertie is persuaded to brave the home of his fearsome Aunt Agatha and her husband Lord Worplesdon, knowing that his former fiancée, the beautiful and formidably intellectual Lady Florence Craye will also be in attendance.
The title derives from an English translation of Psalms 30:5:
- "Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."
Wodehouse was working on the novel in Le Touquet, France before he was interned by the occupying German authorities. He completed the book in Germany after his wife, Ethel, brought the unfinished manuscript with her when she joined her husband in Berlin.[2] The manuscript was completed in Degenershausen, a small village in the Harz mountains.[3]