 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | P. G. Wodehouse |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Comic novel |
| Publisher | Herbert Jenkins (UK) George H. Doran (US) |
Publication date | 30 November 1923 (UK) 14 March 1924 (US) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 327 pp |
| Preceded by | Psmith, Journalist (Psmith), Something Fresh (Blandings) |
| Followed by | Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (shorts), Summer Lightning (novel) |
Leave It to Psmith is a comic novel by English author P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 30 November 1923 by Herbert Jenkins, London, England, and in the United States on 14 March 1924 by George H. Doran, New York.[1] It had previously been serialised, in the Saturday Evening Post in the US between 3 February and 24 March 1923, and in the Grand Magazine in the UK between April and December that year; the ending of this magazine version was rewritten for the book form.
It was the fourth and final novel featuring Psmith, the others being Mike (1909) (later republished in two parts, with Psmith appearing in the second, Mike and Psmith (1953)), Psmith in the City (1910), and Psmith, Journalist (1915) – in his introduction to the omnibus The World of Psmith, Wodehouse said that he had stopped writing about the character because he couldn't think of any more stories. It was also the second novel set at Blandings Castle, the first being Something Fresh (1915). The Blandings saga would be continued in many more novels and shorts.
The book is dedicated to his step-daughter Leonora Wodehouse, referred to as "Queen of her species".[2]
- ^ McIlvaine, E., Sherby, L.S. and Heineman, J.H. (1990) P. G. Wodehouse: A comprehensive bibliography and checklist. New York: James H. Heineman, pp. 44–45. ISBN 087008125X
- ^ Dedication