Talk:Right Ho, Jeeves

message: The article says the book was published in 1934, but the Project Gutenberg edition says 1922. Which is right?  8.18.145.229 (talk) 03:00, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: WorldCat shows 1934, and the discussion in this article compares the prior novel, published in the same year, with Right Ho, Jeeves, noting that after this novel, Wooster stopped challenging Jeeves as he did in this novel. The link posted by  above does not show anything now. A first edition for sale today on Abe Books does show an interior page of the book with year of publication as MCMXXXIV, or 1934. The other thing that might make it certain is to look at the books already published by Wodehouse, a page at the back of the first edition; he did not have as many published by 1922 as by 1934. The link is here, click on the other images below the image of the dust jacket (selling at 7 and 6 back then) to see the interior page with the year. My link has a short life as the book might be sold, even with its asking price over 2,200 pounds. Using the artistic style of the dust jackets to judge the year of publication seems dubious at best. Why Project Gutenberg shows 1922 and the Indian published book said 1921, I have no idea, . My understanding of the copyright law is not that good. Wikisource indicates before 1924, and mentions death of the author plus 30 years, and that date has passed. Perhaps the MacIlvaine book will settle the year of publication, though that book is in a few university libraries from what I can see on WorldCat. Can anyone get a look at that book? Wikisource shows 1934 for this novel, here. The year of publication seems an important fact on which Wikipedia editors might agree.  --Prairieplant (talk) 15:21, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: This source mentions that Right Ho, Jeeves has been in the public domain prior to January 2, 2019, but does not explain why. That article is here.  --Prairieplant (talk) 15:36, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I have the McIlvaine book in front of me, and it says that, in the United States, Right Ho, Jeeves was first published in 1934, under the title Brinkley Manor. It appears that Wodehouse might have forgotten to renew this book's copyright in the US; this would explain why the book is in the public domain (in the US), according to this article here. Miles26 (talk) 17:42, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: , I think that settles it, the year of publication is 1934. The reviews from London and from New York were written in the same month in 1934, so publication was nearly the same date in the US and the UK. Thank you for finding that explanation of why this novel is not under copyright; the copyright was not renewed in a timely fashion under US law. I will consider that Project Gutenberg and that copy later printed in India have errors on the year of initial publication, and this article is correct to say 1934.  Thank you!  --Prairieplant (talk) 18:48, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Year of first publication

message: Even my revised plot summary runs a little long, but then, Wodehouse is often said to have written intricate and involved plots. They're difficult to summarize effectively. Dgcuff (talk) 19:35, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: As it stands today , the Plot summary is within the guidelines for length from Wikipedia, and to me it seems to cover the main plot points.  --Prairieplant (talk) 15:29, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Plot summary

message: With its long list of references, might this article be better than start class?  --Prairieplant (talk) 15:23, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Better than start class?