Leave It to Psmith
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Leave It to Psmith is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the charming, resourceful Psmith embroiled in romantic mix-ups and jewel-stealing escapades at Blandings Castle.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leave it to Psmith | 1 |
| Psmith is resourceful | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ |
| containsElement |
country house comedy
ⓘ
imposture ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Eve Halliday
ⓘ
Freddie Threepwood ⓘ Lady Constance Keeble ⓘ Lord Emsworth ⓘ Rupert Psmith ⓘ
surface form:
Psmith
Rupert Baxter ⓘ |
| featuresLocation | Blandings Castle ⓘ |
| featuresMotive | stolen necklace ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
comic fiction
ⓘ
humour ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptation
ⓘ
stage adaptation ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose narrative ⓘ |
| hasLength | novel-length work ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
farce
ⓘ
romantic comedy of manners ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience |
adult readers
ⓘ
general readers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
jewel theft
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mistaken identity ⓘ romantic comedy ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century British comic fiction ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | light comic prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacterTrait |
Psmith series
ⓘ
surface form:
Psmith is charming
Leave It to Psmith self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Psmith is resourceful
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| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of Blandings Castle setting with Psmith character
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witty dialogue ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| partOf | Blandings Castle canon ⓘ |
| prequel | Something Fresh ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1923 ⓘ |
| publisher | Herbert Jenkins ⓘ |
| sequel | Summer Lightning ⓘ |
| series |
Blandings Castle series
ⓘ
surface form:
Blandings Castle stories
|
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | post-World War I era ⓘ |
| workInSeriesNumber | second Blandings Castle novel ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Psmith is resourceful
subject surface form:
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
this entity surface form:
Leave it to Psmith