First US edition ''Summer Moonshine'' is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on 8 October 1937 by

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, New York, and in the United Kingdom on 11 February 1938 by Herbert Jenkins, London.McIlvaine, E., Sherby, L.S. and Heineman, J.H. (1990) ''P.G. Wodehouse: A comprehensive bibliography and checklist''. New York: James H. Heineman, pp. 73-74. It was serialised in ''

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'' (US) from 24 July to 11 September 1937 and in ''

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'' (UK) between September 1937 and April 1938.

Plot

Former big-game hunter Sir Buckstone Abbott, finding himself hard up, takes in paying guests at his pile, Walsingford Hall, while hoping to sell the place to a wealthy Princess. Soon, many schemes, plots and romantic entanglements are going on.

References

External links

The Russian Wodehouse Society's page
with a list of characters Novels by P. G. Wodehouse English novels Works originally published in The Saturday Evening Post Novels first published in serial form 1937 British novels Herbert Jenkins books Doubleday, Doran books British comedy novels {{1930s-novel-stub