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==Background== [[File:Leave It to Psmith illustration 02.jpg|thumb|Eve and Psmith, 1923 ''Grand Magazine'' illustration]] One reason the novel was written was because Wodehouse's adopted daughter Leonora wanted him to write another Psmith story.<ref>{{cite book |last=Phelps |first=Barry |date=1992 |title=P. G. Wodehouse: Man and Myth |page=142 |location=London |publisher=Constable and Company Limited |isbn= 009471620X }}</ref> The book has the dedication: "To my daughter Leonora, queen of her species."<ref>{{cite book |last=McCrum |first=Robert |date=2004 |title=Wodehouse: A Life |url=https://archive.org/details/wodehouse00robe/page/156 |location=New York |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company Ltd. |page=[https://archive.org/details/wodehouse00robe/page/156 156] |isbn=0-393-05159-5 |author-link=Robert McCrum |url-access=registration }}</ref>
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