Jimmy discovers Lord Wisbeach stealing the Partridgite. The thief sets off the powder, but it does nothing, and he flees. Miss Trimble asks questions, and Jimmy reveals the whole truth to everyone. The kidnapping plan fails, though Mr Pett insists to Mrs Pett that Ogden be sent to a boarding school. Eugenia Crocker appears and says that Bingley will soon be made a lord, since Lord Percy Whipple respects Jimmy. Jimmy stays in New York to work for Mr Pett. Ann agrees to bury the past and marry Jimmy. Publication history The early US edition of Piccadilly Jim included a frontispiece and seven inserted illustrations drawn by May Wilson Preston, who had illustrated the story in the Saturday Evening Post. Wodehouse dedicated the US edition of the novel to his step-daughter Leonora: "To my step-daughter Lenora [sic], conservatively speaking the most wonderful child on earth". The UK edition was the first novel written by Wodehouse to be published by Herbert Jenkins. The book was also the first of Wodehouse's novels to be translated into a foreign language, Swedish. Published in 1920 in Stockholm, it was translated into Swedish by . An excerpt from the novel was included in the 1977 anthology Benny Green's The Cricket Addict's Archive, along with an excerpt from another Wodehouse novel, Psmith in the City. Adaptations The novel was adapted as a play in 1918 by Guy Bolton. Piccadilly Jim has been adapted as a film three times. In the 1919 film, Jimmy Crocker was played by Owen Moore. In the 1936 film, he was played by Robert Montgomery. In the 2004 film, he was played by Sam Rockwell. References Notes Bibliography External links The Russian Wodehouse Society's page, with numerous book covers and a list of characters Novels by P. G. Wodehouse 1917 American novels 1917 British novels Works originally published in The Saturday Evening Post Novels first published in serial form Herbert Jenkins books Dodd, Mead & Co. books American novels adapted into films British novels adapted into films British comedy novels