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Heinemann published the novel in London in 1924, a year before the Doubleday, Page edition from Garden City, New York (1925) and the Tauchnitz English-language edition from Leipzig (1925). Look for the Heinemann imprint and 1924 on the title page. Heinemann kept the book in print for decades (further Heinemann printings are recorded for 1926, 1959 and 1968), so check the back of the title page for any later printing date. A 1926 Heinemann book with the same title is the stage version written with Basil Dean, not the novel. Penguin (1969) and Virago (1983) paperbacks are much later. UNVERIFIED: page counts disagree; Open Library gives 336 pages for the 1924 Heinemann edition, while the Wikipedia infobox gives 344.
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Heinemann, London, in 1924, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 29 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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