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When I read articles on novels there are two things that are almost always addressed, especially if it is a historical novel or a novel not written in the modern day. First is the obvious location, many are fictional but that is addressed as well, second and more importantly, the approximate year the book is set in. I do not see why this is not addressed in the article. Yes, you have the publication date and yes there is a blurb in there about narrowing down the time frame due to the death penalty. However, let us use 1984 as an example. The novel 1984 was published in 1947. If you only said it was published in 1947 then the reader is only getting half the information. Yes, the title appears obvious but someone who has never heard of it may not know that. The question is, do you not agree with this? MagnoliaSouth ( talk) 01:23, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
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The lead for this novel lacks the source and retail price for the UK edition. It also needs the source usually used for the publisher and date for the US edition. The secondary source is already in the text, and the price information from is included as well, as it is an online source (J S Marcus). See A Caribbean Mystery as an example for the flow of the opening paragraph in the lead. The refs here, as seen on the edit, are in cite format & can be inserted as is (as long as the page numbers are the same), once the needed information is found in them.
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-- Prairieplant ( talk) 08:24, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
Related to this. The article has:
But does not list a 1962 UK first edition. In fact, the first edition is earlier. ?? --John ( User:Jwy/ talk) 06:22, 22 March 2020 (UTC)