Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)

Posted on 16 July 2017 by Dorothy L. Sayers

Gaudy Night stands out even among Miss Sayers s novels And Miss Sayers has long stood in a class by herself Times Literary SupplementThe great Dorothy L Sayers is considered by many to be the premier detective novelist of the Golden Age, and her dashing sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey, one of mystery fiction s most enduring and endearing protagonists Acclaimed author Ruth Rendell has expressed her admiration for Sayers s work, praising her great fertility of invention, ingenuity, and wonderful eye for detail The third Dorothy L Sayers classic to feature mystery writer Harriet Vane, Gaudy Night is now back in print with an introduction by Elizabeth George, herself a crime fiction master Gaudy Night takes Harriet and her paramour, Lord Peter, to Oxford University, Harriet s alma mater, for a reunion, only to find themselves the targets of a nightmare of harassment and mysterious, murderous threats. Best Download Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12) By Dorothy L. Sayers For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr A couple of years ago I thought as a gesture to God saying something like, Hey, we don t disagree about everything and anyway what do I know about life that I would start going to a certain church where the pastor was an ex football star When I say it now it doesn t sound like a very good idea, but I did a lot of things at that time that sound stupid now Sometimes it s better to go with what you know, even if...Book Review4 of 5 stars to Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers, a strong and talented writer of detective mysteries in their Golden Age of publication This was truly an excellent book Upon finishing my third year at college, I d taken all the required courses and a variety of electives to complete my double majors My advisors and professors, knowing I had an affinity for reading and wr...I hesitate to call this a Lord Peter book Peter is here, certainly, though in lesser proportion than you might expect, considering he changes in quiet but extraordinary ways But this book is rightly and greatly Harriet Vane s, as she returns to the Oxford college of her education to do some academic work, write her next novel, and investigate some nasty disturbances around the college.Oh For Oxford alone, which I love, I could love this book Luckily, however, there are any number of other I hesitate to call this a Lord Peter book Peter is here, certainly, though in lesser proportion than you might expect, considering he changes in quiet but extraordinary ways But this book is rightly and greatly Harriet Vane s, as she returns to the Oxford college of her education to do some academic work, write her next novel, and investigate some nasty disturbances around the college.Oh For Oxford alone, which I love, I could love this book Luckily, however, there are any number of other reasons This is a book about pain, about the heart and the mind working in opposition, about academia, about the perils of being an intelligent woman, about the perils of unthinking feminism, about mistakes, a...What is the deal with lady detective fiction writers Why create a brilliant, memorable central female protagonist, totally capable of bringing teh awesome, only to undermine her by having her mope around after some overbred aristocratic prat Case in point that whole Havers Linley dynamic would be infinitely healthier had detective Havers given pompous assed golden boy Linley a good kick in the yarbles the very first time he tried to pull the whole tired aristo boy superiority trick to put her What is the deal with lady detective fiction writers Why create a brilliant, memorable central female protagonist, totally capable of bringing teh awesome, only to undermine her by having her mope around after some overbred aristocratic prat Case in point that whole Havers Linley dynamic would be infinitely healthier had detective Havers given pompous assed golden boy Linley a good kick in the yarbles the very first time he tried to pull the whole tired aristo boy superiority trick to put her in her place Given the choice between Havers and Linley, I know who I d want to...This year I finally decided to read all of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels I have read the first few many times, but, for whatever reason, I never continued the series I have always heard that Gaudy Night was her best novel and so I was really intrigued to read this book and was interested to see how the character of Harriet Vane would develop Indeed, Harriet is the central character in this novel, which sees her returning to Oxford, to attend the Shrewsbury Gaudy, after being invited by a fri This year I finally decided to read all of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels I have read the first few many times, but, for whatever reason, I never continued the series I have always heard that Gaudy Night was her best novel and so I was really intrigued to read this book and was interested to see how the character of Harriet Vane would develop Indeed, Harriet is the central character in this novel, which sees her returning to Oxford, to attend the Shrewsbury Gaudy, after being invited by a friend who was ab...3.5 stars for Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers.There was much to like about this book Sayers characterisation was, as always, quite superb She lays a meandering trail of red herrings which she mainly disproves, then brings back into the realm of possibility I learnt a lot about Oxford life there is really nothing with which to compare it in NZ, and what little I knew of it previously came from Morse.But this seemed to be an exceedingly long book Not that it was boring, because it most cert 3.5... Gaudy Night is easily my favorite of Dorothy L Sayers s beloved series of Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries It s one of the last in the series and thus hard to talk about without spoiling earlier books, as it deals with the resolution of the relationship between Lord Peter and Harriet Vane, the mystery writer first introduced in Strong Poison and seen again in Have His Carcase If you ve read no Sayers, please read at least those two books before reading Gaudy Night, as otherwise you ll be missing Gaudy Night is easily my favorite of Dorothy L Sayers s beloved series of Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries It s one of the last in the series and thus hard to talk about without spoiling earlier books, as it deals with the resolution of the relationship between Lord Peter and Harriet Vane, the mystery writer first introduced in Strong Poison and seen again in Have His Carcase If you ve read no Sayers, please read at least those two books before reading Gaudy Night, as otherwise you ll be missing a lot Gaudy Night is told almost wholly from Harriet s point of view, and in fact Lord Peter doesn t even appe...Over a year ago now, Lord Peter pretty much saved my life I was hysterical and still half under anaesthesia the nurses were unsympathetic I have an anxiety disorder as it is, let alone when I m in a great deal of pain with insufficient morphine My blood oxygen levels were catastrophic, even with pure oxygen My mother forced her way onto the ward and held my hand When they made her go, my blood oxygenation was up a little, but not much she didn t let them send her away until she d put her Over a year ago now, Lord Peter pretty much saved my life I was hysterical and still half under anaesthesia the nurses were unsympathetic I have an anxiety disorder as it is, let alone when I m in a great deal of pain with insufficient morphine My blood oxygen levels were catastrophic, even with pure oxygen My mother forced her way onto the ward and held my hand When they made her go, my blood oxygenation was up a little, but not much she didn t let them send her away until she d put her Kindle by my pillow, playing Edward Petherbridge reading Dorothy L Sayers Under that influence, I lay still and quiet, and listened, and breathed.Not coincidentally, Edward Petherbridge slightly overshadows Ian Carmichael in my affections, and I don t think I ll ever be able to read Gaudy Night without sympathising wholly with Harriet s realisation of her own fe...Where I got the book my bookshelf This is a 1940 Gollancz edition I picked up somewhere and I absolutely love it because no matter where you are in the story, the book lays flat and keeps its place I get so impatient with books that won t stay open.The story five years after being erroneously accused and then, thanks to Lord Peter Wimsey, acquitted of murdering her lover, Harriet Vane is getting on with her life as a writer and puzzling over what she s going to do about Lord Peter push hi Where I got the book my bookshelf This is a 1940 Gollancz edition I picked up somewhere and I absolutely love it because no matter where you are in the story, the book lays flat and keeps its place I get so impatient with books that won t stay open.The story five years after being erroneously accuse...Are you in love with dashing, fastidious, brilliant, Bach performing, manuscript collecting, sonnet writing, puzzle solving, Dickens quoting, cricket playing, fabulously wealthy, well traveled, aristocratic detectives Then this is the book for youAlthough this is really the third book in the Harriet Vane Lord Peter Wimsey series after Strong Poison and Have His Carcase , it is my favorite Anyone who has been to Oxford will appreciate the detailed descriptions Anyone who has ever been a wo Are you ...

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16 July 2017

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