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Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)

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ISBN13: 9780061043499
ISBN10: 0061043494
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When Harriet Vane attends her Oxford reunion, known as the "Gaudy," the prim academic setting is haunted by a rash of bizarre pranks: scrawled obsentities, burnt effigies and poison-pen letters — including one that says, "Ask your boyfriend with the title if he likes arsenic in his soup." Some of the notes threaten murder; all are perfectly ghastly; yet in spite of their scurrilous nature, all are perfectly worded. And Harriet finds herself ensnared in a nightmare of romance and terror, with only the tiniest shreds of clues to challenge her powers of detection, and those of her paramour, Lord Peter Wimsey.

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"A royal performance." The Spectator

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"Very skillful writing. Miss Sayers has done a real tour de force, and done it with eases and grace." Saturday Review
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About the Author

Dorothy L. Sayers is the author of novels, short stories, poetry collections, essays, reviews and translations. Although she was a noted Christian scholar, she is most known for her detective fiction. Born in 1893, she was one of the first women to be awarded a degree from Oxford University. Her first book featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, Whose Body?, was published in 1923 and over the next 20 years more novels and short stories about the aristocratic amateur sleuth appeared. Dorothy L. Sayers is recognized as one of the greatest mystery writers of the 20th century.
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crowyhead, August 29, 2006 (view all comments by crowyhead)
Oh gosh, what a perfect, perfect book! This is one of those books that I finish and sort of clasp to my chest in delight. I'd always heard that this was possibly Sayers' best novel, but I forced myself to read the Lord Peter mysteries that chronologically come before it. I'm kind of glad I did, since I'm not sure if I'd have had the same sense of emotional fulfillment if I hadn't already come to know and love Lord Peter and Harriet Vane. It's a marvelously psychological mystery -- there's no body, just a series of vicious Poison Pen letters and malicious pranks that threaten to undermine the foundations of a women's college at Oxford. Harriet, an alumna, is called in to assist with the investigation, and in the process really begins to get a firm sense of herself and to truly recover from the events in Strong Poison. Lord Peter eventually arrives to assist, which of course makes things even more interesting..
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780061043499
Author:
Sayers, Dorothy L.
Publisher:
HarperTorch
Author:
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Location:
New York, N.Y. :
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - General
Subject:
Detective and mystery stories
Subject:
Mystery & detective
Subject:
Women detectives
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Traditional British
Subject:
Private investigators
Subject:
Wimsey, peter, lord (fictitious character)
Subject:
Oxford (England) Fiction.
Subject:
Wimsey, Peter, Lord
Subject:
Oxford
Subject:
Vane, Harriet
Subject:
Mystery fiction
Subject:
Private investigators - England
Edition Description:
Mass Market PB
Series:
Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries
Publication Date:
19950316
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
512
Dimensions:
6.78x4.28x1.37 in. .53 lbs.
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Product details 512 pages HarperTorch - English 9780061043499 Reviews:
"Review" by , "A royal performance."
"Review" by , "Very skillful writing. Miss Sayers has done a real tour de force, and done it with eases and grace."
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