Obscene graffiti, poison pen letters and a disgusting effigy greet Harriet Vane on her return to Oxford. This should have been a pleasant visit, but someone has other ideas. She asks her friend, Lord Peter Wimsey, for help. This novel has been recently dramatized by the BBC.
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Obscene graffiti, poison pen letters and a disgusting effigy greet Harriet Vane on her return to Oxford. This should have been a pleasant visit, but someone has other ideas. She asks her friend, Lord Peter Wimsey, for help. This novel has been recently dramatized by the BBC.
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Add this copy of Gaudy Night to cart. $24.04, good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1990 by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.
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"Gaudy Night" has long been one of my favorite mysteries, not only for the developing relationship between Harriet Vane and Lord Peter Wimsey, but for its wonderful portrait of Oxford - the city is a true "character" in the book and indeed, central to the book's theme. For those who like mysteries set in academia, this is one of the earliest and best. Sayers makes scholarly integrity - and the issue of intellectual honesty vs. romantic sentimentality - the question at the center of the book's "whodunnit."
It had been many years since I'd read the book, and listening to it in this audio version was perfect - I heard things I'd missed in my earlier readings, and found that I was appreciating familiar passages even more.