Gaudy Night: A Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane Mystery (Mystery Masters)

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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 obscenities, 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 — and all are dreadful concoctions of a sick mind — yet in spite of their deplorable, criminal nature, the letters are perfectly worded. Soon, 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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Superlative all the way!.......2007-09-17

Lord Peter Wimsey is the urbane, civilized, gourmand, bon vivant sleuth created by Dorothy L. Sayers in the 30s. Yet the Gaudy is not totally about him. It is more Harriet Vane's book. Peter comes in later and as they say saves the day.
What a stupendous achievement! Twice the length of most detective stories of its day, this book boasts of no murder and keeps the interest in the book unflagging till the end. How did Ms. Sayers manage it? Simply by her wonderful writing skill, her command of the English language (next to none-puts Christie to shame)and her characters. Long before the women's lib movement, this spunky character braved public opinion, police scrutiny and nearly the hangman's noose, without losing her inflappable belief in herself. True, it reflected the author's own life but a character that Gloria Steinem would have revered.
Oxford, Shrewsbury College, Sayers' own alma mater, come to life like no one city and institution in the entire history of mystery fiction. Yes, Harriet is the heroine but Oxford is the crown prince. That is what distinguishes this book. It is more realized as a novel not just a detective story. Sadly, though the quality of writing remains the same, the next and last Wimsey novel with Harriet: Busman's Honeymoon, is overwritten and meandering. But that shows that Ms. Sayers was human, too.
The narration is typically British which adds to the enjoyment of this wonderful book.

A Dithering Mess.......2007-09-10

If you have enjoyed other Peter Winsey mysteries, you will be disappointed. The "crime" is a poison pen writer at (Harriet's alma mater, as if she is not competent to investigate anything more serious)

Manners and language of another age form an intrusive barrier to following the germ of plot through many vagaries - a most unsatisfying foray, yet testament to the waning influence of the English upper class system, despite the author's clear snobbery regarding lower class persons and tiresome pontificating about the 'role of women' . Having enjoyed other Sayers works, this one is a big null set.

The pleasure of the English language.......2007-05-08

It seems slow at first (compared with modern mysteries that seem start with a theft, murder or other violent action), but the use of the English language was so refreshing from today's norm that I continue to listen...and very glad that I did. Today's readers will probable find the character traits and social situations unrealistic -- no one argues so politely or maintains the same level of social manners in modern settings. If written by a more recent author it would probable be a psychological thriller with a romantic interest between the two main characters. As it is, the story line is lighter, the mystery is engaging and kept me guessing (all the clues are not provided until the end), yes there is a romantic interest between the two characters. I gave it 4 stars to be conservative but I'll revisit this story again, so it has my personal 5 star - it has my long term keeper rating.

Sayers at her best! And Ian Carmichael!.......2007-01-05

Gaudy Night is Sayers at her academic best. The more you read it, the more you get from it. The characters are delightful, and there is romance as well as detection. All this is brought to life by the expert narration of Ian Carmicheal. A treasure!

An Oxford reunion and ghostly murder.......2006-04-19

Dorothy L. Sayers' GAUDY NIGHT benefits from Ian Carmichael's pointed production: his BBC background lending accent and tension to the story of an Oxford reunion which involves mystery writer Harriet in a case of ghostly murder. Tension evolves quickly as murder turns to mayhem in this thriller.

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Reunion and Union
A wonderful journey back to the Oxford of 1935.
A perfect love story, comedy of manners, and almost perfect mystery
No Lord Peter here
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Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)
Dorothy L. Sayers
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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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Reunion and Union.......2007-09-21

Dorothy L. Sayers created perhaps one of the most whimsical and enigmatic detectives when she created Lord Peter Whimsy. While many of her tales may seem a little archaic nowadays, her writing is extremely intelligent, full of allusions and quotations that demonstrate the depth of her knowledge. "Gaudy Night" while definitely light in the appearances of Peter Whimsy, is a standout in Sayers' novels, well worth its length and wandering plot.

The story centers around Harriet Vane, the infamous detective writer who was accused of killing her lover, only to be cleared by Lord Peter. For the five years after that case, Lord Peter has been pursuing Harriet only to have her spurn him at every turn, yet they remainin companions. Harriet is invited to her Oxford reunion, and returns uncertain of what to expect. But once she is reunited with her old college, her desire for the days of old is magnified, especially when a disturbing mystery begins to unfold within the college. Harriet moves in, under the pretense of doing research, to investigate the person responsible for poison-pen letters and embarassing pranks. When the prankster proves too much for her, she asks for Peter's assistance, certain that he will uncover the culprit before anything fatal happens.

"Gaudy Night" is a lengthy meandering story for a mystery, but that is most likely due to the fact that the mystery is the subplot to the story. For this novel truly is focused on Harriet Vane and the discovery she must go through in order to understand who she is and what she wants out of life. Sayers is a gifted writer who can make even the most stuffiest characters come to life. Truth be told, the solution to the mystery is nothing fantastic, but the journey that Harriet embarks upon comes full circle to a sweet and fitting conclusion.

A wonderful journey back to the Oxford of 1935........2007-09-09

About her book "Gaudy Night," Dorothy L. Sayers had this to say:

"It would be idle to deny that the city and University of Oxford (in aeternum floreant) do actually exist...." But, "Shrewsbury College, with its dons, students and scouts, is entirely imaginary; nor are the distressing events described as taking place within its wall founded upon any events that have ever occurred anywhere. Detective-story writers are obliged by their disagreeable profession to invent startling and unpleasant incidents and people, and are (I presume) at liberty to imagine what might happen if such incidents and people were to intrude upon the life of an innocent and well-ordered community.... Certain apologies are, however, due from me: first to the University of Oxford, for having presented it ... with a college of 150 women students, in excess of the limit ordained by statute. Next, and with deep humility, to Balliol College--not only for having saddled it with so wayward an alumnus as Peter Wimsey, but also for my monstrous impertinence in having erected Shrewsbury College upon its spacious and sacred cricket-ground."

That passage will give you a feeling for Sayers' rather grand, even lofty (by detective story standards, anyway) prose style, as well as the tongue-in-cheek, in-your-eye amusement that lurks behind her formal persona.

When I first encountered Sayers and fell into a binge of reading her works, I was a teenager. With the breezy assurance of that age, I confidently ranked "Gaudy Night" as her feeblest work and "The Nine Tailors"--or maybe "Murder Must Advertise" as her best. If anyone at the time had asked me why I had done so, I would have pointed out that the mystery element was only a strand among many in "Gaudy Night," and far from the most important one. Moreover, I'd have said, it's a Lord Peter Wimsey novel and Wimsey doesn't even turn up until Chapter IV, after which he promptly disappears for a couple of hundred pages.

And yet, over the years when, for whatever reason, one of these books came to mind, I might think, "Murder Must Advertise," yes, very clever, Lord Peter writing ad copy and all that, or "The Nine Tailors," yes, very clever, those bells and all that. But for "Gaudy Night," my thoughts would more likely take this sort of turn: that Harriet Vane has some very odd ideas and notions. We certainly are beyond that sort of thing today--but I know some people who share most or all of those very some ideas and notions. They are walking anachronisms and yet, here they are, unquestionably my contemporaries. On some days, I even find myself agreeing with her and concluding that the lunatics have taken over our Twenty-first Century asylum.

Or consider Harriet Vane as a fictional character--amusing, humorless, witty, ponderous, brilliant, too often plodding Harriet. She is, of course, Dorothy L. Sayers (in every aspect that Sayers, herself, would regard as significant), pinned on the pages of the book like some strange sort of moth, a speciment preserved and displayed for the examination of the ages.

I recently encountered a 1944, wartime edition of "Gaudy Night" in a bookshop window. On its copyright page, it proudly bore the motto, "Books are weapons in the war of ideas." The book was published in an era of tight paper rationing and extreme austerity, but what a wonderfully sensuous volume it was with its thick, creamy paper, exquisite printing, wide margins and excellent commercial binding in dark blue book cloth. I snapped it up (how could I not?), and read it that evening. It was, I suppose, my fifth or sixth journey through the book.

I am no longer a teenager (alas), and I no longer consider "Gaudy Night" to be Sayers' feeblest work. It might very well be her best: better than "Murder Must Advertise," better than "The Nine Tailors" and certainly much better than the workmanlike (but no more) translation of Dante for which she abandoned her true literary vocation in her final years.

Some mystery fans downgrade "Gaudy Night" because it is a weak mystery novel. A couple of such fans are to be found right here among the Amazon reviewers of the book. They are quite right. It is a weak mystery novel. It is, in fact, just a novel, but a very good one.

The true peers of "Gaudy Night" are not such classic mysteries as Christie's "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" or Marsh's "A Man Lay Dying," but English academic novels, the likes of Amis' "Lucky Jim" or Snow's "The Masters." If the literary arena is widened to include plays, then "Gaudy Night" shares space with "The Browning Version" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

Here is Dorothy L. Sayers again, this time as Sayers the novelist:

"Harriet Vane sat at her writing-table and stared out into Mecklenburg Square.... A letter lay open on the blotting-pad before her, but its image had faded from her mind to make way for another picture. She saw a stone quadrangle, built by a modern architect in a style neither new or old, stretching out reconciling hands to past and present. Folded within its walls lay a trim grass plot, with flower-beds splashed at the angles, and surrounded by a stone plinth. Behind the level roofs of Cotswold slate rose the brick chimneys of an older and less formal pile of buildings--a quadrangle also of a kind, but still keeping a domestic remembrance of the original Victorian dwelling-houses that had sheltered the first shy students of Shrewsbury College....

"Memory peopled the quad with moving figures. Students sauntering in pairs. Students dashing to lectures, their gowns hitched hurriedly over light summer frocks, the wind jerking their flat caps into the absurd likeness of so many jesters' coxcombs. Bicycles stacked in the porters' lodge, their carriers piled with books and gowns twisted about their handle-bars. A grizzled woman don crossing the turf with vague eyes.... Tall spikes of delphiniums against the grey, quiveringly blue like flames. The college cat, preoccupied and remote, stalking with tail erect in the direction of the buttery."

Five stars (with flower-beds splashed at the angles, of course.)

A perfect love story, comedy of manners, and almost perfect mystery.......2007-06-12

This is simply the best book written by Dorothy Sayers, and in my opinion, one of the best books I have ever read (and I read well over a hundred books a year). I read it periodically when I need to cleanse my palate after some of the pap being published today; when I am sad or need something comforting and lovely to cheer me; when I am trolling my shelves for an oldie but goodie. Sadly, the setting and language have made some of my friends reject it. But for anyone who loves British literature or wants to read the thoughts of a university educated feminist of 80 years ago, this is the book. Peter and Harriet's love story is all about finding love and equality, respect, and intelligence.

I admit, the mystery itself is not perfectly plotted, but is handled well, and is, besides, only the framework for this lovely comedy of manners. It might help to read Strong Poison first- then you get the opening and closing of the courtship.

No Lord Peter here.......2007-06-03

For a recent trip to England, I decided to stock up on books by English authors and read them during the trip. I saw that Gaudy Night was set in Oxford and since I was staying there for a few nights it seemed particularly appropriate. The glowing reviews for Dorothy Sayers in general and this book in particular made me hopeful I would like it even though I had never tried her work before.

Despite being part of the Lord Peter Wimsey series, this book really isn't about him. The story follows Harriet Vane as she attempts to uncover the identity of a person writing mean-spirited letters to faculty and students at the fiction Shrewsbury College at Oxford University. For a while, I expected a murder but the story meanders along with nothing more menacing than a little vandalism for virtually all of its 500 pages. The only real tension in the story comes from the bickering of the female professors with each other as they debate topics that may have been interesting 50 years ago but are wholly irrelevant today (e.g. educated women are traitors to their gender if they get married and stop working). These debates and dissertations tend to be quite lengthy and do nothing to advance the story.

My biggest problem with Gaudy Night is that it is really not a mystery story at all. Murder mysteries are a well-established genre but here we have nothing more than a "poison pen mystery" and after reading it I know why that genre has definitely not established itself as a force in literature. There is no real tension, nothing at stake except the possibility of a scandal for the school and after listening to these people bicker forever and a day I found that I really didn't care if they had to endure a scandal or not. Harriet spends a lot of time chasing shadows at night but does very little real investigating and figures out virtually nothing on her own. Lord Peter comes into the story in a meaningful way only toward the end and delivers the solution on a silver platter in a deus-ex-machina ending that is wholly unsatisfying.

It is obvious judging from the rapturous reviews that this book is a big hit with fans of Dorothy Sayers. I can only say that as a first time reader, I would strongly recommend other newcomers to try another of her novels as an entry point. My favorite parts of this book were those where Lord Peter was actually in the scene and her other books would almost certainly feature him far more prominently. I would recommend this book only for true fans of Sayers and Lord Peter.

Not A British Tea Cozy.......2006-11-10

Dorothy Sayers is no more "just a mystery writer" than is Josephine Tey or P.D. James. Gaudy Night is brilliant in its portrayal of the insidiousness that suspicion has in a closed community. Each reading brings a new insight, as any good piece of literature should.

Four Classic Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries: Strong Poison/Have His Carcase/Gaudy Night/Busman's Honeymoon

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Four Classic Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries: Strong Poison/Have His Carcase/Gaudy Night/Busman's Honeymoon
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Lord Peter and Harriet Vane.......2005-03-31

These four stories are the series of encounters focusing on the relationship of Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane. There is a later novel "Thrones, Dominations" that was finished for Dorothy L. Sayers (posthumously.)

In the first novel "Strong Poison" Lord Peter discovers Harriet while she is on trial for the poisoning of her lover. Naturally Lord Peter knows she is innocent and sets out sleuthing to prove it. Can he prove it in time? All the clues are there and you have an opportunity to beat him to the conclusion. Let's see how good you are.

In the second novel "Have His Carcase" Harriet is on a walking tour and comes upon a body on the beach. If she did not have her camera with her there would be no proof as high tide is coming in. and without a carcass the coroner can not sit. Lord peter steps in to help with the mystery of if it was murder, the "who and how and why" it was done. This story may include Bolsheviks and coconut fiber. Mean time Lord Peter is still perusing Harriet.

In the third novel "Gaudy Night" Which is more of a joyous night or a school reunion. Mysterious threatening notes and acts have been happening at the all-female Shrewsbury College at Oxford, from where Harriet graduated. Because of her reputation she is invited to the Gaudy and at the same time implored to seek out the source. Soon the threats are also addressed to her. Once again Lord Peter hears of this and lends a hand in the investigation. We get to meet his nephew and also learn more of Lord Peter's background and relationship with Bunter his man servant. And Lord Peter is still perusing the aloof Harriet. Will she ever give in?

In the forth novel "Busman's Honeymoon" Finally Harriet gives in and they are married. As a wedding present Lord Peter gives Lady Harriet the house where she was raised. Looks like it is not without its mysteries as one again a body is found in the basement. Again we are presented with sufficient clues to beat Lord Peter to the conclusion. However by the time you get to this novel you will realize that the murder mysteries are all secondary to the true story with is the relationship of Lord Peter and Harriet.

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GAUDY NIGHT is a time when all manner of strange things happen, but never so strange as when Harriet Vane returned to Oxford. She was confronted with poison pen letters, loathsome drawings, scrawled obscenities, and attempted murder. Only her old friend and lover, Lord Peter Wimsey could rescue her from the madness of that night.

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In 1970, an LA Times headline described Monte Hellman as "Hollywood's best kept secret". More than thirty years later, Hellman and his work are still secrets, his genius recognized only by a small but passionate group of admirers. This book is both a biography of Hellman and a critical study of his films, which include The Shooting, Two-Lane Blacktop and Ride in the Whirlwind. It also covers films to which Hellman has contributed as an editor, actor and producer, as well as those on which he has worked, in various capacities, without onscreen credit, such as Shatter and Robocop. Attention is focused on the hallmarks of Hellman's work, including his dominant themes and obsessive characters, and all the films are subjected to close stylistic analysis.

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A Vital Book.......2004-08-13

Monte Hellman has made some of the most elegant and deep films of the history of American Cinema, like the overwhelming "Two-Lane Blacktop". Brad Stevens 's book pays the vital homage this under-evaluated body of work truly deserves. A pioneer book, well-informed, cristal-clear, as fascinating and sensitive as its object.

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Excelente.......2007-04-03

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El inevitable futuro de nuestro mundo!!.......2003-11-18

"Un Mundo Feliz" es una obra maestra, pues relata la historia de un mundo en el cual la humanidad a perdido su individualismo y habilidad para pensar. A base de drogas el gobierno mantiene a la poblacion alejada de analizar su pobre vida, un acto similar al que el mundo se encuentra en estos dias, con las drogas del televisor, radio y otros medios...

Predicting the future........2000-04-09

There's been a lot of talk recently about the decipherment of the human genome and it possible use. With the knowledge obtained by the genome project humanity is allowed to alter the course of its evolution or at least change many aspects of its development. Huxley presents a world where humans are able to make other humans. Presents a sexually liberated world. He presents a world with several classes of humans...

He presents one of the possibilities of a world that could be obtained with the knowledge we have now. This is a very good book if you want to broaden your view about genetic manipulation and the human Genome Project. Must read!

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An often used book in my collection.......2006-12-08

My favorite thing about this book is I can make brownies spur-of-the-moment, with what's on hand. Out of unsweetened chocolate? There's a brownie recipe using chocolate chips or cocoa. Out of cocoa? There's a brownie recipe with chocolate syrup as the chocolate! I enjoy a decadent, chocolate dessert as much as the next person and do make the more complicated recipes requiring combinations of bittersweet and semi-sweet chocolates for an extraordinarly special tasting brownie. There are also wonderful icing recipes if you prefer your brownies iced. But, when I need a brownie right away, I turn to this book. With only a few basic cooking ingredients, I can bake brownies tasting much better than a box, with only slightly more effort.

No Photos.......2006-09-21

Recipes are fine however, this book does not contain pictures of the brownies. I like to have an idea of what a recipe should look when completed.

browines galore.......2006-08-30

If you love brownines, or just plain chocolate, this book has got a little something for just about every kind of craving you could have. The recipes set up like the recipes from Weinstein's other Ultimate cookbooks where there is a basic recipe with many variations or add-ins so that you can make almost brownie you might be craving. As another reviewer posted, many of the recipes do use eggs and butter, but there are also low-fat and somewhat healthier versions of brownies as well (Low-fat, Applesauce, Fat-free, Gluten-free to name a few). I especially recommend the Cocoa Brownies, they are always a favorite, and the suggestion in the recipe intro is right on, the brownies are totally awesome right out of the freezer! Great cookbook, certainly doesn't need any pictures to enhance what your mind already knows a brownie to look like.

Awesome.......2006-03-19

I am someone who not only owns the book but has baked the recipes. Excellent book for any baker. Brownies should always be loaded with eggs and butter...it is a brownie. Excellent, I plan to buy his muffin book.

brownies, brownies.......2005-11-07

I bought this book because I saw these guys on The View and checked out some of their other titles. Brownies galore. I think my favorite part of this book are the ideas of what to do with a box of brownie mix. Yes, I'm that lazy. I made the cheesecake brownies. My husband threatened to divorce me if I ever "made" him eat anything that good again. I also made these blondies that have more chocolate than dough. Something like more-chocolate-than-blondie blondies. Anyway, I took them to a bake sale and was instantly Mrs. Popularity at school. Everybody else brought prepackaged things and I showed up with this tray of blondies that knocked them out. The teachers bought so many, I don't think the students had a chance. Great book. Heavy on the butter and chocolate, as another reviewer points out--but hey, if you're going to make brownies. . . .

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