Gaudy Night (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Dorothy L. Sayers
- First Published: 1935
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Detective and mystery
- Time of Work: June, 1934-May, 1935
- Setting: Oxford and London, England
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Mystery and detective literature, Character study
- Subjects: Love or romance, Crime or criminals, Gender roles, Authors or writers, Education or educators, Marriage, 1930’s, Emotions, College life, Novelists, England or English people, Women’s issues, Letter writing, Detectives, Mysteries, Hate crimes, Colleges or universities, Women’s rights, Learning or scholarship
- Locales: London, England, Oxford, England
Characters Discussed
Harriet Vane, a thirty-two-year-old mystery writer who, four years earlier, was accused falsely of poisoning her lover and was tried for murder. Intelligent, introspective, and fiercely independent, Harriet is asked to investigate a series of disturbing poison pen letters and acts of vandalism at her alma mater, the University of Oxford. When she seeks the assistance of her friend and longtime suitor, Lord Peter Wimsey, she is forced to reexamine her life and her relationship with Wimsey. As Harriet reenters the cloistered university atmosphere after ten...
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