tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post4134047258463494387..comments2024-02-25T19:19:39.854+11:00Comments on I prefer reading: Gaudy Night - Dorothy L Sayerslynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-47374970658514694702014-06-19T08:01:56.840+10:002014-06-19T08:01:56.840+10:00Thank you. I think there are lots of DLS fans out ...Thank you. I think there are lots of DLS fans out there & this is my favourite of her books. It must be time for a reread.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-54888781380537577342014-06-19T04:53:22.012+10:002014-06-19T04:53:22.012+10:00Hi - I know this blog post is old, but I just stum...Hi - I know this blog post is old, but I just stumbled across it and must say that your essay is brilliant. I too am a big DLS fan, and this book in particular, is my favorite. I'm so glad to see that her books are still being read!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-36996014286775437642012-04-30T19:46:20.465+10:002012-04-30T19:46:20.465+10:00Thanks Elizabeth. I agree with you about GN, it...Thanks Elizabeth. I agree with you about GN, it's my favourite of DLS's novels & I think she put her heart & sould into it.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-91345010136002522952012-04-30T11:32:33.845+10:002012-04-30T11:32:33.845+10:00What a lovely essay! I love that book, and have re...What a lovely essay! I love that book, and have re-read it at least twice. One of Sayers' best!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418612871246199865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-75813976148251979192012-02-11T10:40:39.280+11:002012-02-11T10:40:39.280+11:00I think Sayers shows that Peter & Harriet have...I think Sayers shows that Peter & Harriet have an equal relationship. Peter couldn't have solved the mystery without Harriet's investigations & her dossier. He did solve the mystery but I don't think it has anything to do with Sayers's views on equality.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-64580179974477567262012-02-10T21:46:27.510+11:002012-02-10T21:46:27.510+11:00Hi guys, I would like to ask you a thing about Gau...Hi guys, I would like to ask you a thing about Gaudy Night's plot. Why did Sayers talk about women and their right to study and be equal to men and then it is Peter who solve the crime in the end?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-88880567686764515022012-01-15T12:08:58.179+11:002012-01-15T12:08:58.179+11:00Well, just don't do an Elaine & read the w...Well, just don't do an Elaine & read the whole lot - unless you have a couple of days to spare??!lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-60251067958924414782012-01-15T11:53:08.049+11:002012-01-15T11:53:08.049+11:00Oh Lyn - I now have to read this AGAIN. How can I ...Oh Lyn - I now have to read this AGAIN. How can I bear it......:)Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17739410242766153431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-5090593507056552322012-01-15T10:48:04.150+11:002012-01-15T10:48:04.150+11:00Yvette, I reread at least one DLS novel every year...Yvette, I reread at least one DLS novel every year. I watched the Ian Carmichael TV series of Bellona Club last weekend, that's another of my favourites. I think GN is the culmination of the Peter & Harriet story but it seems to me to be a very personal book to DLS as well with the beautiful picture she paints of Oxford.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-37849506709435105162012-01-15T06:44:01.678+11:002012-01-15T06:44:01.678+11:00I'd planned on reading some Dorothy Sayers thi...I'd planned on reading some Dorothy Sayers this year as part of my Vintage Mystery Reading Challenge and reading your wonderful review makes me even more eager.<br /><br />I thought I'd read all the Peter Wimsey books a long LONG time ago. But I don't remember this one at all and MURDER MUST ADVERTISE which I do remember loving.<br /><br />Time to get my hands on GAUDY NIGHT.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-57392986216291041192012-01-08T11:36:04.498+11:002012-01-08T11:36:04.498+11:00Thank you Martin. I love GN for the picture of Oxf...Thank you Martin. I love GN for the picture of Oxford & for Harriet. I can understand that it's not really a mystery in the Golden Age tradition & I know there are lots of readers who dislike it but I hope you enjoy it a little more if you have a chance to read it again.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-47742595844301746552012-01-08T09:46:56.174+11:002012-01-08T09:46:56.174+11:00This book is far from my favourite by DLS, but you...This book is far from my favourite by DLS, but your thoughtful review makes me feel I should try again. And yes, the illustrations are great.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-87547190711549663622012-01-07T11:23:57.667+11:002012-01-07T11:23:57.667+11:00Happy New Year Merenia. Thanks for the offer of co...Happy New Year Merenia. Thanks for the offer of coffee, I'll let you know if I'm ever in Adelaide! Happy New Year Liz. We did have a good Christmas & New Year although with thunderstorms & hail on Christmas Day & a heatwave at New Year, we'd like a bit of calm, mild weather now. I hope you enjoy Dorothy when you get to her but maybe GN isn't the best place to start. Nine Tailors or Strong Poison (for the beginning of the Harriet & Peter story) would be best, I think.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-74270057572449185582012-01-07T00:43:50.340+11:002012-01-07T00:43:50.340+11:00Belated Happy New Year - I hope that you and the g...Belated Happy New Year - I hope that you and the girls had a happy Christmas too.<br /><br />Dorothy L Sayers is another author on my missing list, and your post makes me want to remedy that very soon so hopefully the library will have some copies!LizFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-10448279298966764732012-01-06T20:55:16.095+11:002012-01-06T20:55:16.095+11:00Thanks for your excellent review Lyn. I will foll...Thanks for your excellent review Lyn. I will follow this up at the library or ebay; very tantilised.<br /><br />Happy New Year. If you are in Adelaide at any stage, or over for the Writers' Festival in March, let me know and I will come into town and buy you a coffee.Mereniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00597354144052341218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-77802886755453512512012-01-06T16:03:25.773+11:002012-01-06T16:03:25.773+11:00Simon, the Mapp & Lucia illustrations are by N...Simon, the Mapp & Lucia illustrations are by NL, you're right. How odd that you didn't like Sayers & I didn't like Mapp & Co!? Well, I've only read one book but I couldn't get on with them at all. As I have the Folio set, I will give them another try one day.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-23552403583068330572012-01-06T05:44:31.895+11:002012-01-06T05:44:31.895+11:00I love the illustrations, which must be by the sam...I love the illustrations, which must be by the same person who did the Mapp and Lucia illustrations for Folio - but, as you know, I rather hated the novel... sorry!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-89610793316365735842012-01-04T18:41:55.945+11:002012-01-04T18:41:55.945+11:00Mary, they are lovely, aren't they? Thank you ...Mary, they are lovely, aren't they? Thank you Val, we'll have to agree to disagree about the illustrations! I do like these line drawings, they don't interfere with my vision of the characters (which is Ian Carmichael & Harriet Walter). Some illustrations can be intrusive though, I agree, depends on the artist. Happy New Year to you too. The cool change came this morning & the next week looks mild so we're all very happy.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-57466801352220752872012-01-04T06:32:26.041+11:002012-01-04T06:32:26.041+11:00What a lovely review...
I agree with everything yo...What a lovely review...<br />I agree with everything you say except re the illustrations and that's only because I'm generally a no illustrations reader! I love to leave the ones in my head undisturbed ..if that makes sense?<br /><br />Have a Very Happy New Year Lyn!<br /><br />From a rather Cold spot (-7f this morning) to a Very Hot one :0)Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03003915263556622215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-75807971651395999732012-01-04T02:43:55.022+11:002012-01-04T02:43:55.022+11:00What lovely illustrations. No surprise to learn at...What lovely illustrations. No surprise to learn at the end that it's a Folio edition.maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-49703848627828981482012-01-03T18:54:27.609+11:002012-01-03T18:54:27.609+11:00Thanks for dropping by, Admin. Happy New Year to y...Thanks for dropping by, Admin. Happy New Year to you. Audrey, I just wallowed in it. It was perfect. Chris I love the illustrations. I have a boxset of Folio Society Sayers, all with NL's illustrations. Maree-Josee, I also have the audio book you mention which is also great. I love the interview with P D James & Jill Paton Walsh at the end. The interviewer is quite clueless & PDJ & JPW end up just having a lovely conversation about DLS. I've also listened to the unabridged audio read by Ian Carmichael several times. He's an excellent narrator. Lisa May, I listened to the audio of BH not long ago. I agree, the Dowager Duchess is a hoot. I wish she popped up in the books more often.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-56175440846557967702012-01-03T10:52:56.308+11:002012-01-03T10:52:56.308+11:00Not on to Busman's Honeymoon, then? which I w...Not on to Busman's Honeymoon, then? which I would love just for the Dowager Duchess's diary.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-30144732553758584622012-01-03T10:22:43.193+11:002012-01-03T10:22:43.193+11:00I've got exactly the same edition than you and...I've got exactly the same edition than you and I really love it with the beautiful illustrations by Natacha Ledwidge!<br /><br /><i>Gaudy Night</i> is really my favorite and you have expressed my feelings about Oxford. As I am a teacher, from time to time I get tired of reading because of all the students'works I've got to correct so I like audio books for a change and the <i>Gaudy Night</i> from the BBC with Ian Carmichael and Joanna David is also very pleasant to hear!Marie-Joséehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11091389023198152182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-41444197059340394832012-01-03T07:57:16.335+11:002012-01-03T07:57:16.335+11:00The illustrations are fabulous - perfectly in tune...The illustrations are fabulous - perfectly in tune with the story. I wish my copy was as beautiful as this, but it's just a a battered paperback.Christine Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814026435889782750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-21677579435992594652012-01-03T04:56:49.226+11:002012-01-03T04:56:49.226+11:00Oh, now you've made me want to read this again...Oh, now you've made me want to read this again. I love the illustrations!Audreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14912114716426828436noreply@blogger.com