Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957)
Autore di Gaudy Night
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Dorothy Sayers's impressive reputation as a contemporary master of the classic detective story is eclipsed only by Agatha Christie's. Sayers was born in Oxford and attended Somerville College, where she received a B.A. in 1915 and an M.A. in 1920. During that period, Sayers worked as an instructor mostra altro of modern languages at Hull High School for Girls in Yorkshire and as a reader for a publisher in Oxford. Her early literary work was in poetry; she published several volumes and served as an editor for the journal Oxford Poetry from 1917 to 1919. Sayers also worked as a copywriter for a major advertising firm in London. She was president of the Modern Language Association from 1939 to 1945 and of the Detection Club in the 1950s. Around 1920 Sayers developed the idea for her detective hero Lord Peter Wimsey, and she soon published her first mystery, Whose Body? (1923), in which Lord Peter is introduced. For the next dozen or so years, Sayers wrote prolifically about Wimsey, creating in the process what many critics of the genre consider to be the finest detective novels in the English language. Perhaps her most famous Wimsey mystery was The Nine Tailors (1934). Although Sayers essentially followed the classic form in her detective fiction---a formula in which the plot assumes a greater importance than do the characters---Sayers maintained that a detective hero's greatness depended on how effectively the character was portrayed. All but one of Sayers's mysteries feature Lord Peter Wimsey. By the late 1930s, Sayers had apparently tired of writing detective fiction. She stated in 1947 that she would write no more mysteries, that she wrote detective fiction only when she was young and in need of money. Thus saying, Sayers turned her attention to her early loves, medieval and religious literature, spending her remaining years lecturing on and translating Dante (see Vol. 2). (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Dorothy L. Sayers
Letters to a Diminished Church: Passionate Arguments for the Relevance of Christian Doctrine (2004) 376 copie
The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: Whose Body?, Clouds of Witness, and Unnatural Death (1923) 191 copie
On the Case with Lord Peter Wimsey: Three Complete Novels/Strong Poison/Have His Carcase/Unnatural Death (1991) 123 copie
Three Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Novels: Whose Body?, Murder Must Advertise, Gaudy Night (1992) 104 copie
The Dorothy L. Sayers Crime Collection: Murder Must Advertise, the Nine Tailors, Gaudy Night, Have His Carcass & Strong… (1997) 53 copie
The Gospel in Dorothy L. Sayers: Selections from Her Novels, Plays, Letters, and Essays (The Gospel in Great Writers) (2018) 52 copie
Lord Peter and Harriet: Part II (Gaudy Night and Busman's Honeymoon, Lost Classics Omnibus) (1937) 37 copie
The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries Volume Two: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Strong Poison, The Five Red… (2018) 32 copie
Omnibus: Containing Whose body? The unpleasantness at the Bellona club, Suspicious characters (1923) 31 copie
Four Classic Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries: Strong Poison/Have His Carcase/Gaudy Night/Busman's Honeymoon (1990) 27 copie
The Lord Peter Wimsey Short Story Collection: Lord Peter Views the Body / Hangman's Holiday / In the Teeth of the… (2018) 25 copie
Five Red Herrings: Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey (BBC Radio Collection) (1978) 24 copie
Lord Peter Wimsey: BBC Radio Drama Collection Volume 1: Three classic full-cast dramatisations (2017) 23 copie
Taking Detective Stories Seriously: The Collected Crime Reviews of Dorothy L. Sayers (2017) 18 copie
The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries Volume Three: Murder Must Advertise, The Nine Tailors, Gaudy Night, and Busman's… (2018) 17 copie
The Lord Peter Wimsey Collection: Whose Body?, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, The Five Red Herrings, Nine… (1990) 16 copie
Have His Carcase: BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation. Starring Ian Carmichael & Maria Aitken (BBC Radio Collection) (1981) 15 copie
Lord Peter Wimsey: BBC Radio Drama Collection, Volume 3: Four BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations (2018) 14 copie
Striding Folly [short story] 14 copie
Lord Peter Wimsey Investigates: Selected Short Stories (Macmillan Collector's Library) (2018) 14 copie
Mystery (The Case of the Perfect Maid, The Third-Floor Flat, The Image in the Mirror, The Red-Headed League) (1989) 13 copie
Lord Peter Wimsey: BBC Radio Drama Collection Volume 2: Four BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations (2018) 12 copie
Three Great Lord Peter Novels: "Strong Poison", "Murder Must Advertise" and "Nine Tailors" (1978) 10 copie
The Christ of the Creeds: And Other Broadcast Messages to the British People During World War II (2008) 8 copie
The mysterious English 8 copie
God, Hitler and Lord Peter Wimsey: Selected Essays, Speeches and Articles by Dorothy L. Sayers (2019) 6 copie
Early Works of Dorothy Sayers 6 copie
The Sayers holiday book 5 copie
The other six deadly sins: An address given to the Public Morality Council at Caxton Hall, Westminster, on October… (1943) 4 copie
Mitt namn är Wimsey 4 copie
Beyond Schooling: Building Communities Where Learning Really Matters — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Kriminalhistorier 4 copie
Peter Wimsey historier 4 copie
Clouds of Witness / Murder Must Advertise / Strong Poison / Unnatural Death / Busman's Honeymoon (1982) 3 copie
Have his carcase 3 copie
The Lord Peter Wimsey Collection 3: Murder Must Advertise / The Nine Tailors / Busman's Honeymoon (2004) 3 copie
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror: Volume VI — A cura di — 3 copie
OBRAS ESCOGIDAS. EL MISTERIO DE RIDDLESDALE LODGE. LORD PETER DESCUBRE EL DELITO. CINTO PISTAS FALSAS. EL CASO DEL… (1964) 2 copie
Peter Wimsey Omnibus - Whose Body? Clouds of Witness, Murder Must Advertise, Busman's Honeymoon (Unabridged) (2012) 2 copie
Les Origines du Roman Policier: A Wartime Wireless Talk to the French. The Original French Text with an English… (2003) 2 copie
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror: Volume IV — A cura di — 2 copie
Lord Peter Wimsey 2 copie
Dorothy L. Sayers Set (6 novels) 1 copia
Gaudy Nights 1 copia
A "caixa" 1 copia
OBRA SELECTA 1 copia
The Story of Noah's Ark 1 copia
strong poison 1 copia
The Omnibus of Crime 1 copia
I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking (a collection of quotable quotes) (2010) 1 copia
MORTE DUPLA 1 copia
The Story of Adam and Christ 1 copia
Let's Choose Executors 1 copia
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror: Volume V — A cura di — 1 copia
Two Lord Peter Wimsey Stories 1 copia
Dorothy L Sayers Mysteries 1 copia
Sayers, Dorothy L 1 copia
Třikrát lord Petr 1 copia
O Mistério de Battersea 1 copia
Ein unheimlicher Kunde 1 copia
Das Spiegelbild 1 copia
The Dorothy L. Sayers Omnibus: The Five Red herrings, Strong Poison, Lord Peter Views the Body (1933) 1 copia
And Telling You a Story 1 copia
Dorothy Sayers Box Set (Four Mystery Classics Featuring the Inimitable Lord Peter Wimsey, Box Set: Whose Body?; Strong… (1968) 1 copia
anything that she writes 1 copia
Detective omnibus 1 copia
The Art of the Actor 1 copia
The House Of The Soul Lay 1 copia
Dante papers trilogy. 1 copia
The Emperor Constantine 1 copia
The Lord Peter Wimsey MEGAPACK® 1 copia
Wimsey papers : being war-time letters and documents of the Wimsey family [anthology] [ebook] 1 copia
The second omnibus of crime 1 copia
Dorothy L. Sayers 4 Book Set - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club - Strong Poison - Murder Must Advertise -… (1963) 1 copia
The 2nd Omnibus of Crime 1 copia
Busman's holiday 1 copia
THE LORD PETER WIMSEY COLLECTION 1 copia
Her Oxford 1 copia
Opere correlate
Great Detectives: A Century of the Best Mysteries from England and America (1984) — Collaboratore — 358 copie
Wise Women: Over Two Thousand Years of Spiritual Writing by Women (1996) — Collaboratore — 201 copie
Miraculous Mysteries: Locked Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes (2017) — Collaboratore — 105 copie
Permanent Things: Toward the Recovery of a More Human Scale at the End of the Twentieth Century (1995) — Collaboratore — 88 copie
Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden… (2019) — Collaboratore — 67 copie
Murder by the Book: Literary Mysteries from Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1995) — Collaboratore — 67 copie
The Web She Weaves: An Anthology of Mystery and Suspense Stories by Women (1983) — Collaboratore — 52 copie
Ghosts from the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (2023) — Collaboratore — 47 copie
Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries: Harriet Vane Collection (Strong Poison / Have His Carcase / Gaudy Night) (2013) — Original book — 45 copie
The Edge of the Chair: A Superlative Collection, Some Fact, Some Fiction, All Suspense (1967) — Collaboratore — 42 copie
Grande Dames of Detection: Two Centuries of Sleuthing Stories by the Gentle Sex (1973) — Collaboratore — 32 copie
Sisters of Sorcery: Two Centuries of Witchcraft Stories by the Gentle Sex (1976) — Collaboratore — 30 copie
Bodies from the Library 5: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection (2022) — Collaboratore — 28 copie
Mistresses of Mystery: Two Centuries of Suspense Stories by the Gentle Sex (1973) — Collaboratore — 27 copie
The World's Greatest Detective Stories: Intriguing Mysteries from the Greatest Writers of Crime Fiction (1978) — Collaboratore — 26 copie
Detective Stories (The Treasure Hunt / The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim / The Necklace of Pearls) (1996) — Collaboratore — 19 copie
Academy Mystery Novellas: Women Sleuths, Police Procedurals, Locked Room Puzzles, Great British Detectives ( BOX Set) (1985) — Collaboratore — 14 copie
Masters of the Macabre: An Anthology of Mystery, Horror, and Detection (1975) — Collaboratore — 13 copie
Sleuths: Twenty-Three Great Detectives of Fiction and Their Best Stories (1931) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Great Mystery Books, 10 Volumes (Journey into Fear, The 39 Steps, And Then There Were None, Maltese Falcon, The Nine… (1967) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
Detektivhistorier fra Sherlock Holmes til Hercule Poirot — Collaboratore — 3 copie
The Fourth Mystery Bedside Book — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Great Mystery Series: Eight of the Best Mysteries by the Top Women Writers [audiobook] (2000) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Crime and Detection (Second Series) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Tchnienie Grozy — Collaboratore — 1 copia
No Flowers by Request — Collaboratore — 1 copia
The great detectives — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Verdens beste kriminalhistorier — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Best Crime Stories 2 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Stories for girls — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Mystery and Suspense — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Ellery Queen's 1966 Anthology — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Sayers, Dorothy Leigh
- Altri nomi
- Fleming, Dorothy Leigh
Flemming, Dorothy Leigh Sayers - Data di nascita
- 1893-06-13
- Data di morte
- 1957-12-17
- Luogo di sepoltura
- St. Anne's Church, London, England, UK
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Nazione (per mappa)
- England, UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Witham, England, UK
- Causa della morte
- coronary thrombosis
- Luogo di residenza
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
London, England, UK
Witham, England, UK - Istruzione
- Oxford University (MA|1920|Somerville College)
Godolphin School, Salisbury - Attività lavorative
- copywriter
playwright
translator
mystery writer
essayist
The Detection Club, president - Relazioni
- Reynolds, Barbara (goddaughter)
- Organizzazioni
- Detection Club
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Archie Goodwin Award (2007)
Blue Plaque - Breve biografia
- Although best known as a writer of Golden Age British mystery novels featuring amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, Dorothy L. Sayers also was a student of classical and modern languages, a playwright, and an essayist. Her translation of Dante's Divine Comedy is still considered a classic.
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name suggestion: Dorothy Sayers in Legacy Libraries (Marzo 2021)
Lord Peter- September - Hangman's Holiday in 2020 Category Challenge (Settembre 2020)
Talking Piffle Message Board in Talking Piffle (Luglio 2019)
NOVEMBER READ - SPOILERS - The Nine Tailors in The Green Dragon (Febbraio 2014)
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- 325
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- 155
- Utenti
- 64,024
- Popolarità
- #221
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 1,570
- ISBN
- 1,358
- Lingue
- 24
- Preferito da
- 452
Sarà che la Christie mi ha abituato troppo bene, ma mi pare che manchino proprio le basi per un mistery come si deve; innanzitutto l'identità del colpevole è chiara fin da subito, bisogna solo trovare il come e il perché, e quindi viene a mancare la curiosità alla base di ogni buon giallo. Poi lo svolgimento è pedante in più di un senso: non solo è infarcito di spiegazioni a beneficio del lettore, ma quasi tutto quello che succede ci viene raccontato e non mostrato (sembra che dell'espressione "show, don't tell" la Sayers non abbia mai sentito parlare, a quanto pare); se ci aggiungiamo che l'unico colpo di scena è intuibile dall'inizio, il quadretto è completo.
Anche sul lato personaggi le cose non vanno molto meglio: i comprimari sono poco più che strumenti per muovere la trama, mentre il protagonista Lord Peter rappresenta l'epitome dell'aristocratico eccentrico, il cui contributo alla risoluzione della vicenda si limita a qualche motto di spirito e ad una robusta dose di fortuna.
Insomma emergo da questa lettura insoddisfatta sotto tutti i punti di vista e con poca voglia di dare una seconda possibilità alla serie o all'autrice.… (altro)