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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I have all of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels and a short story collection featuring him; all were last read about 25 years ago. I came across this used copy of author Dorothy L. Sayers' The Complete Stories and saw that there were stories new to me, so I brought it home. Once I started reading, I couldn't put it down. All are mystery stories. My goodness, I had forgotten how much I had liked Lord Peter Wimsey and all his other supporting characters. In addition to the Wimsey stories, this collection includes a section featuring traveling salesman Montague Egg and a final section of mystery short stories that do not have any recurring characters. Although I enjoyed most of them, Lord Peter Wimsey beats the rest. Not only are these mysteries clever, there are also well-turned phrases such as this: "At half-past nine he went up to the attic again. It was dark, but a few frosty stars were shining, and a cold air blew through the open window" (p. 263). I think that "frosty stars" in the sky perfectly describes a clear cold winter night. I can't wait until I am able to get my books out of storage to revisit Sayers' novels again. A reread. Every time I go back to this collection (and I do), I'm impressed at the classics in here. Three sections: Lord Peter Whimsey stories Montague Egg stories Various stories Okay, some of the non-Whimsey, non-Egg stories are trite and boring, and the Egg stories get repetitive after a while (and it annoys me that they all cut off with Egg's logical suspicion but no proof), but they're all charming. Overall, this was a terribly enjoyable collection of short stories. Some of the stories were less engaging than others. Sayers' strengths never included writing pot-boilers along the lines of the story where Lord Peter infiltrates some kind of international communist criminal ring. That felt rather too much like dated pulp fiction. The best stories, in my opinion, were those which dealt with the people and incidents which I am so familiar with from the full length novels; the story which featured Peter and a young Lord St George, for instance. My favourite stories were the last two, The Haunted Policeman, which tells the story of the night when Peter's first son was born, and Talboys, which takes place in 1942, a couple of years after Peter and Harriet's last child is born. There are some fantastic lines scattered throughout, and Sayers uses the backdrop of the 'mysteries' to show us some lovely aspects of the characters. "I'll tell you a secret, Bredon. Grown-up people don't always know everything, though they try to pretend they do. That is called 'prestige', and is responsible for most of the wars that devastate the continent of Europe." Oh, Peter. If Harriet ever tires of you, for some unknown reason, I would gladly have you. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
ContieneLord Peter e il cadavere di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey [short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Necklace of Pearls [short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Image in the Mirror [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) Absolutely Elsewhere [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) In the Teeth of the Evidence [short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) Striding Folly [short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) Greedy Night [Short story] di E. C. Bentley (indirettamente) The Queen's Square [short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) Striding Folly: A Collection of Mysteries di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) Sayers, Lord Peter and God di Carolyn Heilbrum (indirettamente) The Fountain Plays [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) Sleuths on the Scent [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) Murder in the Morning [short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) Murder at Pentecost [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) One Too Many [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Poisoned Dow '08 [short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) Maher-Shalal-Hashbaz [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Man Who Knew How [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) A Shot at Goal [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) Dirt Cheap [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) Bitter Almonds [short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) False Weight [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Professor's Manuscript [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Milk Bottles [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) Dilemma [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) An Arrow O'er the House [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) Scrawns [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) Nebuchadnezzar [Short Story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Inspiration of Mr. Budd [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) Blood Sacrifice [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) Suspicion [short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Leopard Lady [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Cyprian Cat [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach [short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran [short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of Contention [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question [short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager's Will [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste [short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Learned Adventure of the Dragon's Head [Short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) The Haunted Policeman [short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente) Talboys [short story] di Dorothy L. Sayers (indirettamente)
A collection of all of Dorothy Sayers's short stories in one volume, including the exploits of aristocrat Lord Peter Wimsey and working-class salesman-sleuth, Montague Egg. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.912Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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There was some unevenness between the stories, and I found a few of her standalones boring. I also want to mention a small but jarring use of the n-word, and at least two stories where cats are killed, none of which was fun to encounter. But, all in all this was a fun read. There's something about bite-sized morsels that make consuming an 800 page book much easier than it seems. ( )