Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957)
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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 visa mer 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) visa färre
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Verk av Dorothy L. Sayers
De nio målarna : växelringning på ett gammalt tema i två korta anslag och två hela… (1934) 4,362 exemplar
Letters to a Diminished Church: Passionate Arguments for the Relevance of Christian Doctrine (2004) 370 exemplar
The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: Whose Body?, Clouds of Witness, and Unnatural Death (1923) 190 exemplar
On the Case with Lord Peter Wimsey: Three Complete Novels/Strong Poison/Have His Carcase/Unnatural Death (1991) 122 exemplar
Three Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Novels: Whose Body?, Murder Must Advertise, Gaudy Night (1992) 104 exemplar
The Dorothy L. Sayers Crime Collection: Murder Must Advertise, the Nine Tailors, Gaudy Night, Have His Carcass & Strong… (1997) 52 exemplar
The Gospel in Dorothy L. Sayers: Selections from Her Novels, Plays, Letters, and Essays (The Gospel in Great Writers) (2018) 52 exemplar
Lord Peter and Harriet: Part II (Gaudy Night and Busman's Honeymoon, Lost Classics Omnibus) (1937) 37 exemplar
The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries Volume Two: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Strong Poison, The Five Red… (2018) 31 exemplar
Omnibus: Containing Whose body? The unpleasantness at the Bellona club, Suspicious characters (1923) 31 exemplar
Four Classic Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries: Strong Poison/Have His Carcase/Gaudy Night/Busman's Honeymoon (1990) 26 exemplar
Five Red Herrings: Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey (BBC Radio Collection) (1978) 24 exemplar
The Lord Peter Wimsey Short Story Collection: Lord Peter Views the Body / Hangman's Holiday / In the Teeth of the… (2018) 24 exemplar
Lord Peter Wimsey: BBC Radio Drama Collection Volume 1: Three classic full-cast dramatisations (2017) 23 exemplar
Taking Detective Stories Seriously: The Collected Crime Reviews of Dorothy L. Sayers (2017) 17 exemplar
The Lord Peter Wimsey Collection: Whose Body?, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, The Five Red Herrings, Nine… (1990) 16 exemplar
The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries Volume Three: Murder Must Advertise, The Nine Tailors, Gaudy Night, and Busman's… (2018) 16 exemplar
Have His Carcase: BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation. Starring Ian Carmichael & Maria Aitken (BBC Radio Collection) (1981) 15 exemplar
Lord Peter Wimsey: BBC Radio Drama Collection, Volume 3: Four BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations (2018) 14 exemplar
Striding Folly [short story] 14 exemplar
Mystery (The Case of the Perfect Maid, The Third-Floor Flat, The Image in the Mirror, The Red-Headed League) (1989) 13 exemplar
Lord Peter Wimsey Investigates: Selected Short Stories (Macmillan Collector's Library) (2018) 13 exemplar
Lord Peter Wimsey: BBC Radio Drama Collection Volume 2: Four BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations (2018) 12 exemplar
Three Great Lord Peter Novels: "Strong Poison", "Murder Must Advertise" and "Nine Tailors" (1978) 10 exemplar
Wilkie Collins a Critical and Biographical Study: A Critical and Biographical Study (1977) 8 exemplar
The mysterious English 8 exemplar
The Christ of the Creeds: And Other Broadcast Messages to the British People During World War II (2008) 8 exemplar
Early Works of Dorothy Sayers 6 exemplar
God, Hitler and Lord Peter Wimsey: Selected Essays, Speeches and Articles by Dorothy L. Sayers (2019) 5 exemplar
The Sayers holiday book 5 exemplar
The other six deadly sins: An address given to the Public Morality Council at Caxton Hall, Westminster, on October… (1943) 4 exemplar
Beyond Schooling: Building Communities Where Learning Really Matters — Bidragsgivare — 4 exemplar
Peter Wimsey historier 4 exemplar
Mitt namn är Wimsey 4 exemplar
Kriminalhistorier 4 exemplar
Have his carcase 3 exemplar
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror: Volume VI — Redaktör — 3 exemplar
The Lord Peter Wimsey Collection 3: Murder Must Advertise / The Nine Tailors / Busman's Honeymoon (2004) 3 exemplar
De cyperse kat en dertien andere moordzaken 3 exemplar
Clouds of Witness / Murder Must Advertise / Strong Poison / Unnatural Death / Busman's Honeymoon (1982) 3 exemplar
OBRAS ESCOGIDAS. EL MISTERIO DE RIDDLESDALE LODGE. LORD PETER DESCUBRE EL DELITO. CINTO PISTAS FALSAS. EL CASO DEL… (1964) 2 exemplar
Peter Wimsey Omnibus - Whose Body? Clouds of Witness, Murder Must Advertise, Busman's Honeymoon (Unabridged) (2012) 2 exemplar
Lord Peter Wimsey 2 exemplar
In the Teeth of Evidence (First Edition) 2 exemplar
Les Origines du Roman Policier: A Wartime Wireless Talk to the French. The Original French Text with an English… (2003) 2 exemplar
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror: Volume IV — Redaktör — 2 exemplar
I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking (a collection of quotable quotes) (2010) 1 exemplar
The Story of Noah's Ark 1 exemplar
And Telling You a Story 1 exemplar
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror: Volume V — Redaktör — 1 exemplar
Selected Poems 1 exemplar
The Dorothy L. Sayers Omnibus: The Five Red herrings, Strong Poison, Lord Peter Views the Body (1933) 1 exemplar
strong poison 1 exemplar
The Poetry of Search and Poetry of Statement 1 exemplar
Gaudy Nights 1 exemplar
Strong Poison a Peter Wimsey Novel 1 exemplar
Dorothy L Sayers Mysteries 1 exemplar
The Story of Adam and Christ 1 exemplar
anything that she writes 1 exemplar
Backgrounds to World Literature. Classics for Christians Volume I (1980) — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
Dorothy Sayers Box Set (Four Mystery Classics Featuring the Inimitable Lord Peter Wimsey, Box Set: Whose Body?; Strong… (1968) 1 exemplar
The Omnibus of Crime 1 exemplar
Let's Choose Executors 1 exemplar
Dorothy L. Sayers Set (6 novels) 1 exemplar
Masterpieces Of Mystery And Detection 1 exemplar
Onrust in Oxford & Moord op de ijzeren trap 1 exemplar
Das Spiegelbild 1 exemplar
OBRA SELECTA 1 exemplar
O Mistério de Battersea 1 exemplar
THE LORD PETER WIMSEY COLLECTION 1 exemplar
Two Lord Peter Wimsey Stories 1 exemplar
Her Oxford 1 exemplar
Busman's holiday 1 exemplar
Dorothy L. Sayers 4 Book Set - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club - Strong Poison - Murder Must Advertise -… (1963) 1 exemplar
The Art of the Actor 1 exemplar
Třikrát lord Petr 1 exemplar
Ein unheimlicher Kunde 1 exemplar
Sayers, Dorothy L 1 exemplar
Dorothy Sayers bedste Lord Peter-Historier 1 exemplar
Detective omnibus 1 exemplar
The House Of The Soul Lay 1 exemplar
The Emperor Constantine 1 exemplar
The Lord Peter Wimsey MEGAPACK® 1 exemplar
Wimsey papers : being war-time letters and documents of the Wimsey family [anthology] [ebook] 1 exemplar
The 2nd Omnibus of Crime 1 exemplar
The second omnibus of crime 1 exemplar
The Murder of Julia Wallace [essay] 1 exemplar
Dante papers trilogy. 1 exemplar
Strong poison and Have his carcase, 1 exemplar
Strong Poison: A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel 5 1 exemplar
A "caixa" 1 exemplar
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Academy Mystery Novellas: Women Sleuths, Police Procedurals, Locked Room Puzzles, Great British Detectives ( BOX Set) (1985) — Bidragsgivare — 14 exemplar
Masters of the Macabre: An Anthology of Mystery, Horror, and Detection (1975) — Bidragsgivare — 13 exemplar
SLEUTHS: TWENTY-THREE GREAT DETECTIVES OF FICTION AND THEIR BEST STORIES. (1931) — Bidragsgivare — 6 exemplar
Great Mystery Books, 10 Volumes (Journey into Fear, The 39 Steps, And Then There Were None, Maltese Falcon, The Nine… (1967) — Bidragsgivare — 5 exemplar
Detektivhistorier fra Sherlock Holmes til Hercule Poirot — Bidragsgivare — 3 exemplar
Great Mystery Series: Eight of the Best Mysteries by the Top Women Writers [audiobook] (2000) — Bidragsgivare — 3 exemplar
The Fourth Mystery Bedside Book — Bidragsgivare — 3 exemplar
Crime and Detection (Second Series) — Bidragsgivare — 2 exemplar
Das Grosse Lesebuch des Englischen Krimis 2 exemplar
Stories for girls — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
Murder Mixture: An Anthology of Crime Stories — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
Ellery Queen's 1966 Anthology — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
Mystery and Suspense — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
Hånden i sandet og andre virkelige kriminalsager skildret af berømte kriminalforfattere (1974) 1 exemplar
Verdens beste kriminalhistorier — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
The great detectives — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
No Flowers by Request — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
Tchnienie Grozy — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
Best Crime Stories 2 — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
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Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Sayers, Dorothy Leigh
- Andra namn
- Fleming, Dorothy Leigh
Flemming, Dorothy Leigh Sayers - Födelsedag
- 1893-06-13
- Avled
- 1957-12-17
- Begravningsplats
- St. Anne's Church, London, England, UK
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Land (för karta)
- England, UK
- Födelseort
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Dödsort
- Witham, England, UK
- Dödsorsak
- coronary thrombosis
- Bostadsorter
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
London, England, UK
Witham, England, UK - Utbildning
- Oxford University (MA|1920|Somerville College)
Godolphin School, Salisbury - Yrken
- copywriter
playwright
translator
mystery writer
essayist
The Detection Club, president - Relationer
- Reynolds, Barbara (goddaughter)
- Organisationer
- Detection Club
- Priser och utmärkelser
- Archie Goodwin Award (2007)
Blue Plaque - Kort biografi
- 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 i Legacy Libraries (mars 2021)
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Talking Piffle Message Board i Talking Piffle (juli 2019)
NOVEMBER READ - SPOILERS - The Nine Tailors i The Green Dragon (februari 2014)
NOVEMBER READ - NO SPOILERS - The Nine Tailors i The Green Dragon (november 2013)
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(För den oinvigde: Sherlockianer tar Conan Doyles berättelser på högsta allvar. Eller rättare sagt, de tar doktor Watsons berättelser på högsta allvar, och ser väl Conan Doyle på sin höjd som någon sorts bulvan som utgett Watsons helt autentiska anteckningar. Mycken möda läggs på att försöka få ordning i datum och kronologier, då doktorn tycks ha varit något förvirrad, och med en särdeles oläslig handstil, även för en läkare).
För att ta ett exempel: om Holmes studietid berättar denne i två olika berättelser, »The Gloria Scott« och »The Musgrave ritual«. Inte mycket sägs där explicit, och vad som sägs tycks inte trivialt att fås att passa samman, men genom att bara göra ett litet antagande om ett sättningsfel lyckas Sayers troliggöra att detektiven legat vid Cambridge, ca 1871-1874, vid ett mindre college, och att han till en början bodde inackorderad ute på staden, inte på själva universitetet. Rimligen kan han antas ha studerat kemi samt komparativ anatomi och fysiologi och ha levt på stipendier.
På liknande sätt tillgår det i de övriga essäerna, men även om Sherlock naturligtvis skulle uppskatta metoden att avslöja slutsatsen men inte stegen på vägen så lär detta vara tröttande för de som råkar ut för det, speciellt som det inte är den egna slutledningsförmågan som bär ansvaret. Den intresserade läsaren rekommenderas därför att själv ta del av Sayers försök.… (mer)