| 62,509 (121,314) | 2,064 | 190 | (3.97) | 445 | 0 | 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 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) — biography from Los Secretos de Oxford … (más) |
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Dorothy L. Sayers tiene 8 eventos antiguos. (show)  G.K. Chesterton Society Meeting Title: The Nine TailorsAuthor: Dorothy L. SayersLocation: Street: 7419 Madison St. City: Forest Park, Province: Illinois Postal Code: 60130-1502 Country: United States (añadidos desde IndieBound)
 Northshire Classic Mystery Reading Group Northshire Classic Mystery Reading Group will meet Friday June 13th at 2pm in bookstore conference room. This group will meet every other month for a discussion of two classic mystery titles. June titles: The Mysterious Affair At Styles by Agatha Christie and Whose Body: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. SayersPlease stop by the bookstore and pick up your copies and receive a 20% discount.
For further information or to join this group contact Louise Jones ljones@northshire.com
Location: Street: Northshire Bookstore Conference Room Additional: 4869 Main Street City: Manchester Center, Province: Vermont Postal Code: 05255 Country: United States (añadidos desde IndieBound)… (más)
 The Learned Owl's Book Club in a Bar (Jan. 31) Our Book Club in a Bar will be meeting at the Bistro on Main (1313 West Main St, Kent). Join us at 7 PM to discuss Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers. There's a dead body in his bathtub, wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez spectacles. Enter Lord Peter Wimsey, the original gentleman sleuth, who debuted in this 1923 novel. Written by a master of the detective story, this atmospheric tale abounds in the cozy delights of an English murder mystery.
Book Club in a Bar is a (very) casual book group that meets at a local watering hole every month. Feel free to drop in - there are no rules for this group, just good fun. For more information and to purchase Whose Body?, visit The Learned Owl Book Shop (204 N. Main St, Hudson).
Location: Street: Bistro on Main: 1313 West Main St. City: Kent, Postal Code: 44240 (añadidos desde IndieBound)… (más)
 Mystery/Suspense Book Discussion Mystery/Suspense Book Group: Meets at 7 pm on the THIRD Tuesday of every month; led by Melia We meet Tues,Dec 18 at 7 pm to discuss Gaudy Night: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery with Harriet Vane by Dorothy L. Sayers. (MDGentleReader)
Coffee and Crime Dorothy L SayersThird annual coffee and crime event. Seona Ford from the Dorothy L Sayers association will be talking about Dorothy L Sayers life in Witham and her crime novels. Dr Maureen Scollan will be talking about Essex Police Museum and Mike Ripley will be reviewing the best and worse of this years crime novels. (tim549)
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