Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957)
Autor von Aufruhr in Oxford. 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 mehr anzeigen 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) weniger anzeigen
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Letters to a Diminished Church: Passionate Arguments for the Relevance of Christian Doctrine (2004) 374 Exemplare
The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: Whose Body?, Clouds of Witness, and Unnatural Death (1923) 190 Exemplare
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist (1995) 173 Exemplare
On the Case with Lord Peter Wimsey: Three Complete Novels/Strong Poison/Have His Carcase/Unnatural Death (1991) 122 Exemplare
Dorothy L. Sayers: 3 Complete Lord Peter Wimseyn Ovels : Whose Body?, Murder Must Advertise, Guady Night (1992) 104 Exemplare
In die Wirklichkeit entlassen. Unpopuläre Ansichten über Glaube, Kunst und Gesellschaft (1946) 103 Exemplare
The Gospel in Dorothy L. Sayers: Selections from Her Novels, Plays, Letters, and Essays (The Gospel in Great Writers) (2018) 53 Exemplare
The Dorothy L. Sayers Crime Collection: Murder Must Advertise, the Nine Tailors, Gaudy Night, Have His Carcass & Strong… (1997) 52 Exemplare
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror: Volume II (1931) — Herausgeber — 47 Exemplare
Lord Peter and Harriet: Part II (Gaudy Night and Busman's Honeymoon, Lost Classics Omnibus) (1937) 37 Exemplare
Omnibus: Containing Whose body? The unpleasantness at the Bellona club, Suspicious characters (1923) 31 Exemplare
The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries Volume Two: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Strong Poison, The Five Red… (2018) 31 Exemplare
Four Classic Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries: Strong Poison/Have His Carcase/Gaudy Night/Busman's Honeymoon (1990) 26 Exemplare
The Lord Peter Wimsey Short Story Collection: Lord Peter Views the Body / Hangman's Holiday / In the Teeth of the… (2018) 24 Exemplare
Five Red Herrings: Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey (BBC Radio Collection) (1978) 24 Exemplare
Lord Peter Wimsey: BBC Radio Drama Collection Volume 1: Three classic full-cast dramatisations (2017) 23 Exemplare
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror: Volume III (1934) — Herausgeber — 19 Exemplare
Taking Detective Stories Seriously: The Collected Crime Reviews of Dorothy L. Sayers (2017) 17 Exemplare
The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries Volume Three: Murder Must Advertise, The Nine Tailors, Gaudy Night, and Busman's… (2018) 16 Exemplare
The Lord Peter Wimsey Collection: Whose Body?, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, The Five Red Herrings, Nine… (1990) 16 Exemplare
Have His Carcase: BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation. Starring Ian Carmichael & Maria Aitken (BBC Radio Collection) (1981) 15 Exemplare
Striding Folly [short story] 14 Exemplare
Lord Peter Wimsey: BBC Radio Drama Collection, Volume 3: Four BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations (2018) 14 Exemplare
Mystery (The Case of the Perfect Maid, The Third-Floor Flat, The Image in the Mirror, The Red-Headed League) (1989) 13 Exemplare
Lord Peter Wimsey Investigates: Selected Short Stories (Macmillan Collector's Library) (2018) 13 Exemplare
Lord Peter Wimsey: BBC Radio Drama Collection Volume 2: Four BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations (2018) 12 Exemplare
Three Great Lord Peter Novels: "Strong Poison", "Murder Must Advertise" and "Nine Tailors" (1978) 10 Exemplare
The Christ of the Creeds: And Other Broadcast Messages to the British People During World War II (2008) 8 Exemplare
The mysterious English 8 Exemplare
Wilkie Collins a Critical and Biographical Study: A Critical and Biographical Study (1977) 8 Exemplare
Early Works of Dorothy Sayers 6 Exemplare
God, Hitler and Lord Peter Wimsey: Selected Essays, Speeches and Articles by Dorothy L. Sayers (2019) 5 Exemplare
The Sayers holiday book 5 Exemplare
The other six deadly sins: An address given to the Public Morality Council at Caxton Hall, Westminster, on October… (1943) 4 Exemplare
Beyond Schooling: Building Communities Where Learning Really Matters — Mitwirkender — 4 Exemplare
Mitt namn är Wimsey 4 Exemplare
Kriminalhistorier 4 Exemplare
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Clouds of Witness / Murder Must Advertise / Strong Poison / Unnatural Death / Busman's Honeymoon (1982) 3 Exemplare
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror: Volume VI — Herausgeber — 3 Exemplare
De cyperse kat en dertien andere moordzaken 3 Exemplare
The Lord Peter Wimsey Collection 3: Murder Must Advertise / The Nine Tailors / Busman's Honeymoon (2004) 3 Exemplare
Diskrete Zeugen / Ärger im Bellona- Club / Ein Toter zuwenig. Drei Kriminalromane in einem Band. (1989) 3 Exemplare
Have his carcase 3 Exemplare
OBRAS ESCOGIDAS. EL MISTERIO DE RIDDLESDALE LODGE. LORD PETER DESCUBRE EL DELITO. CINTO PISTAS FALSAS. EL CASO DEL… (1964) 2 Exemplare
Peter Wimsey Omnibus - Whose Body? Clouds of Witness, Murder Must Advertise, Busman's Honeymoon (Unabridged) (2012) 2 Exemplare
Les Origines du Roman Policier: A Wartime Wireless Talk to the French. The Original French Text with an English… (2003) 2 Exemplare
GREAT TALES OF DETECTION (EVERYMAN'S CLASSICS S) 2 Exemplare
Lord Peter Wimsey 2 Exemplare
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror: Volume IV — Herausgeber — 2 Exemplare
In the Teeth of Evidence (First Edition) 2 Exemplare
The Poetry of Search and Poetry of Statement 1 Exemplar
Gaudy Nights 1 Exemplar
Strong Poison a Peter Wimsey Novel 1 Exemplar
Bu Kimin Cesedi? 1 Exemplar
Şüphe Bulutları 1 Exemplar
Selected Poems 1 Exemplar
Onrust in Oxford & Moord op de ijzeren trap 1 Exemplar
The Murder of Julia Wallace [essay] 1 Exemplar
A "caixa" 1 Exemplar
Backgrounds to World Literature. Classics for Christians Volume I (1980) — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
The Omnibus of Crime 1 Exemplar
Dorothy L. Sayers Set (6 novels) 1 Exemplar
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror: Volume V — Herausgeber — 1 Exemplar
Masterpieces Of Mystery And Detection 1 Exemplar
The House Of The Soul Lay 1 Exemplar
The Story of Adam and Christ 1 Exemplar
OBRA SELECTA 1 Exemplar
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The Story of Noah's Ark 1 Exemplar
strong poison 1 Exemplar
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O Mistério de Battersea 1 Exemplar
Dorothy L Sayers Mysteries 1 Exemplar
Sayers, Dorothy L 1 Exemplar
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The Dorothy L. Sayers Omnibus: The Five Red herrings, Strong Poison, Lord Peter Views the Body (1933) 1 Exemplar
And Telling You a Story 1 Exemplar
anything that she writes 1 Exemplar
Dorothy Sayers Box Set (Four Mystery Classics Featuring the Inimitable Lord Peter Wimsey, Box Set: Whose Body?; Strong… (1968) 1 Exemplar
Detective omnibus 1 Exemplar
Ein unheimlicher Kunde 1 Exemplar
The Emperor Constantine 1 Exemplar
Strong poison and Have his carcase, 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 second omnibus of crime 1 Exemplar
Dante papers trilogy. 1 Exemplar
Strong Poison: A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel 5 1 Exemplar
Dorothy L. Sayers 4 Book Set - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club - Strong Poison - Murder Must Advertise -… (1963) 1 Exemplar
The 2nd Omnibus of Crime 1 Exemplar
Busman's holiday 1 Exemplar
The Art of the Actor 1 Exemplar
THE LORD PETER WIMSEY COLLECTION 1 Exemplar
Two Lord Peter Wimsey Stories 1 Exemplar
Her Oxford 1 Exemplar
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Wise Women: Over Two Thousand Years of Spiritual Writing by Women (1996) — Mitwirkender — 201 Exemplare
Miraculous Mysteries: Locked Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes (2017) — Mitwirkender — 103 Exemplare
Permanent Things: Toward the Recovery of a More Human Scale at the End of the Twentieth Century (1995) — Mitwirkender — 88 Exemplare
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Murder by the Book: Literary Mysteries from Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1995) — Mitwirkender — 67 Exemplare
The Web She Weaves: An Anthology of Mystery and Suspense Stories by Women (1983) — Mitwirkender — 52 Exemplare
Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries: Harriet Vane Collection (Strong Poison / Have His Carcase / Gaudy Night) (2013) — Original book — 44 Exemplare
Ghosts from the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (2023) — Mitwirkender — 44 Exemplare
The Edge of the Chair: A Superlative Collection, Some Fact, Some Fiction, All Suspense (1967) — Mitwirkender — 42 Exemplare
Murder Most British: Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1996) — Mitwirkender — 38 Exemplare
Grande Dames of Detection: Two Centuries of Sleuthing Stories by the Gentle Sex (1973) — Mitwirkender — 32 Exemplare
Sisters of Sorcery: Two Centuries of Witchcraft Stories by the Gentle Sex (1976) — Mitwirkender — 30 Exemplare
Bodies from the Library 5: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection (2022) — Mitwirkender — 28 Exemplare
Doppelter Tod. Ein klassischer Kriminalroman aus dem Jahre 1939. (1939) — Mitwirkender — 28 Exemplare
Mistresses of Mystery: Two Centuries of Suspense Stories by the Gentle Sex (1973) — Mitwirkender — 27 Exemplare
The World's Greatest Detective Stories: Intriguing Mysteries from the Greatest Writers of Crime Fiction (1978) — Mitwirkender — 26 Exemplare
Academy Mystery Novellas: Women Sleuths, Police Procedurals, Locked Room Puzzles, Great British Detectives ( BOX Set) (1985) — Mitwirkender — 14 Exemplare
Masters of the Macabre: An Anthology of Mystery, Horror, and Detection (1975) — Mitwirkender — 13 Exemplare
Sleuths: Twenty-Three Great Detectives of Fiction and Their Best Stories (1931) — Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare
Great Mystery Books, 10 Volumes (Journey into Fear, The 39 Steps, And Then There Were None, Maltese Falcon, The Nine… (1967) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
Modern detective Stories : By Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, MacKinlay Kantor, Freeman W. Crofts, Cyril Hare. (1996) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
Detektivhistorier fra Sherlock Holmes til Hercule Poirot — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare
Great Mystery Series: Eight of the Best Mysteries by the Top Women Writers [audiobook] (2000) — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare
The Fourth Mystery Bedside Book — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare
Crime and Detection (Second Series) — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
Das Grosse Lesebuch des Englischen Krimis 2 Exemplare
Stories for girls — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
Murder Mixture: An Anthology of Crime Stories — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
Ellery Queen's 1966 Anthology — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
Mystery and Suspense — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
Hånden i sandet og andre virkelige kriminalsager skildret af berømte kriminalforfattere (1974) 1 Exemplar
Verdens beste kriminalhistorier — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
The great detectives — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
No Flowers by Request — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
Tchnienie Grozy — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
Best Crime Stories 2 — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
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Wissenswertes
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Sayers, Dorothy Leigh
- Andere Namen
- Fleming, Dorothy Leigh
Flemming, Dorothy Leigh Sayers - Geburtstag
- 1893-06-13
- Todestag
- 1957-12-17
- Begräbnisort
- St. Anne's Church, London, England, UK
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- UK
- Land (für Karte)
- England, UK
- Geburtsort
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Sterbeort
- Witham, England, UK
- Todesursache
- coronary thrombosis
- Wohnorte
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
London, England, UK
Witham, England, UK - Ausbildung
- Oxford University (Somerville College)
Godolphin School, Salisbury - Berufe
- copywriter
playwright
translator
mystery writer
essayist
The Detection Club, president - Beziehungen
- Reynolds, Barbara (goddaughter)
- Organisationen
- Detection Club
- Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Archie Goodwin Award (2007)
Blue Plaque - Kurzbiographie
- 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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Das Hörbuch ist gut gelesen. Insgesamt ist der Text recht behäbig und lässt sich über viele Nebensächlichkeiten lange aus. Vor allem die Arbeitsatmosphäre in der Agentur wird dadurch gut deutlich, aus heutiger Sicht natürlich ein faszinierendes Zeitdokument. Dorothy Sayers schreibt mit einem Augenzwinkern, viele Stellen sind ausgesprochen witzig.
Ein bisschen nervt mich der britische Dünkel, auch dass Menschen unterschiedlich viel wert sind (um den und den Toten ist es nicht schade...) und das Ende an sich (so spricht ein Mann) finde ich aus heutiger Sicht befremdlich. Insgesamt ist es aber ein vergnüglicher, lesenswerter, typisch britischer Kriminalroman im "alten Stil".… (mehr)