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Lädt ... Dorothy L. Sayers: The Complete Storiesvon Dorothy L. Sayers
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. 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. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
BeinhaltetDie Katze im Sack von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Die geheimnisvolle Entführung von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) The Necklace of Pearls [short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Das Bild im Spiegel von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Absolutely Elsewhere [Short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) In the Teeth of the Evidence [short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Striding Folly [short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Greedy Night [Short story] von E. C. Bentley (indirekt) The Queen's Square [short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Striding Folly: A Collection of Mysteries von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Sayers, Lord Peter and God von Carolyn Heilbrum (indirekt) The Fountain Plays [Short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Sleuths on the Scent [Short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Murder in the Morning [short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Murder at Pentecost [Short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) One Too Many [Short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) The Poisoned Dow '08 [short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Maher-Shalal-Hashbaz [Short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) The Man Who Knew How [Short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) A Shot at Goal [Short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Dirt Cheap [Short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Bitter Almonds [Short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) False Weight [Short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) The Professor's Manuscript [Short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) The Milk Bottles [Short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Dilemma [Short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) An Arrow O'er the House [Short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Scrawns [Short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Nebuchadnezzar [Short Story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) The Inspiration of Mr. Budd [Short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Blood Sacrifice [Short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Suspicion [short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) The Leopard Lady [Short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) The Cyprian Cat [Short story] von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Der Mann mit den Kupferfingern von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Der Mann ohne Gesicht von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Der Zank um den Knochen von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Eine trinkfeste Frage des Guten Geschmacks - Lord-Peter-Geschichten von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Das Spukhaus in Merriman's End von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt) Der Pfirsichdieb von Dorothy L. Sayers (indirekt)
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. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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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. ( )