Busman's Honeymoon; Striding Folly; A Presumption of Death.BUSMAN'S HONEYMOON Busman's Honeymoon is a 1937 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, her eleventh (and last) featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. It is the fourth and last novel to feature Harriet Vane. . Dorothy L. Sayers. 1937/1994. Read by Ian Carmichael. 8 tapes. 12.75 hrs. ChiversAudio, Audio Partners. 1-57270-317-2. $34.95. Cardboard, plastic; plot, reader, author notes. SA STRIDING FOLLY. Dorothy L. Sayers. 1973/ 2002. Read by Ian Carmichael. 2 cds. 2.1 hrs. Chivers Audio, Audio Partners. 1-57270-223-0. $18.95. Cardboard, plastic; plot, reader, author notes. SA A PRESUMPTION OF DEATH A Presumption of Death is a mystery novel by Jill Paton Walsh, based loosely on The Wimsey Papers by Dorothy L. Sayers. These consist of a number or letters written by various Wimseys and published during the war. . Jill Payton Walsh & Dorothy L. Sayers. 2002/2003. Read by Ian Carmichael. 8 cds. 9.25 hrs. Chivers Audio, Audio Partners. 1-57270-323-7. $34.95. Cardboard, plastic; plot, reader, author notes. SA An excellent writer, an excellent reader, and three excellent audios. Sayers always provides a good solid mystery that uses logical deduction to figure out how the dirty deed was done. Her classic detective genre works Genre works, also called genre scenes or genre views, are pictorial representations in any of various media that represent scenes or events from everyday life, such as markets, domestic settings, interiors, parties, inn scenes, and street scenes. are especially appealing for their intelligence, for their wonderful evocation of time and place, specifically England between the world wars, and for her adept characterizations, particularly of the delightful amateur detective, Lord Peter Wimsey Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey is a fictional character in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers, in which he solves mysteries—usually murder mysteries. . In the fifth of the series of full-length Wimsey mysteries, Sayers introduced the mystery writer Harriet Vane Harriet Deborah Vane, later Lady Peter Wimsey, is a fictional character in the works of British writer Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957). Vane, a mystery writer, initially meets Lord Peter Wimsey when she is tried for poisoning her lover (Strong Poison , an accused murderer, as Peter's love interest, finally marrying them off in her 12th, and last completed, full-length mystery, Busman's Honeymoon, subtitled "A Love Story with Detective Interludes." Along with solving the murder mystery, Sayers is equally interested in solving the mystery of how Peter, the idiosyncratic id·i·o·syn·cra·sy n. pl. id·i·o·syn·cra·sies 1. A structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group. 2. A physiological or temperamental peculiarity. 3. aristocrat, and Harriet, the Oxford bluestocking bluestocking, derisive term originally applied to certain 18th-century women with pronounced literary interests. During the 1750s, Elizabeth Vesey held evening parties, at which the entertainment consisted of conversation on literary subjects. , blend their lives. Consequently, this frequently madcap audio is a treat for Sayers fans but not the best introduction to Sayers though interesting as an early work of feminist thought. Striding Folly offers three short mysteries, all written after Honeymoon, each providing a neat puzzle for Wimsey to solve. Along with an especially pleasant family setting, "Talboys" presents a view of child-rearing sure to raise some eyebrows today. Presumption, written by Walsh in 2002 but set in 1940, is based on "The Wimsey Papers," descriptions by Sayers of English life at the beginning of WW II. With Peter overseas performing a hazardous spying operation, Harriet is pressed into beginning the inquiry into a local murder at home in the English countryside on her own. Interesting for details of life during wartime England, especially social and cultural changes. Carmichael, who performed Wimsey for the earlier PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, series, gives a buoyant tour-deforce performance, both in his characterizations and in his range. Jacqueline Edwards, Bedford, MA |
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