Lord Peter: A Collection of All the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories
Contents: Introduction, by James Sandoe. Twelve stories from Lord Peter Views the Body (1928): "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers," "The Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question," "The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager's Will," "The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in...
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Contents: Introduction, by James Sandoe. Twelve stories from Lord Peter Views the Body (1928): "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers," "The Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question," "The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager's Will," "The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag," "The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker," "The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of Contention," "The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran," "The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste," "The Learned Adventure of the Dragon's Head," "The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach," "The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face," "The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba." Four stories from Hangman's Holiday (1933): "The Image in the Mirror," "The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey," "The Queen's Square," "The Necklace of Pearls." Two stories from In the Teeth of the Evidence (1939): "In the Teeth of the Evidence," "Absolutely Elsewhere." Three later stories not included in other compilations: "Striding Folly," "The Haunted Policeman," "Talboys." Coda: "Sayers, Lord Peter and God," by Carolyn Heilbrun. Codetta: "Greedy Night, A Parody," by E. C. Bentley
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060550394 (0060550392)
Publish date: January 1st 1987
Publisher: Harper & Row
Pages no: 487
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
20th Century,
Anthologies,
Mystery,
Detective,
Collections,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Short Stories
Series: Lord Peter Wimsey , 2, 10, 12
This is an old favorite that I go back to every year or so.
This compilation of the short stories Sayers wrote throughout the years starring Lord Peter is fun, witty, varied and fabulous. Not one bad story in the lot. Yes some have a more thief/murderer to catch feel but most of them are delightful and give an insight to the character of Lord Peter in many d...
I picked this up a year or so ago and *hated* the first story I read, which I thought priggishly class conscious. After reading the Wimsey novels, I liked the stories a great deal more, and would recommend them only after a reader has read at least one or two of Sayers's novels.
Read these AFTER reading at least the first Lord Peter Wimsey novel. My review when I first read them was this: "I read about a third of these, but couldn't bear to slog through the rest. Several authors I love (cough, copperbadge) have mentioned Sayers, and I'm a sucker for urbane fops who are sec...
[These notes were made in 1981:]. A collection of all the Wimsey short stories, from the earliest 1920s manifestations to the charming little post-Harriet tales. The later ones I recognized from collections I've read already, but the earlier stories were quite new - mostly of the intellectual puzzl...