- Women detectives, English Detective and mystery stories, Translations into Russian, Harriet Vane (Fictitious character)
This is the first in the Lord Peter Wimsey series of stories that includes Harriet Vane. Harriet is introduced as she stands in the dock on trial for murder. Lord Peter immediately determines that she is innocent and sets out to prove it - falling in love with her in the process.
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Classical in form, resolved, spare and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Dorothy L. Sayers
- First published
- October 1989
- Pages
- 259
- Publisher
- Goldmann, Avon Books, Chivers Audio Books
- Editions
- 115
- Language
- German, Spanish, Russian, English
- ISBN
- 9798668706372
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“There were crimson roses on the bench; they looked like splashes of blood.”
An English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator and Christian humanist.
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