tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post6913523034778886469..comments2024-03-29T08:20:50.011-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: WiddershinsLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-88977227304141139682020-07-09T21:56:09.888-04:002020-07-09T21:56:09.888-04:00Articulate as usual. Great lesson.Articulate as usual. Great lesson.Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13374359501817242341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-66607026153754621622020-07-08T20:59:22.716-04:002020-07-08T20:59:22.716-04:00You have to read the short stories to find out abo...You have to read the short stories to find out about Harriet and Peter's children!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-54668110453427723782020-07-08T17:19:33.492-04:002020-07-08T17:19:33.492-04:00I was just emailing a friend about the fact that I...I was just emailing a friend about the fact that I seem to be rereading Christie, Sayers and now, Mary Roberts Rinehart and Patricia Wentworth. There is indeed comfort in reading the golden age mysteries, in part I think, because we know the world went on after them. A pandemic didn't end their lives. I'm going to look for the Lord Peter short stories now, thanks to your post!Melodie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870938103759179132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-55811383762910774422020-07-08T14:43:49.589-04:002020-07-08T14:43:49.589-04:00Harriet Vane was not a popular addition at the tim...Harriet Vane was not a popular addition at the time. Some critics noted that Sayers had fallen in love with Lord Peter, and vicariously sent in Harriet as a surrogate for herself and others. Harriet has become more popular over time.<br /><br />I highly recommend the complete collection of Lord Peter short stories. Many consider her novels her crowning achievement, but I think the short stories are little gems.<br /><br />David, a university course I took on Dante's Inferno required purchase of two different translations. John Ciardi's version focused on poetry, while Dorothy Sayers excelled in literary and historical research.<br /><br />NB. When SleuthSayers' board collaborated to bring SS to fruition, we debated a number of names. Rob's suggestion of SleuthSayers clicked for its multiple implications. Readers may notice the second half of our name, which harks back to that golden age.<br />Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-21384278461429652792020-07-08T14:43:13.369-04:002020-07-08T14:43:13.369-04:00Eve, that arrogance of superiority each modern gen...Eve, that arrogance of superiority each modern generation goes through seems worse than ever, willing to throw out babies with the bathwater because… _______. (Fill in the blank.) Cultural Revolutions didn't begin or end with Mao.<br />Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-11655582921034724532020-07-08T11:03:05.561-04:002020-07-08T11:03:05.561-04:00I love the Sayers books and short stories. I too ...I love the Sayers books and short stories. I too enjoy Harriet Vane, although I also love The Nine Tailors and Murder Must Advertise. (BTW, Miss Meteyard in MMA is obviously Dorothy Sayers - "He tried to blackmail her once, about some man or the other. You wouldn't think it to look at her, would you?" said Tallboy, naïvely.) And an interesting point is that throughout MMA, until the very end, Wimsey only appears in disguise, no matter where he is.<br /><br />The anti-Semitic tropes are jarring and disturbing to the modern ear, but they are as nothing compared to Fagin in Dickens, or almost every Jewish character in Anthony Trollope whom I love, but who wrote, “a nasty, greasy, lying, squinting Jew preacher; an imposter,” and far worse than that. Most pre-WW2 novels are full of anti-semitism, going all the way back to Chaucer. We read or we don't. I do. It doesn't taint me, any more than watching WW2 movies makes me a Nazi. Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-53923897097962059732020-07-08T08:19:29.084-04:002020-07-08T08:19:29.084-04:00I'm another fan of the Sayers novels, despite ...I'm another fan of the Sayers novels, despite her snobbery, but I am most partial to the Harriet Vane ones, especially Strong Poison, her debut. Nice she eventually married him, but that, sadly, was the end of Whimsey as detective. Still, nicer than killing him off!janice lawnoreply@blogger.com