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Thekelburrows
Oct 27, 2018 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Dorothy Sayers with an aggressive feminist voice. WOMEN! They might contribute to society if they so choose.
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Evelyn
Oct 26, 2017 rated it liked it
I read this book because it is beloved in certain circles that I travel in. I wish I could say I loved it.
I had a hard time getting into it, and at several points considered giving up and finding a Cliff Notes version so that I could simply find out whodunit without having to slog through the remaining chapters. Happily, the book picked up in the second half, but the first was difficult. Sayers makes a lot of assumptions about her reader's familiarity with Oxford life; I felt like I was reading ...more
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Anna
Jun 19, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: audiobook, mystery
A cozy mystery that manages to be far ahead of its time. Harriet Vane, weighing her own independence as an author and educated woman against the identity she'd have if she accepts one of Lord Peter Wimsy's marriage proposals, retreats to her alma mater and becomes embroiled in a very mild mystery. Much philosophizing ensues. Poorly narrated in the audiobook format (difficult to tell characters apart), but comfortable nonetheless. ...more
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Oct 29, 2017 rated it it was amazing
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