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Lord Peter Wimsey is a charming, intelligent aristocrat who keeps occupied as a rare book collector and an amateur sleuth. Set in post-World War I Britain, he occasionally suffers from PTSD from his war years. Wimsey enlists the help of his valet, Mervyn Bunter, in the detective work, and the dry British wit of the duo had me laughing. Wimsey's mother, the Dowager Duchess of Denver, is another wonderful character--a socialite who often voices the feelings of the 1920s upper class.
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I really don't know if I should read mystery stories on a regular basis. They make me feel dumb. But I guarantee that I WILL keep reading Lord Peter Wimsey books. Dorothy L. Sayers seems to be a love-child of Agatha Christie and P.G. Wodehouse, as other reviewers have said, and I absolutely agree.
This first Lord Peter book does have some rough patches, especially in the characterization of the protagonist. Was it Sayers' intent to make him appear mentally unbalanced, as he spends entire paragra ...more
This first Lord Peter book does have some rough patches, especially in the characterization of the protagonist. Was it Sayers' intent to make him appear mentally unbalanced, as he spends entire paragra ...more
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I thoroughly enjoyed what I think is Dorothy Sayers' first novel, and the first in her Lord Peter Wimsey series. Sayers developed quite a remarkable mystery and was able to tie all the loose ends together, to the mystery reader's delight. Along the way, Sayers injected some comedy relief with Lord Peter's foil, his butler Bunter. Their relationship reminded me of three similar literary duos (P. G. Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster and his butler Jeeves, Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Wats
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i heard Albert Campion was based on Lord Peter Wimsey so i read this after those. I'd say definitely read this first those second. These are set slightly earlier and the British Class System is given the total blind respect it deserves (not), those at least have a bit of sarcasm about it. On the other hand, Campion can be nasty to Lugg, this shows total harmony of purpose between man and master and mutual respect. It's better to read the straight version before the sarcastic one. This is more cl
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This mystery was OK. I really enjoyed the characterization of Peter and Bunter and the relationship between the two. The first half of the book or so, I was not too sure of the Playboy-Butler crime solving duo, but as the characters' histories are revealed, I found myself liking both men better.
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3.0/5.0 - I enjoyed it more than I expected to, given the slow start. Written in 1923, by Dorothy L. Sayers, this book introduces Lord Peter Wimsey, an amateur sleuth and veteran of World War I. He suffers from shell shock/PTSD/weak nerves, depending on which term you choose to use. He has a valet named Bunter, a Dowager Dutchess mother, and a hobby of collecting old books, especially Dante. It put me a little in mind of the P.G. Wodehouse series.
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A witty 1920s detective novel with engaging characters and enjoyable banter. The plot wasn't very strong or surprising (I'm sure it was much fresher back in its day), but the strength of the other elements made up for it.
It depicts anti-Semitism, and to this reader, while it didn't usually seem that the narrative wasn't endorsing those views of characters, it was still uncomfortable to read and still uncomfortable to have those views unchallenged by other characters. ...more
It depicts anti-Semitism, and to this reader, while it didn't usually seem that the narrative wasn't endorsing those views of characters, it was still uncomfortable to read and still uncomfortable to have those views unchallenged by other characters. ...more
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