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Lord Peter is a collection of short stories featuring Lord Peter Wimsey
Lord Peter Wimsey
Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey is a bon vivant amateur sleuth in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers, in which he solves mysteries; usually, but not always, murders...

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First published in 1972 (ISBN 0-380-01694-X), it includes all the short stories about Lord Peter written by Dorothy L. Sayers
Dorothy L. Sayers
Dorothy Leigh Sayers was a renowned English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator and Christian humanist. She was also a student of classical and modern languages...

, most of which were published elsewhere soon after they were written, and some related writings.


Contents

  • Introduction, by James Sandoe
  • Twelve stories which comprised Lord Peter Views the Body
    Lord Peter Views the Body
    Lord Peter Views the Body, first published in 1928, was the first collection of short stories about Lord Peter Wimsey by Dorothy L. Sayers...

    (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
    Hangman's Holiday
    Hangman's Holiday is a collection of short stories, mostly murder mysteries, by Dorothy L. Sayers. This collection, the ninth in the Lord Peter Wimsey series, was first published by Gollancz in 1933 and has been frequently reprinted .-Contents:*Lord Peter Wimsey stories:**"The Image in the...

    (1933)
    • "The Image in the Mirror
      The Image in the Mirror
      "The Image in the Mirror" is short story by Dorothy L. Sayers, featuring Lord Peter Wimsey and published as the first story in Hangman's Holiday.-Plot summary:...

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    • "The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey"
    • "The Queen's Square"
    • "The Necklace of Pearls"
  • Two stories from In the Teeth of the Evidence
    In the Teeth of the Evidence
    In the Teeth of the Evidence is a collection of short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers first published by Victor Gollancz in 1939. .The book's title is taken from the first story in the collection.-Contents:*Lord Peter Wimsey stories:...

    (1939)
    • "In the Teeth of the Evidence"
    • "Absolutely Elsewhere"
  • Three later stories also collected in Striding Folly
    Striding Folly
    Striding Folly is a collection of short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers featuring Lord Peter Wimsey.First published in 1972, it contains the final three Lord Peter stories. The first two, "Striding Folly" and "The Haunted Policeman", were previously published in Detection Medley , an anthology of...

    (1972)
    • "Striding Folly"
    • "The Haunted Policeman"
    • "Talboys"
  • Coda: "Sayers, Lord Peter and God", by Carolyn Heilbrun
  • Codetta: "Greedy Night, A Parody", by E. C. Bentley

Sources

  • Sayers, Dorothy L. Lord Peter: A Collection of All the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories. New York: Harper & Row (ISBN 0060137886, ISBN 9780060137878), 1972.
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