Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries · book 10
Gaudy night
About this book
Harriet Vane attends her Gaudy (reunion) at Oxford to find a mystery brewing. The first part of the book involves Harriet and the dons (professors) at her college. Lord Peter Wimsey also helps with the investigation by mid-book. The romantic tensions between Harriet and Peter are explored. Gaudy Night is rich with literary allusions and is beautifully written.
Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries · 20 books
In publication order- 9 The Nine Tailors 1934
- 10 Gaudy Night 1935 This book
- 11 Busman's Honeymoon 1937
- Lord Peter Views the Body 1928
Subjects
- campus
- clothing rules
- college
- crime novel
- detektivroman
- emancipation
- emanzipation
- england, fiction
- familie
- fashion
- female education
- fiction
- fiction, mystery & detective, general
- fiction, mystery & detective, traditional
- frauenbildung
- frauenrechte
- harriet vane (fictitious character)
- kleidungsregeln
- krimi
- krminalroman
- large type books
- lord wimsey, peter (fictitious character)
- marriage
- mode
- private investigators
- social restrictions
- social roles
- studentenstreiche
- students
- students' pranks
- university
- vane, harriet (fictitious character)
- vane, harriet (fictitious character), fiction
- whodunnit
- wimsey, peter, lord (fictitious character)
- wimsey, peter, lord (fictitious character), fiction
- women detectives
- womens' college
- women's rights