Gaudy Night
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About Gaudy Night
In this Lord Peter Wimsey whodunit, mystery writer Harriet Vane attends her Oxford reunion, known as the "Gaudy". But the festivities are haunted by a series of ghastly warnings which threaten murder. Soon Harriet and her paramour, Lord Peter Wimsey, find themselves ensnared in a nightmare of terror. Originally published in 1936. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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- Audience
- Adult/general
- Commitment
- Standalone or self-contained
- Estimated reading time
- 11.5 hours at about 40 pages per hour
- Length
- Standard-length read
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Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers, published in 1986, is a 469-page book for readers who prefer to browse by the experience of a story, not only by its sales category. Its strongest discovery signals include Lord Peter Wimsey Books in Order.
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- Print ISBN
- 978-0-060-80824-2
- Published
- 1986
- Pages
- 469
