Gaudy night

By Dorothy L. Sayers

Subjects: women's rights, Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, emancipation, Studentenstreiche, Women detectives, Mode, Wimsey, peter, lord (fictitious character), fiction, Private investigators, womens' college, campus, college, Vane, harriet (fictitious character), fiction, Whodunnit, university, Frauenrechte, crime novel, Fiction, Wimsey, Peter, Lord (Fictitious character), fashion, social roles, marriage, Krimi, Lord Wimsey, Peter (Fictitious character), Harriet Vane (Fictitious character), Detektivroman, Familie, Emanzipation, clothing rules, Krminalroman, students' pranks, Kleidungsregeln, students, Frauenbildung, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, social restrictions, Large type books, female education, England, fiction, Vane, Harriet (Fictitious character)

Description: 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.