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CRussel · 01-22-2018, 01:34 PM

I certainly thought so, but it's often a personal reaction so I can't say you will. It's tricky, because I've read all the books more than once over many years, so I can no longer see it from 'new' eyes. I also have a long (and positive) experience with British fiction from the early 20th century onwards, so can easily recognize his "uppper-class twit" for the protective colouration that it is, and see underneath.

I'll make a suggestion, Jon. Watch one of the BBC dramatizations of the Sayers books. There are basically two sets -- the Ian Carmichael adaptations of the ones that didn't include Harriet Vane, and the Edward Petherbridge adaptations of the ones that did. (Though that's a bit simplistic, it's close enough.)

The next in the series is Clouds of Witness, which is in the Ian Carmichael set, along with Murder Must Advertise which is a personal favourite. In the Petherbridge group, I would go for the first of them, Strong Poison, which introduces Harriet Vane as Lord Peter tries to save her from certain hanging for murder.

01-22-2018, 01:34 PM	#66
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,297 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	I certainly thought so, but it's often a personal reaction so I can't say you will. It's tricky, because I've read all the books more than once over many years, so I can no longer see it from 'new' eyes. I also have a long (and positive) experience with British fiction from the early 20th century onwards, so can easily recognize his "uppper-class twit" for the protective colouration that it is, and see underneath. I'll make a suggestion, Jon. Watch one of the BBC dramatizations of the Sayers books. There are basically two sets -- the Ian Carmichael adaptations of the ones that didn't include Harriet Vane, and the Edward Petherbridge adaptations of the ones that did. (Though that's a bit simplistic, it's close enough.) The next in the series is Clouds of Witness, which is in the Ian Carmichael set, along with Murder Must Advertise which is a personal favourite. In the Petherbridge group, I would go for the first of them, Strong Poison, which introduces Harriet Vane as Lord Peter tries to save her from certain hanging for murder.