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December 3, 2004
Gaudy Night The Screen Adaptation
The dullness and sheer shrewish repulsiveness of the book is faithfully brought to the screen. So faithfully I was only able to endure the first episode before turning it off. Harriet Vane isn't as odious as those with whom she associates--but what a clutch of harpies.
Now, I know that this was Sayer's version of A Room of One's Own arguing for the possible academic integrity of women studying at a university. But it is an unfortunate venue populated with the Oscar Wilde version of a fox-hunt--"The unspeakable chasing the inedible."
In case you haven't noticed, I'm not a fan of Gaudy Night as Tom noted, I constitute a very small (but vocal) minority of Sayers' fans. On the other hand, I am truly a Sayers' fan and only reluctantly a partisan of Lord Peter Wimsey, who I generally find as apalling as the characters in an Evelyn Waugh novel. (Can't wait to read Black Mischief.)
Posted by Steven Riddle at December 3, 2004 8:10 AM
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You've given me an idea: we come up with a list of alternative titles for Lord Peter Wimsey novels, then run it past some hardcore fans to see what they think.
Gaudy Night becomes, of course, A Clutch of Harpies. Have His Carcase might be Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Russian Waiter.
Posted by: Tom at December 3, 2004 9:52 AM