''Lord Peter'' is a collection of short stories featuring
Lord Peter Wimsey
Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey (later 17th Duke of Denver) is the fictional protagonist in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers (and their continuation by Jill Paton Walsh). A dilettante who solves mysteries fo ...
.
First published in 1972 (), it includes all the short stories about Lord Peter written by
Dorothy L. Sayers
Dorothy Leigh Sayers (; 13 June 1893 – 17 December 1957) was an English crime writer and poet. She was also a student of classical and modern languages.
She is best known for her mysteries, a series of novels and short stories set between th ...
, most of which were published elsewhere soon after they were written, and some related writings.
Contents
*''Introduction'', by James Sandoe
* Twelve stories which constituted ''
Lord Peter Views the Body
''Lord Peter Views the Body'', first published in 1928, was the first collection of short stories about Lord Peter Wimsey by Dorothy L. Sayers. All of them were included in later complete collections.
Synopsis The Abominable History of the ...
'' (1928)
**"The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers"
**"The Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question"
**"The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager's Will"
**"The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag"
**"The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker"
**"The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of Contention"
**"The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran"
**"The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste"
**"The Learned Adventure of the Dragon's Head"
**"The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach"
**"The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face"
**"The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba"
* Four stories from ''
Hangman's Holiday'' (1933)
**"
The Image in the Mirror"
**"The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey"
**"The Queen's Square"
**"The Necklace of Pearls"
* Two stories from ''
In the Teeth of the Evidence'' (1939)
**"In the Teeth of the Evidence"
**"Absolutely Elsewhere"
* Three later stories also collected in ''
Striding Folly
''Striding Folly'' is a collection of short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers featuring Lord Peter Wimsey
Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey (later 17th Duke of Denver) is the fictional protagonist in a series of detective novels and short stories b ...
'' (1972)
**"Striding Folly"
**"The Haunted Policeman"
**"Talboys"
*''Coda'': "Sayers, Lord Peter and God", by Carolyn Heilbrun
*''Codetta'': "Greedy Night, A Parody", by
E. C. Bentley
Sources
*Sayers, Dorothy L. ''Lord Peter: A Collection of All the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories.'' New York: Harper & Row (, ), 1972.
1972 short story collections
Short story collections by Dorothy L. Sayers
Harper & Row books
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