I LOVE Dorothy Sayers and read all of her books when I was in college. I own these books and have reread them all a couple of times, at least. My favorite one is THE DAUGHTER OF TIME, which MM also likes.
That's nothin'. I knew the word "dooky" from the time I was a small child.
Mumsy gave me a lolly.
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I LOVE Dorothy Sayers and read all of her books when I was in college. I own these books and have reread them all a couple of times, at least. My favorite one is THE DAUGHTER OF TIME, which MM also likes.
You did well to bring it up, in view of your earlier remarks on the thread about Philistines, and pop culture vs. more refined interests. Particularly as the book portrayed Shakespeare as being a lickspittle to the leading nobility of his day.
But -- returning to the original topic of the thread, I'm surprised you didn't reference THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR first, as the villain of the book was a slutty young woman who was having an affair with a married man -- and covered it up by making false accusations of kidnapping against another *woman*.
I'm also wondering why you didn't avail yourself of the following quote from THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR:
“Lack of education," old Mrs. Sharpe said thoughtfully, "is an extraordinary handicap when one is being offensive. They had no resources at all.”
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Oh, and not to put too fine a point on it, but THE DAUGHTER OF TIME (and THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR) were written by Josephine Tey, not Dorothy Sayers.