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"Known to many as the creator of Lord Peter Wimsey and the bestselling author of a dozen detective novels, Dorothy Leigh Sayers was a complex woman - moved, she said, by 'a careless rage for life'. She is characterised here as a brilliant student, playwright, novelist, controversial Christian apologist, witty, bawdy, not bearing fools gladly - and 'terrified of emotion'. This biography is well written and draws on the thousands of letters Sayers wrote. Her unconventional life, including sad marriage and attendant tradegy, is all here."
Michael JR Jose, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Romance
Yes
Kind of romance:
- in love with mixedup person
- marriage coming apart
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- trouble in high school
- alienated from society
Political/social rights fight
Yes
Plotlet:
- women fighting for rights
- religious issues
Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside)
- British
Gender/Class story?
- woman's story
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Family, ill
Yes
Who?
- husband
because he/she is
- alcoholic/druggie
Phys disability/mental struggle?
Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender
Yes
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- emotionally unstable
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 2 (a little)
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Century:
- 1930's-1950's
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel?
- thoughtful
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- eccentric personalities
- Dry-cynical
- satire
- sarcastic/sardonic
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- decency
- selfishness
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A lot 11-15 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more descript than dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 51%-75% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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