Sayers returned to Oxford in 1912 to study at Somerville College. When Dorothy was 4 years old her family moved to the fen country of East Anglia (which we later find in The Nine Tailors). The name is appropriate, as Christ Church was founded by Cardinal Wolsey as “Cardinal College” in 1525. In the unpublished fragment of My Edwardian Childhood, Sayers renames Christ Church “Wolsey College” (incidentally it has the same name in the episode ‘The Daughters of Cain’ in the Inspector Morse TV series). Brewer Street is a narrow side street opening off St Aldate’s not far from the main entrance to Christ Church College, where her father was headmaster of the Choir School. Sayers and her Connection to Oxfordĭorothy L Sayers was born on 13 June 1893 in the Choir House in Brewer Street in Oxford. Whatever the circumstances, the novel still holds its old magic.Ībout Dorothy L. Since my first stay in Oxford in that magical summer of 1973 as a German school girl, I have been back a number of times. For years it remained one of my favourite books – amply documented by the by now rather tatty state of my copy – but as time went by it was pushed aside by new favourites. This holiday in the ‘city of dreaming spires’ was in 1973, and I bought the book a couple of years later. For me this particular novel will always be connected with my memories of a holiday in Oxford, where most of the action of this novellater takes place. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the publication of Gaudy Night by Dorothy L.
A Reunion with Old Friends – Gaudy Night Book Review: Dorothy L Sayers, Gaudy Night (1935) Note: Contains spoilers
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