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Indeholder en meget lang introduktion af Janet Hitchman, som røber at Penberthy skyder sig og Talloboy lader sig køre over. (Talloboy hedder nu Tallboy i Annoncer, der dræbte). Hele introduktionen kunne fint undværes for min skyld.
Indeholder også tre noveller: "Striding Folly", "Den plagede
"Striding Folly" handler om Mr. Mellilow der har købt Striding Hall for at nyde freden og roen på sine gamle dage. Desværre har Mr. Creech solgt det omliggende land til et nyt el-værk og højspændingsmasterne rykker tættere på i skarpt trav. Mr. Creech bliver myrdet og Mellilow forsøgt hængt op på mordet vha et skakspil med en modpart som ingen andre har set noget til.
Peter Wimsey vil det anderledes og Mellilow bliver befriet for mistanke. Striding Folly er det stentårn, som Mr. Creech bliver fundet myrdet i.
"Den plagede politibetjent" handler om en politimand, Burt, der er blevet grundigt forvirret og lidt til grin, fordi han hævder at have set et lig gennem brevsprækken i et hus med nr 13 i en gade - Merriman's End - hvor alle numrene er lige. Det bliver ikke bedre af at trappen ifølge Burt er i den modsatte side af huset i forhold til alle husene i gaden.
Wimsey er lige blevet far og inviterer politimanden på champagne og får hans historie. Han gætter at det er manden i nr 12, der har drevet gæk og er en glimrende maler af falske perspektiver. Spøgen var egentlig møntet på Sir Lucius Preston fra Royal Academy, så politimanden var et uskyldigt offer.
"Talboys" handler om Peter og Harriets ældste søn Bredon - på 6 år - og naboens forsvundne ferskner som denne gerne ville have haft med på næste dags blomstermarked, hvor de plejer at vinde førstepræmien. Peter finder ud at fersknerne er fjernet af et par af naboens uvenner vha en stige og et fiskenet. En diskussion om børneopdragelse med en lidt uvelkommen gæst Miss Quirk ender med at Peter Wimsey lægger en levende snog i hendes seng og derved fremskynder hendes afrejse.
Bagatelagtige glimt fra Peter Wimseys liv som gift med Harriet Vane og far til tre drenge, Bredon, Roger og Paul.
Indeholder også tre noveller: "Striding Folly", "Den plagede
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politibetjent", "Talboys"."Striding Folly" handler om Mr. Mellilow der har købt Striding Hall for at nyde freden og roen på sine gamle dage. Desværre har Mr. Creech solgt det omliggende land til et nyt el-værk og højspændingsmasterne rykker tættere på i skarpt trav. Mr. Creech bliver myrdet og Mellilow forsøgt hængt op på mordet vha et skakspil med en modpart som ingen andre har set noget til.
Peter Wimsey vil det anderledes og Mellilow bliver befriet for mistanke. Striding Folly er det stentårn, som Mr. Creech bliver fundet myrdet i.
"Den plagede politibetjent" handler om en politimand, Burt, der er blevet grundigt forvirret og lidt til grin, fordi han hævder at have set et lig gennem brevsprækken i et hus med nr 13 i en gade - Merriman's End - hvor alle numrene er lige. Det bliver ikke bedre af at trappen ifølge Burt er i den modsatte side af huset i forhold til alle husene i gaden.
Wimsey er lige blevet far og inviterer politimanden på champagne og får hans historie. Han gætter at det er manden i nr 12, der har drevet gæk og er en glimrende maler af falske perspektiver. Spøgen var egentlig møntet på Sir Lucius Preston fra Royal Academy, så politimanden var et uskyldigt offer.
"Talboys" handler om Peter og Harriets ældste søn Bredon - på 6 år - og naboens forsvundne ferskner som denne gerne ville have haft med på næste dags blomstermarked, hvor de plejer at vinde førstepræmien. Peter finder ud at fersknerne er fjernet af et par af naboens uvenner vha en stige og et fiskenet. En diskussion om børneopdragelse med en lidt uvelkommen gæst Miss Quirk ender med at Peter Wimsey lægger en levende snog i hendes seng og derved fremskynder hendes afrejse.
Bagatelagtige glimt fra Peter Wimseys liv som gift med Harriet Vane og far til tre drenge, Bredon, Roger og Paul.
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Kbh : Samleren, 1974. Samlerens lommebøger
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Fiction. Mystery. HTML: In three stories, Lord Peter Wimsey confronts land barons, killers�??and fatherhood: "One of the most skillful of mystery writers" (The New York Times). For decades, Lord Peter Wimsey has made life tough for England's criminal class. In town and country he solved some of the most baffling mysteries of the Jazz Age, facing down killers armed only with wit, charm, and a keen nose for deception. His work brought him 1 great reward: the love of beautiful mystery novelist Harriet Vane. After years of pleading, he has finally convinced her to marry him. Now the real adventure begins. In the final 3 Wimsey stories, Lord Peter confronts land barons, killers, and the terror that comes from raising 3 young sons. Through it all, his clear thinking never fails him, and he solves these last puzzles as successfully as he did his 1st. He may be a family man now, but like good wine, a great detective only gets better with age. Striding Folly is the 15th book in the Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, but you may enjoy the series by reading the books in any order. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dorothy L. Sayers including rare images from the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College.… (more)
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LibraryThing member atimco
In this collection of three short stories, Dorothy Sayers continues the adventures — both familial and criminal — of Lord Peter and his growing family. Striding Folly, published in 1972, is the last canonical Lord Peter book (and by that I mean written by Sayers). Two of the stories, "Striding
I wasn't overly impressed with the mysteries, but they're a wonderful excuse for the scenes describing Peter's and Harriet's marriage. What is it about the relationship between these two characters that is so riveting? It's humorous and secure and intelligent, and just so much fun. Peter's reaction to his wife's labor and the subsequent production of an heir is especially priceless. There is also some highly amusing snark directed at modern attempts to reinvent traditional child-rearing.
I can't comment on Janet Hitchman's introduction to this volume, as I skipped it on principle when I read the stories. I'm sure it's quite illuminating, but the book has gone mysteriously missing since I read it, so my good intentions of returning to the introduction are all in vain. Alas, I'm left to my own analysis, and so I say: this is not the best of the Lord Peter books, not by a long shot. But it's a a quick and entertaining read that Sayers fans will enjoy.
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Folly" and "The Haunted Policeman," had been previously published, unlike the third, "Talboys." I wasn't overly impressed with the mysteries, but they're a wonderful excuse for the scenes describing Peter's and Harriet's marriage. What is it about the relationship between these two characters that is so riveting? It's humorous and secure and intelligent, and just so much fun. Peter's reaction to his wife's labor and the subsequent production of an heir is especially priceless. There is also some highly amusing snark directed at modern attempts to reinvent traditional child-rearing.
I can't comment on Janet Hitchman's introduction to this volume, as I skipped it on principle when I read the stories. I'm sure it's quite illuminating, but the book has gone mysteriously missing since I read it, so my good intentions of returning to the introduction are all in vain. Alas, I'm left to my own analysis, and so I say: this is not the best of the Lord Peter books, not by a long shot. But it's a a quick and entertaining read that Sayers fans will enjoy.
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LibraryThing member cbl_tn
I listened to the audio version of this collection of three Lord Peter Wimsey stories. The second story, "The Haunted Policeman", takes place on the night that Wimsey's first son is born. The third story, "Tallboys", finds the oldest Wimsey son, Bredon, following in his father's footsteps. After
These stories aren't the best of Sayers work. However, I enjoyed them particularly for their portrayal of Wimsey's family life. This wouldn't be the place to start the Wimsey books, but most Sayers fans will want this in their collections. I found Ian Carmichael's narration difficult to follow in the car. His voice is low-pitched and breathy, and road noise often made it hard to distinguish some of the words. I'll be looking for a print copy to read the parts that I missed on the audio version.
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Bredon confesses to stealing a couple of peaches from a neighbor's tree, the neighbor soon discovers all of his prize-winning peaches missing. In order to clear his son's name, Lord Peter takes up the investigation into the missing peaches with the same attention to detail with which he investigates murders. Father and son also get up to a bit of mischief involving a disagreeable house guest. Unfortunately, I have a defective CD, so I missed the resolution of the first story because I couldn't get that track to play. Lord Peter had a small role in that story, though, so I didn't find it as interesting as the other two stories.These stories aren't the best of Sayers work. However, I enjoyed them particularly for their portrayal of Wimsey's family life. This wouldn't be the place to start the Wimsey books, but most Sayers fans will want this in their collections. I found Ian Carmichael's narration difficult to follow in the car. His voice is low-pitched and breathy, and road noise often made it hard to distinguish some of the words. I'll be looking for a print copy to read the parts that I missed on the audio version.
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LibraryThing member themulhern
Not to be read for enjoyment. Didactic short stories to allow Sayers to demonstrate her dislike of electricity and people who don't beat their children.
LibraryThing member name99
I almost awlays get nothing out of crime fiction, and this was no exception
I listened to this, just like I'll be listening to a few other hallowed crime authors to give them a chance, but certainly this did nothing to change my mind; this remains a genre I can live without.
I listened to this, just like I'll be listening to a few other hallowed crime authors to give them a chance, but certainly this did nothing to change my mind; this remains a genre I can live without.
LibraryThing member Figgles
Light and fun, some nice touches of bloomsbury and poking fun at trendy child rearing...Long and odd introducttion with some weird errors (Since when did PW say "Come on Steve"?)
LibraryThing member mmyoung
A collection of long-short stories that are so slight in substance as to be in danger of being blown away by the next healthy wind. The detection, such as it is, ranges from unconvincing (in the titular story) to obvious and trivial. The true thrill of the stories is to get a glimpse of Wimsey
The degree to which Wimsey's life is cushioned by money and privilege is not a minor detail in theses stories. Without hat privilege, access and special treatment nothing that happened could have happened. The reader of these stories is no less required to suspend their rationality than is the reader of most science fiction stories.
That said, as a long time fan of Wimsey and Sayers I found these stories lightly enjoyable although not worth rereading.
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after Sayers ceased writing novels about his exploits.The degree to which Wimsey's life is cushioned by money and privilege is not a minor detail in theses stories. Without hat privilege, access and special treatment nothing that happened could have happened. The reader of these stories is no less required to suspend their rationality than is the reader of most science fiction stories.
That said, as a long time fan of Wimsey and Sayers I found these stories lightly enjoyable although not worth rereading.
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LibraryThing member riverwillow
A collection of three stories featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. Wimsey really doesn't do that much in the first story, but the other two are important because they show Wimsey as a father of a growing family of boys. Fun, but not great crime literature.
LibraryThing member Helenliz
Three short stories set later than the novels. The second & third Peter & Harriet have children. Not sure they'd necessarily work if you didn't know the characters from the novels, as there's so much less space for fleshing out a character in a short story than there is in a novel. But entertaining
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LibraryThing member leslie.98
The final 3 short stories about Lord Peter.
I much preferred the second 2 (The Haunted Policeman & Talboys) to the somewhat odd first story (Striding Folly). I particularly liked the way Lord Peter and his eldest son worked together at the end of Talboys!
I much preferred the second 2 (The Haunted Policeman & Talboys) to the somewhat odd first story (Striding Folly). I particularly liked the way Lord Peter and his eldest son worked together at the end of Talboys!
LibraryThing member fred_mouse
This is a small book, containing only three stories, prefaced by a passionate verbal portrait of Sayers herself, written by Janet Hitchman. Having read the preface, I initially found the first story a let down, but as I progressed through the collection I was more and more fascinated.
The title
The final story reads as allegory about the role of society and the family in the rearing of children, with interferring society embodied in the visiting Miss Quirk, who neither Wimsey nor his wife Harriet seem to have any real connection with, but who has been foisted upon them. Woven in amongst the mystery of who, exactly, has stolen which of a neighours peaches, is a pointed commentary on discipline of children and the long-term effects thereof. I'm not convinced that the arguments necessarily held up at the time of writing, and they are very much contrary to what I consider to be current child-rearing wisdom, but as extremes of view and arguments either way, there is an interesting juxtaposition.
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story, while interesting, was possibly the weakest of the stories across the two collections, with surreal dream sequences, and tortuous plot logic. The other two stories, which as asides show us Wimsey as family man, were more interesting. Having said that, some of the same surreal quality is seen in the second story ("The Haunted Policeman"), told through two viewpoints - that of Wimsey, who has stayed up late while his wife is giving birth, and a local copper (P C Burt) who Wimsey has lured in to tell of the odd events of the night. But here the surreal quality feels more justified - the reality of the copper's experience really was peculiar, and across the telling of the story both Wimsey and Burt become more and more drunk on Wimsey's celebratory champagne, leading to believably vague characterisation. The final story reads as allegory about the role of society and the family in the rearing of children, with interferring society embodied in the visiting Miss Quirk, who neither Wimsey nor his wife Harriet seem to have any real connection with, but who has been foisted upon them. Woven in amongst the mystery of who, exactly, has stolen which of a neighours peaches, is a pointed commentary on discipline of children and the long-term effects thereof. I'm not convinced that the arguments necessarily held up at the time of writing, and they are very much contrary to what I consider to be current child-rearing wisdom, but as extremes of view and arguments either way, there is an interesting juxtaposition.
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LibraryThing member fuzzi
As a teen I loved the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, and read them all after seeing a couple of the BBC productions starring Ian Carmichael. So when I found a book by the same author, and about Lord Peter Wimsey, I expected a winner. Unfortunately, I was underwhelmed. This volume includes an
Problems? There wasn't much mystery or suspense. Or maybe Wimsey just doesn't work as well in a shorter format, at least not for me. Or maybe my tastes have changed four decades later. I have no plans for a reread of what I considered to be pablum.
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incredibly long introduction (31 pages!) and three short stories/novellas. Problems? There wasn't much mystery or suspense. Or maybe Wimsey just doesn't work as well in a shorter format, at least not for me. Or maybe my tastes have changed four decades later. I have no plans for a reread of what I considered to be pablum.
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LibraryThing member thornton37814
This short work contains the last three Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries. "Striding Folly" barely mentions Lord Peter at all, and the plot disappointed. "The Haunted Policeman" concerns a young constable who encounters Wimsey the night Harriet gave birth to their first son. Lord Peter loosens the
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officer's tongue with champagne. The third, "Talboys,"features Lord Peter's son Bredon in trouble for stealing a couple of peaches. Then all the neighbors' peaches disappear overnight. Many modern readers probably agree with Miss Quirk's dislike of the means Lord Peter chose of punishing the boy. However, I don't like what the boy (and his father) did to the woman later. All three were mediocre reads although it was nice to see Lord Peter and Harriet settling in as a family. Show Less
LibraryThing member cbl_tn
Only one of the three short stories in this collection is a murder mystery, and Lord Peter Wimsey appears only briefly in the one with the murder. The title story, “Striding Folly,” has an air of the supernatural about it, as the central figure escapes a murder charge only because of a dream he
“The Haunted Policeman” takes place immediately following the birth of Lord Peter and Harriet’s first son. A shaken Lord Peter steps outside for a smoke and encounters a policeman new to the beat. The policeman is rattled about something he has just witnessed, and Lord Peter loosens his tongue with celebratory champagne. An easily solved puzzle is just what Lord Peter needs to relieve the stress that built up during his anxiety for Harriet’s well-being during her hours of labor and childbirth.
“Talboys” is my favorite of the three stories. Seven years after their honeymoon at Talboys, Lord Peter and Harriet are on holiday there with their three young sons. The eldest, Bredon, gets into mischief with a neighbor’s peaches. No harm is done and all is forgiven. However, the very next night all of the peaches on the tree disappear. Lord Peter and Harriet’s unwanted house guest, Miss Quirk, insists that she can prove that Bredon is guilty this time, too. Lord Peter must find out what really happened to the peaches in order to prove Bredon’s innocence. Father and son get into some shared mischief in the process. Lord Peter is at his best when he converses with children, and it’s satisfying to me that the Wimsey canon closes with this glimpse of Peter as a father.
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had the night before. Had he not acted in accordance with the dream, Wimsey would have had little to detect.“The Haunted Policeman” takes place immediately following the birth of Lord Peter and Harriet’s first son. A shaken Lord Peter steps outside for a smoke and encounters a policeman new to the beat. The policeman is rattled about something he has just witnessed, and Lord Peter loosens his tongue with celebratory champagne. An easily solved puzzle is just what Lord Peter needs to relieve the stress that built up during his anxiety for Harriet’s well-being during her hours of labor and childbirth.
“Talboys” is my favorite of the three stories. Seven years after their honeymoon at Talboys, Lord Peter and Harriet are on holiday there with their three young sons. The eldest, Bredon, gets into mischief with a neighbor’s peaches. No harm is done and all is forgiven. However, the very next night all of the peaches on the tree disappear. Lord Peter and Harriet’s unwanted house guest, Miss Quirk, insists that she can prove that Bredon is guilty this time, too. Lord Peter must find out what really happened to the peaches in order to prove Bredon’s innocence. Father and son get into some shared mischief in the process. Lord Peter is at his best when he converses with children, and it’s satisfying to me that the Wimsey canon closes with this glimpse of Peter as a father.
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LibraryThing member leslie.98
2022 reread didn't change my opinion :)
The final 3 short stories about Lord Peter.
I much preferred the second 2 (The Haunted Policeman & Talboys) to the somewhat odd first story (Striding Folly). I particularly liked the way Lord Peter and his eldest son worked together at the end of Talboys!
The final 3 short stories about Lord Peter.
I much preferred the second 2 (The Haunted Policeman & Talboys) to the somewhat odd first story (Striding Folly). I particularly liked the way Lord Peter and his eldest son worked together at the end of Talboys!
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English
Original publication date
1972 (collection)
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132 p.; 18.5 cm
ISBN
8756802595 / 9788756802598
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Omslag: Ikke angivet
Omslaget viser Wimseys våbenskjold
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra engelsk "Striding Folly, including three final Lord Peter Wimsey stories" af Tage la Cour, Leif G. Berthelsen
Oversat fra engelsk "Striding Folly" af Tage la Cour, Leif G. Berthelsen
Oversat fra engelsk "The Haunted Policeman" af Tage la Cour, Leif G. Berthelsen
Oversat fra engelsk "Talboys" af Tage la Cour, Leif G. Berthelsen
Tre Peter Wimsey noveller
Side 13: Dorothy Sayers sagde engang, at opskriften på detektivhistorier er at fortælle løgne.
Side 65: Vi beholder ham.Tag ham, pak ham ind, og send regningen til mig. Det er et særdeles interessant supplement til dig, Harriet, men det ville have været en pokkers dårlig erstatning
Side 96: Det ville have været så simpelt og så let at forklare det hele; men som en ægte irer, elsker han at gøre autoriteterne til grin.
Side 131: Det kan godt komme til at virke lidt komisk, når man begynder at gøre kur til sin kone efter syv års ægteskab. Behager det min herre og mester at gå i seng?
Omslaget viser Wimseys våbenskjold
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra engelsk "Striding Folly, including three final Lord Peter Wimsey stories" af Tage la Cour, Leif G. Berthelsen
Oversat fra engelsk "Striding Folly" af Tage la Cour, Leif G. Berthelsen
Oversat fra engelsk "The Haunted Policeman" af Tage la Cour, Leif G. Berthelsen
Oversat fra engelsk "Talboys" af Tage la Cour, Leif G. Berthelsen
Tre Peter Wimsey noveller
Side 13: Dorothy Sayers sagde engang, at opskriften på detektivhistorier er at fortælle løgne.
Side 65: Vi beholder ham.Tag ham, pak ham ind, og send regningen til mig. Det er et særdeles interessant supplement til dig, Harriet, men det ville have været en pokkers dårlig erstatning
Side 96: Det ville have været så simpelt og så let at forklare det hele; men som en ægte irer, elsker han at gøre autoriteterne til grin.
Side 131: Det kan godt komme til at virke lidt komisk, når man begynder at gøre kur til sin kone efter syv års ægteskab. Behager det min herre og mester at gå i seng?
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