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The Challenge of Dorothy L. Sayers

Should detective fiction be easy reading?

Should detective fiction be easy reading?

Thanks to my guest, Eric Sandberg. He is an assistant professor at City University of Hong Kong and the editor of Dorothy L. Sayers: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction.

Mentioned in this episode:
鈥 Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
鈥 The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
鈥 The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
鈥 Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers
鈥 鈥淭he Case of Miss Dorothy Sayers鈥 by Q. D. Leavis in Scrutiny (December 1937)
鈥 Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
鈥 鈥淲ho Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?鈥 by Edmund Wilson in The New Yorker (20 June 1945)
鈥 The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers
鈥 The 鈥淗appily Ever After鈥 episode of Shedunnit
鈥 The 鈥淒orothy鈥檚 Secret鈥 episode of Shedunnit
鈥 The 鈥淒etection Club鈥 episode of Shedunnit
鈥 The 鈥淒orothy L. Sayers Solves Her Mystery鈥 episode of Shedunnit

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Shedunnit is written and narrated by Caroline Crampton and edited by Euan MacAleece.

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24 minutes