Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
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How to Write a Novel About Harriet Vane
Francesca wrote to her publisher saying, i'm going to really with gaudy knight, write what i want to. It's interesting that she moved into writing this book that is very much a detective novel - but instead of so much stead of wider than the kind of jigs or puzzle novels she'd written before. And it was a kind of personal challenge to her as well, she felt. Francesca: When did you first cause youo write about dorothyol sayers as one of the five women you folkes on in square haunting?
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