On Harriet Vane

[sebastienne]

Well, yes, I am finally getting around to reading Dorothy L Sayers. And I do love Harriet Vane for all the reasons that you told me I would, flist.

Only.. None of you mentioned how deliciously kinky this is!

[spoilers for Gaudy Night]

An hour of al fresco breath play in an Oxfordshire field, followed by a collaring?!

Consider me purring. It's taken two-and-a-half books for Harriet and Peter to be able to interact like equals, and THIS is the first thing they do? <3

Comments

[gavagai]

Oh, Emma, ilu. And Harriet.

[gavagai]

Are you considering watching the 80s adaptations, btw? They can move sooooo slowly and some of the bit-part actors are painful, but Edward Petherbridge and Harriet Walter are just wonderful. The scene from HIC starting at 7:40 in this clip and continuing into the next clip is just about one of my favourite things to watch evar, oh, them.

(Also the little exchange from 7:50 here - OH THEM. I always want to make an animated gif of Peter coming through the door but don't know how.)

[me_and]

Suddenly I am intrigued. I must look these books up!

[lilka.livejournal.com]

I just didn't want to spoil the surprise :) I'm so glad you're enjoying them.

[sebastienne.livejournal.com]

Yes, although this book seemed to rather skimp on the mystery in order to focus on being evocative of Oxford and people and relationships. I'm trying to decide if I like that balance or not.. I did so like all the non-mystery elements, but I'm sure that others of these books have excelled at both types of development. Perhaps it is simply the lack of a corpse which is disconcerting me!

(Or I may just have been lucky to fix my suspicions to the right person very early on, and then spend the rest of the book seeing clues with a "well, obviously..")

See you later? I could certainly be up for meeting a little earlier to discuss these issues in person...