41 pages 1 hour read

Dorothy L. Sayers

Gaudy Night

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935

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Essay Topics

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Harriet shares a complicated history with Wimsey. Examine the reasons why she doesn’t want to marry him. Does she change her mind by the end of the novel? If so, why?

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Think about the reckless youths who crop up in Gaudy Night. Discuss some examples and the way that their presence furthers the plot.

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The attacks upon the female scholars of Shrewsbury can be viewed as the conflict between privilege and poverty. Explain how this is so.

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