Striding Folly

Three Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

Narrated by: Ian Carmichael

Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

Three perplexing puzzles - and three inimitable Wimsey solutions - told with wit, humor, and suspense. Narrator Ian Carmichael, the quintessential Lord Peter, provides great entertainment with his talented performance of these three stories.

In "Striding Folly", a frightening dream provides a haunting premonition. A house numbered 13 is in a street of even numbers, and a dead man was never alive in "The Haunted Policeman." And "Talboys" sees Lord Peter's own children accused of theft.

©1972 Dorothy L. Sayers (P)1999, 2002 AudioGO

Total enjoyment

I especially enjoyed the last short story as I’ve read the previous wimsey books so I know their back story

Sweet. His author really loves Lord Peter.

He’s brilliant, suave, debonaire, and has a wicked sense of fun. Practically perfect in every way.

Brilliant and witty

Few authors can entertain us both in our youth and our later years. FABULOUS.
ENJOY

Delightful!!

I felt like I was catching up with old friends.
It was wonderful to see how Harriet maintains her literary life while watching over a brood of children.
Lord Peter glows as a father and lives an enchanted existence through and with his eldest son.
Bunter though in a much diminished capacity is still available for carrying out services that are so not ordinary.
Missed Lord Peter's mother. I love that character.

Settled Pleasure

I may enjoy Dorothy Sayers’ short stories even more than her novels. You get Lord Peter’s trademark wit, acumen and literary allusions, plus an unexpected resolution, all in less than an hour.

In this case, you also get Ian Carmichael, the man whom, for those of us who grew up watching Masterpiece Theater, simply is Lord Peter Wimsey.

Excellent !!!

I enjoyed every moment of this trilogy of short stories! Both the writing and the narration were spot on!

Great Time with Beloved Characters

These three short stories are definitely meant for people who are already fans of Sayers’ Lord Peter Wimsey, Harriet Vane, and company, but is great fun for those who are. The first two stories are intriguing mysteries in and of themselves, and the third is a delightful romp with some light sleuthing, which lets us spend time with some beloved characters.

Fun short stories

Excellent narration & interesting stories. I loved the last story about the children & the interfering house guest.

very enjoyable stories

unfortunately narrator can't do a British accent which took away enjoyment. Need another recording by British narrator

What a find!

Many thanks to the listener who wrote such a positive review about this little gem! I might never have decided to listen to it otherwise.

I love Dorothy Sayers, and didn’t even know these little short mysteries existed. Hearing them read by Ian Carmichael (who plays Lord Peter Wimsey in several tv presentations) was a double treat.

Here are three fairly short stories, that illustrate Sayers’ talents yet again. The first concerns a frame-up for murder—with the clues outlined in a man’s dream. The other two feature Wimsey’s son. One (which begins at the child’s birth) left Wimsey sounding a bit cavalier about it, but, as with all books written almost a century ago, one has to be tolerant of mindsets that prevailed at the time.

In any event, it was such gift to discover this. Dorothy Sayers had such an interesting career, as she combined being a scholar in a very serious way with crime writing on the side. I love her work, and thoroughly enjoyed listening to this!