Unpopular opinions / by Dorothy L. Sayers
1946, First Edition. London : Victor Gollancz Limited. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Some light foxing to prelims; light damp-stain to fore-edge, with text unaffected. Tiny marginal tear to corner p.43. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #451907
Physical description; 190 pages ; 21 cm. Notes; Twenty-one essays. Contents; Christian morality -- Forgiveness -- What do we believe? -- Divine comedy -- A vote of thanks to Cyrus -- Towards a Christian aesthetic -- Creative mind -- The Gulf Stream and the Channel -- The mysterious English -- Plain English -- The English language -- They tried to be good -- Are women human? -- The human-not-quite-human -- Living to work -- How free is the press? -- Holmes' college career -- Dr. Watson's Christian name -- Dr. Watson, widower -- The dates in the Red-Headed League -- Aristotle on detective fiction. Subjects; Essays, English 20th century. Christianity.
Price: €45.00