For Sayers, writing a character with money was a way of forgetting her own financial woes: "When I was unsatisfied with my single unfurnished room," Sayers once wrote, "I took a luxurious flat for him in Piccadilly."
With the simple introductory exclamation, "Oh damn!," Wimsey won over thousands of hearts and, eventually, found a spot in the pantheon of iconic fictional detectives.Īllegedly based on Fred Astaire and Bertie Wooster, Wimsey is akin to Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot-a prime example of a Golden Age "gentleman sleuth." The son of a duke, Wimsey is a man of refined tastes and hobbies-particularly drinking fine wine, dressing in high-quality men's fashion, and collecting rare and expensive books. The genesis of one of her most beloved characters-the very noble Lord Peter Wimsey-came as a light bulb moment in the early 1920s. After receiving her education, publishing poetry, and finding success as an ad copywriter, Dorothy Sayers dipped her toe into the world of detective fiction.
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