Ep. 893, Clouds of Witness, Part 1 of 9, by Dorothy Sayers
The Classic Tales Podcast
B.J. Harrison
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🗓️ 5 January 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Can Lord Peter Wimsey help when his brother is accused of murder? Because things aren't looking good. Dorothy Sayers, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.
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Dorothy Sayers was a pioneer in the world of detective fiction, and in her second novel featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, she deepens her craft. In his first outing in Whose Body, Wimsey verges on caricature, and in Clouds of Witness, he's drawn as more of a man of action. Sayers will deepen this aspect of Wimsey in subsequent novels.
The title for this book comes from the Bible: Hebrews Chapter 12, verse 1: "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us."
And now, Clouds of Witness, Part 1 of 9, by Dorothy Sayers.
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| 0:00.0 | Can Lord Peter whimsy help when his brother is accused of murder? |
| 0:05.0 | Because things aren't looking good. |
| 0:08.0 | Dorothy Sayers, today on the Classic Tales Podcast. |
| 0:13.0 | Welcome to the Classic Tales Podcast. |
| 0:22.0 | Welcome to the Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. |
| 0:26.0 | The Vintage episode for the week is The Offshore Pirate by F. Scott Fitzgerald. |
| 0:32.0 | Be sure to check it out on Tuesday. |
| 0:34.6 | The vintage episodes will not stream through YouTube. |
| 0:37.4 | So if you don't want to miss anything, |
| 0:39.0 | please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. If you've enjoyed the show, please become a monthly |
| 0:45.1 | supporter and help us keep the lights on. Please go to classic tales audio |
| 0:50.1 | books.com and become a monthly supporter for as little as five dollars a month. |
| 0:55.0 | As a thank you gesture, we'll send you a coupon code every month for $8 off any |
| 1:01.0 | audio book order. Give more and you get more. It's a great way to join |
| 1:05.9 | the team and help us keep producing amazing audiobook content. Go to Classic Tales |
| 1:12.1 | audiobooks.com and become a supporter today. |
| 1:15.0 | Dorothy Sayers was a pioneer in the world of detective fiction. |
| 1:21.0 | And in her second novel featuring Lord Peter |
| 1:23.8 | whimsy she deepens her craft. In his first outing in whose body, |
| 1:29.2 | whimsy verges on caricature and in clouds Witness, he's drawn as more of a man of action. |
| 1:36.0 | Sayers will deepen this aspect of Wimsy in subsequent novels. |
| 1:41.0 | The title for this book comes from the Bible, Hebrews chapter 12 verse 1. |
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