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''Gaudy Night'' is a 1935 Lord Peter Wimsey Detective Story by Dorothy L. Sayers . It is the third of the Wimsey novels to feature Harriet Vane . It was adapted for television in 1987 as part of a series starring Edward Petherbridge as Lord Peter and Harriet Walter as Harriet Vane. In 2005 an adaptation of the novel was released on CD by the BBC Radio Collection to finally complete the run of Wimsey adaptations begun with '' Whose Body? '' in 1973 ; the role of Harriet was played by Joanna David, and Wimsey, as ever, by Ian Carmichael . SYNOPSIS Having been acquitted of one murder in '' Strong Poison '', and been instrumental in the solving of another in '' Have His Carcase '', mystery writer Harriet Vane arrives for the reunion (or Gaudy ) at her ''alma mater'', the fictitious Shrewsbury College, Oxford . Here she encounters a tangle of Poison Pen notes, obscene Graffiti , and dangerous pranks that Lord Peter Wimsey helps her get to the bottom of. As the case develops, Harriet begins to realize that she loves Wimsey, who has been proposing to her ever since they first met (in prison, as she faced the gallows as a suspect in the murder of her former lover). In an extraordinarily touching scene at the end of the book, she finally accepts his proposal of marriage. Their marriage and honeymoon (interrupted by yet another murder mystery) is depicted in '' Busman's Honeymoon ''. The plot of ''Gaudy Night'' was adapted to become the two-part ''Out of the Past'' episode (#155 & #156) of the American television mystery series '' Diagnosis Murder '' starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan. The episode first aired on 11 May 2000 , with John Schneider as the villain. |
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