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Q: What do Dorothy Sayers and Harriet Vane share in common?
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Answer: The fact that Harriet is a fellow Oxonian is an important "equalizer" in Lord Peter and Harriet's relationship. The fact that Wimsey proposes to his sweetheart in Latin (in Gaudy Night) acknowledges their shared intellect as well as love. |
Sayers herself was one of the first women graduates of the college and a distinguished classical scholar. Her essays on Dante's Divine Comedy are considered to be among the most illuminating ever written on the subject.
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