Editing Lord Peter

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[[Image:lord_peter.JPG|thumb|First edition (publ. [[Harper & Row]])]]
'''''Lord Peter''''' is a collection of short stories featuring [[Lord Peter Wimsey]].
First published in 1972 ({{ISBN|0-380-01694-X}}), it includes all the short stories about Lord Peter written by [[Dorothy L. Sayers]], most of which were published elsewhere soon after they were written, and some related writings.

==Contents==
*''Introduction'', by James Sandoe
* Twelve stories which constituted ''[[Lord Peter Views the Body]]'' (1928)
**"The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers"
**"The Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question"
**"The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager's Will"
**"The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag"
**"The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker"
**"The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of Contention"
**"The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran"
**"The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste"
**"The Learned Adventure of the Dragon's Head"
**"The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach"
**"The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face"
**"The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba"
* Four stories from ''[[Hangman's Holiday]]'' (1933)
**"[[The Image in the Mirror]]"
**"The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey"
**"The Queen's Square"
**"The Necklace of Pearls"
* Two stories from ''[[In the Teeth of the Evidence]]'' (1939)
**"In the Teeth of the Evidence"
**"Absolutely Elsewhere"
* Three later stories also collected in ''[[Striding Folly]]'' (1972)
**"Striding Folly"
**"The Haunted Policeman"
**"Talboys"
*''Coda'': "Sayers, Lord Peter and God", by Carolyn Heilbrun
*''Codetta'': "Greedy Night, A Parody", by [[E. C. Bentley]]

==Sources==
*Sayers, Dorothy L. ''Lord Peter: A Collection of All the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories.'' New York: Harper & Row ({{ISBN|0060137886}}, {{ISBN|978-0-06-013787-8}}), 1972.

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[[Category:1972 short story collections]]
[[Category:Short story collections by Dorothy L. Sayers]]
[[Category:Harper & Row books]]
[[Category:Lord Peter Wimsey short story collections]]


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