Author Review: Dorothy Sayers
Posted by tom | Jun 24, 2005Excerpt:
Dorothy Leigh Sayers was born at Oxford on June 13th, 1893, the only child of the Rev. Henry Sayers. She was brought up at Bluntisham Rectory, Cambridgeshire, and went to the Godolphin School, Salisbury, where she won a scholarship to Somerville College, Oxford. In 1915 she graduated with honors in modern languages. Disliking the routine and seclusion of academic life she joined Blackwell's, the Oxford publishers, worked with her Oxford friend Eric Whelpton, in Normandy, and from 1922 until 1931 served as copywriter at the London advertising firm of Bensons . . .
Her theology was traditionally Anglican with emphasis on doctrine. Every available moment of her time was spent writing, to the small hours of the morning. Letters, articles and essays streamed from her pen. The war led her to write Begin Here, followed by The Mind of the Maker, in which she compares the human with the Divine creator. She explored by-ways of knowledge, delighted in puzzles and enjoyed many a fight which she conducted with wit and good humor. Her formidable presence, magnificent brain and logical presentation put her in great demand as a lecturer.
