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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Savers, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh).

[Letters]

The letters of Dorothy L. Sayers, 1937–1943: from novelist to playwright / edited by Barbara Reynolds.

   p. cm.

eISBN: 978-1-4668-8635-3

1. Sayers, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh), 1893–1957—Correspondence. 2. Women authors, English—20th century—Correspondence. 3. Detective and mystery stories—Authorship. I. Reynolds, Barbara. II. Title. PR6037.A95ZA8 1996

823’.912—dc20

[b] 95-16780 CIP

First published in Great Britain by The Dorothy L. Sayers Society, Carole Green Publishing

First U.S. Edition: April 1998

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