The Lord Peter Wimsey Mailing List FAQ
Abbreviations
Novels:
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WHOS
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Whose Body?
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CLOU
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Clouds of Witness
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UNNA
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Unnatural Death
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VIEW
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Lord Peter Views the Body
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UNPL
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Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
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STRO
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Strong Poison
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FIVE
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Five Red Herrings
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CARC
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Have His Carcase
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HANG
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Hangman's Holiday
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MURD
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Murder Must Advertise
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NINE
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The Nine Tailors
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GAUD
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Gaudy Night
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BUSM
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Busman's Honeymoon
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STRI
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Striding Folly
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EVID
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In the Teeth of the Evidence
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LORD
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Lord Peter
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DOCU
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The Documents in the Case
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WIMS
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The Wimsey Papers
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THRO
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Thrones, Dominations*
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PRES
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A Presumption of Death*
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ATTN
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The Attenbury Emeralds*
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These abbreviations were originally compiled by Kristopher J. Preacher.
Short Stories
Stories are here listed in the order in which they appear in the collected volume
LORD PETER
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Fing
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The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers
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Ques
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The Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question
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Uncl
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The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager's Will
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Horr
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The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag
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Joke
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The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker
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Bone
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The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of Contention
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Foot
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The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps that Ran
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Tast
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The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste
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Head
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The Learned Adventure of the Dragon's Head
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Stom
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The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach
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Face
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The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with no Face
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Cave
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The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba
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Mirr
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The Image in the Mirror
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Elop
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The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey
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Quee
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The Queen's Square
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Neck
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The Necklace of Pearls
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Evid
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In the Teeth of the Evidence
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Else
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Absolutely Elsewhere
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Stri
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Striding Folly
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Haun
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The Haunted Policeman
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Talb
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Talboys
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Gree
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Greedy Night (by E.C. Benson)
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These abbreviations compiled by Katharine Mills.
* Novels completed by Jill Paton Walsh at the behest of the Sayers Estate. THRO is based upon a novel that
Sayers started and never intended to finish, and PRES is very loosely based upon WIMS. ATTN has been created out of whole cloth and revisits Peter's first case, which Sayers never wrote up.