Dorothy Sayers

"Books . . . are like lobster shells," wrote the inimitable Dorothy Sayers (b. June 13, 1895). "We surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.” 

To this, we might add: we also grow into 'em. 

Sayers herself gave us a fair and varied number of volumes to grow into and out of: poetry, plays, mysteries, essays, and translations (she considered her rendering of Dante's Inferno to be her best work, idiosyncratic though it may be). 

And what would we be without her famous Guinness "Zoo" advertisements? (Sayers worked for nearly nine years as a copywriter in a London advertising agency and is credited with coining the phrase, "It pays to advertise!")

Listed below you'll find a few titles by Sayers that we usually keep in stock. Click through to find out more, and stay awhile.

The Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri; translated by Dorothy Sayers

The Passionate Intellect: Dorothy L. Sayers' Encounter with Dante, 
by Barbara Reynolds

Dorothy Sayers: The Complete Stories

The Complete, Annotated Whose Body? by Dorothy Sayers

The Man Born to Be King: A Play-Cycle on the Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, by Dorothy Sayers

The Mind of the Maker, by Dorothy Sayers

The Song of Roland, translated by Dorothy Sayers

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In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair . . . the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die.  —Dorothy Sayers