He has been the primary recipient of the poison pen letters, but she has also sent many to female students and faculty because she dislikes them for forging a path that she feels is above the station of women.She believes women should take on domestic roles, not academic ones. Annie is both distraught and angry, When she learns that the examiner who discovered the fraud has moved to Shrewsbury College she begins to plot his downfall. The fraud was exposed by an examiner and shame, and the loss of his career, drove Professor Wilson to take his own life. She is Annie Wilson, a college housekeeper, whose husband was a disgraced professor at the University of York revealed to have participated in a large academic fraud.
Things come to a rather threatening and violent head before the perpetrator is revealed. Harriet is attacked, and almost killed, by an unknown assailant. The letters begin to take on a more sinister leaning when they are a clear attempt to drive one of the recipients of them, a young female student, to suicide. She eventually enlists the help of Wimsey, about whom she has mixed feelings, but who turns out to be a very helpful fresh pair of eyes. She finds it difficult to narrow down the list of suspects and starts to become overwhelmed, the case and her musings upon it leading to some quite depressing introspection. Harriet learns that the vandalism has taken the form of offensive graffiti, and the destruction of several academic collections and research materials. She comes up with a cover story and pretends that she is researching a paper about Sheridan Le Fanu, an Irish novelist famous for penning gothic horror stories. Although she really does not want to go back to the college for an extended stay, Harriet agrees. If this gets out then it will be very damaging to the reputation of the college, and he needs someone whom he can trust, and whom he knows to have the best interests of the college at heart.
There has been a spate of vandalism and many people have received nasty anonymous letters.
However, there is a cloud cast over her visit when she receives a poison pen letter that refers to her as a "dirty murderess".Ī good while afterwards, the Dean of Shrewsbury College contacts Harriet and asks for her help. Her old professors are happy to see her, and for a while she is overcome by sentiment and begins to remember what she enjoyed about student life. The Gaudy Dinner is an old student tradition at Oxford University, one that Harriet Vane is not entirely sure that she wants to attend as she prepares to go back to Shrewsbury College unsure of the reception she is going to receive when she gets there after all, it wasn't too long ago that she was accused of murder, but to her surprise, a warm welcome awaits. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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