Editing Gaudy Night (section)

==Principal characters==

[[File:Somerville College, Oxford - Library2.JPG|thumb|A modern view of [[Somerville College, Oxford]],  Sayers' ''[[alma mater]]'' and the inspiration for her fictional Shrewsbury College]]

*[[Harriet Vane]] – protagonist, a mystery writer
*[[Lord Peter Wimsey]] – protagonist, an aristocratic amateur detective
*Letitia Martin – Dean of Shrewsbury College
*Helen de Vine – new Research Fellow at Shrewsbury College
*Miss Lydgate – Harriet's former tutor<ref>This character is based on [[Mildred Pope]], Sayers' tutor at Somerville College. {{Cite book|last=Kennedy| first = Elspeth| editor =Jane Chance|chapter=Mildred K. Pope (1872–1956): Anglo-Norman Scholar| title = Women medievalists and the academy | year = 2005 | publisher=U of Wisconsin Press |location=Madison|isbn=978-0-299-20750-2|pages=147–56|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5QrnjT2NT5MC}}</ref>
*Dr Baring – [[Warden (college)|Warden]] of Shrewsbury College
*Miss Hillyard – history [[University don|don]] at Shrewsbury College
*Phoebe Tucker – Harriet's old college friend
*Viscount Saint-George – Lord Peter's nephew, an undergraduate at [[Christ Church, Oxford]]
*Reggie Pomfret – undergraduate at [[The Queen's College, Oxford|Queen's College]]
*Miss Burrows – College librarian
*Annie Wilson – [[bedder|scout]] at Shrewsbury College
*Padgett – Head Porter at Shrewsbury College
*[[Mervyn Bunter|Bunter]] – Lord Peter's manservant