The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:novel
gptkbp:adaptations gptkb:radio_station
gptkb:television_adaptation
gptkb:audiobook
gptkb:stage_play
gptkbp:author gptkb:Dorothy_L._Sayers
gptkbp:character gptkb:Sir_Julian_Freke
gptkb:Mr._D'_Arcy
Inspector Parker
Mr. Mervyn
Miss Agatha
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:murder_mystery
social tensions
gptkbp:critical_reception generally positive
gptkbp:cultural_impact influenced later detective fiction
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:Strong_Poison
gptkbp:genre gptkb:mystery
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Golden_Age_of_Detective_Fiction
gptkbp:inspiration real-life events
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:main_character gptkb:Harriet_Vane
gptkb:Lord_Peter_Wimsey
gptkbp:narrative_style third-person
gptkbp:notable_quote " The truth is rarely pure and never simple."
" There is no such thing as a perfect crime."
" The game is afoot!"
" It is a truth universally acknowledged..."
" Murder is always a mistake."
gptkbp:plot A murder mystery involving a death at a gentlemen's club.
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Whose_Body?
gptkbp:published 1928
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Victor_Gollancz_Ltd.
gptkbp:resolution solving the murder
gptkbp:series gptkb:Lord_Peter_Wimsey
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Bellona_Club
gptkb:London
1930s England
gptkbp:style witty dialogue
detailed character development
gptkbp:themes gptkb:moral_ambiguity
class distinction
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:George_Bernard_Shaw
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4