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Post by boogum on Oct 2, 2017 0:01:00 GMT -8
I know I have seen a few fans around, so figured I'd make a thread.
Georgette Heyer is one of my favourite authors. She's witty, has a knack for historical detail, and writes good romance to boot. I actually wrote a thesis about some of her books during my Honours year at university, and I re-read several of her books every year. I've lost count of the number of times I have read some of them. In fact, I bought new copies of some of my special favourites (Friday's Child, Cotillion and Arabella) so I can re-read them in Japan as well, haha.
I own all of her novels - even the ones that were removed from print - and can say there are only a handful I don't like (looking at you, The Spanish Bride). Most of them are great. Some of her contemporary ones that she requested to be removed from print aren't the best, so I can understand why she did it, but she's a really great author. Her detective novels are great as well.
So, what do other people think?
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Post by Shaliza on Oct 2, 2017 0:21:03 GMT -8
^ I've never read any Georgette Heyer novels, but they come very highly recommended by LouiseX too.  Will definitely need to get my hands on these at some point.  |
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Post by boogum on Oct 2, 2017 0:23:10 GMT -8
You should! She's a really, really good author.
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Post by LouiseX on Oct 2, 2017 13:27:07 GMT -8
I LOVE Georgette Heyer's romances, in fact I'm listening to one right now (Frederica) for the group discussion on Goodreads. I'll add some links at the end in case you want to have a look. My favourites are probably Sylvester, Cotillion and Devil's Cub, but I love many of the others too. They are my go to books for a happy comfortable read but as you said they're very well crafted and are more than just that. They're clean reads focusing on the relationship between the characters, rather than just the physical attraction but have more of a sense of adventure than a Jane Austen (who I also love). I haven't read any of the mysteries after trying Penhallow but as I'm reliably informed that that is not a good representation of the general mysteries I intend to try another at some point. www.goodreads.com/group/show/19912-georgette-heyer-fanswww.goodreads.com/list/show/105367.Favourite_Georgette_Heyer_Romancestwitter.com/search?src=typd&q=%40georgettedaily |
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Post by boogum on Oct 3, 2017 6:28:52 GMT -8
I love all three of those (and Frederica). It's so hard to pick favourites. Probably a good thing since it wasn't easy getting my collection. I started when I was 11 - before the internet or even online book stores were a big a thing - and all I could do was hunt in every second hand book shop I could find for Georgette Heyer novels. You can tell how long it took me, because I got the last few through book depository when I was doing my Masters at university, haha.
One of my favourite finds was actually The Grand Sophy. I found it in this tiny second-hand bookstore in this tiny, tiny village-like town I was just passing through while travelling back in NZ. I was so excited to read it that I ditched my plans as soon as we reached our proper destination (alas, car sickness never lets me indulge in my reading habits) and read that instead. That was a great day.
Anyway, I agree that Georgette Heyer's books have more of a sense of adventure than Austen's. I feel like she's "kinder" to her characters in a way as well. It's less a social critique sometimes as it is her enjoying what she's doing and letting other people enjoy it as well.
Penhallow is the worst. You definitely picked the wrong one. Try A Blunt Instrument or Behold, Here's Poison.
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