The Nonesuch (1962)

by Georgette Heyer

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Heyer is the master of intricate sparkling conversations. (

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stillnotalice | Apr 25, 2013 |

This is kind of like Jane Austen id-fic. It is what Jane Austen would have written if she had kink memes. On the one hand, totally fucking addictive like salt and vinegar potato chips. On the other, I am not as charmed as I expected to be.

I did like the recurrence of the ridiculous B-plot from the first three pages as an important part of the romance, which may have added an entire star to the rating. (

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cricketbats | Apr 18, 2013 |

Tiffany Wield is spectacular viewing. I don't often enjoy awful characters but she's so magnificently self-centred it's fun. Heyer seems at her best when she's poking fun at people. (

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veracite | Apr 7, 2013 |

Good story marred by a character misunderstanding that smacked of authorial convenience. Hero too perfect. Even Darcy had flaws! Waldo's only flaw was having "Waldo" for a name. I really liked the heroine, Ancilla, but she managed her badly behaved charge, Tiffany, so poorly that she would be a hopeless mother. (

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TiaNevitt | Apr 6, 2013 |

Tiffany Wield is spectacular viewing. I don't often enjoy awful characters but she's so magnificently self-centred it's fun. Heyer seems at her best when she's poking fun at people. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
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Matheson, Eve	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Arabella/Bath Tangle/The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer

The Georgette Heyer Omnibus: Faro's Daughter, The Corinthian, and the Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer

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Passion au manoir

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The nonesuch

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Oversett, West Riding, Yorkshire, England, UK

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There was a twinkle in the Nonesuch's eye as he scanned the countenances of his assembled relations, but his voice was perfectly grave, even a trifle apologetic.

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“I could not marry a man whose – whose way of life fills me with repugnance.”

At the age of five-and-thirty, Sir Waldo Hawkridge, known as the Nonesuch for his sporting prowess, believed he was past the age of falling in love.

Miss Ancilla Trent, a rather unusual governess, found that instead of regarding him revulsion, she could very easily be beguiled into flirtation. Such a state of affairs would never do…

The consequences of Sir Waldo’s arrival at Broom Hall provide some highly diverting predicaments for both parties, their friends, neighbours, and, more especially, their wards…

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Sir Waldo Hawkridge, wealthy, handsome, eligible, and known as The Nonesuch for his athletic prowess, believes he is past the age of falling in love.

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Arriving at his unusual inheritance at Broom Hall in Yorkshire, Sir Waldo Hawkridge believes that he is past the age of falling in love. His arrival, however, leads to the most entertaining of ramifications.

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