These Old Shades + Sprig Muslin + Sylvester + The Corinthian + The Convenient Marriage
by Georgette Heyer
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These Old Shades
Utter cliched fluff, but at least it's historically accurate fluff which is passably well-written. Leonie bugs the hell out of me, and I keep wanting to smack her; Avon is like a slightly soppier, more romantic version of Valmont. But GAYER. There is no way on earth that man was straight, and there is no way on earth that Hugh Davenant is not his boyfriend.
Sprig Muslin
Much less enjoyable than These Old Shades, I thought. I was disappointed that so much of the book concentrated, not on Hester and Gareth, the evolution of whose relationship would have been interesting, and more on Amanda, who is the most spoilt, irritating, awful character I've seen in a long time. There are one or two amusing scenes, but for the most show more part, this was very forgettable.
Sylvester
So much better than Spring Muslin. I think Heyer managed to create a rather arrogant, self-absorbed hero (very much in the Darcy mould), and a headstrong, impetuous heroine without having either one come across as overly annoying or irritating. The secondary characters were wonderful as well - especially little Edmund with his Button, and Sir Nugent (the scene with him and his valet and the boots! Oh, wonderful).
The Corinthian
I enjoyed this one. Very light-hearted and very funny in places (the ending made me giggle rather a lot), with an enjoyable hero and a spirited heroine whom (unlike Leonie in These Old Shades) really didn't irk me very much. Probably not one of Heyer's books to start off with, though. The characters feel like ones that you will grow to like more the more you reread.
The Convenient Marriage
This one was a bit different from the other Heyers that I've read in that the marriage comes first, with the love only growing afterwards. The plot is a little flimsy - though I suppose that's the most charitable thing you can usually say about her plots - and I didn't really like the hero so much. Horry was a charming, if only because an unusual, heroine. Short, stammering, with bad eyebrows and a tendency to get into trouble and spend far too much on gambling. I didn't really buy her and Marcus falling for one another so swiftly, but the writing is good enough, the dialogue smooth enough, and as usual, the secondary characters wonderful enough (Pel!) to make this worth the read. show less
Utter cliched fluff, but at least it's historically accurate fluff which is passably well-written. Leonie bugs the hell out of me, and I keep wanting to smack her; Avon is like a slightly soppier, more romantic version of Valmont. But GAYER. There is no way on earth that man was straight, and there is no way on earth that Hugh Davenant is not his boyfriend.
Sprig Muslin
Much less enjoyable than These Old Shades, I thought. I was disappointed that so much of the book concentrated, not on Hester and Gareth, the evolution of whose relationship would have been interesting, and more on Amanda, who is the most spoilt, irritating, awful character I've seen in a long time. There are one or two amusing scenes, but for the most show more part, this was very forgettable.
Sylvester
So much better than Spring Muslin. I think Heyer managed to create a rather arrogant, self-absorbed hero (very much in the Darcy mould), and a headstrong, impetuous heroine without having either one come across as overly annoying or irritating. The secondary characters were wonderful as well - especially little Edmund with his Button, and Sir Nugent (the scene with him and his valet and the boots! Oh, wonderful).
The Corinthian
I enjoyed this one. Very light-hearted and very funny in places (the ending made me giggle rather a lot), with an enjoyable hero and a spirited heroine whom (unlike Leonie in These Old Shades) really didn't irk me very much. Probably not one of Heyer's books to start off with, though. The characters feel like ones that you will grow to like more the more you reread.
The Convenient Marriage
This one was a bit different from the other Heyers that I've read in that the marriage comes first, with the love only growing afterwards. The plot is a little flimsy - though I suppose that's the most charitable thing you can usually say about her plots - and I didn't really like the hero so much. Horry was a charming, if only because an unusual, heroine. Short, stammering, with bad eyebrows and a tendency to get into trouble and spend far too much on gambling. I didn't really buy her and Marcus falling for one another so swiftly, but the writing is good enough, the dialogue smooth enough, and as usual, the secondary characters wonderful enough (Pel!) to make this worth the read. show less
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Georgette Heyer was born on August 16, 1902 at Wimbledon, London. She wrote The Black Moth as a story for her brother Boris. Her father, impressed with his daughter's imagination, suggested that she prepare it to be published, which it was by Constable in 1921. Having scored an instant success with The Black Moth at the age of nineteen under her show more own name, Georgette Heyer, she experimented with a pseudonym, Stella Martin, for her third book, published by Mills & Boon. She continued writing and in 1925 she married Ronald Rougier, a mining engineer. After reasonable but not spectacular sales from her first few books the instant success of These Old Shades in 1926 brought her a solid source of income which was very necessary at the time since the family relied to a large extent on the income from Georgette Heyer's writing. She wrote over fifty books during her lifetime and created the Regency England genre of romance novels. She died on July 4, 1974 at the age of 71. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- This is a five volume omnibus comprising These Old Shades, Sprig Muslin, Sylvester, The Corinthian and The Convenient Marriage.
Do not combine with the four volume omnibus comprising These Old Shades, Sprig Muslin... (show all), Sylvester and the Corinthian.
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