tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401113100130674711.post5661264062533167939..comments2023-06-04T07:10:19.963-07:00Comments on Good Books, Bright Side: Comments on The Reluctant Widow by Georgette HeyerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401113100130674711.post-51436509267077553772008-12-25T14:06:00.000-08:002008-12-25T14:06:00.000-08:00Hi Shimona!Quite right! Sometimes I don't know wha...Hi Shimona!<BR/><BR/>Quite right! Sometimes I don't know what I was thinking when I was writing. There's nothing truly bodice-ripping in The Reluctant Widow. Goes to show you how little I know about that genre.<BR/><BR/>I think GH is quite a good writer. Next I'm reading Charity Girl. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the info!Anikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07025102476457793751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401113100130674711.post-72619624737413360602008-12-25T13:19:00.000-08:002008-12-25T13:19:00.000-08:00Hi, Jemima! As an avid Georgette Heyer fan, I real...Hi, Jemima! As an avid Georgette Heyer fan, I really feel it incumbent upon me to point out that Ms. Heyer is by no means considered to be a writer of "bodice-rippers". Heyer wrote, in the main, the sort of Comedy of Manners that Jane Austen wrote, although she did sometimes venture into the realms of mystery, even in her Regency romances ("The Quiet Gentleman" for example). The genre of romantic fiction known as "bodice-rippers" is exactly what you would expect from such a name. In Heyer's Regency romances, on the other hand, there is no hint of anything sexual (other than a kiss or two between the hero and heroine at the end of the book).<BR/>If you're interested in finding out more about her, I recommend http://www.georgette-heyer.com/index.html. There are synopses of all her books and fairly lengthy excerpts from several of them.<BR/>Enjoy...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401113100130674711.post-1939696494464183972008-12-20T03:44:00.000-08:002008-12-20T03:44:00.000-08:00Ha, Nicky is priceless! I finished this book just ...Ha, Nicky is priceless! I finished this book just a couple of days ago while flying from one city to another; I had to work really hard to stifle my laughter! (Bouncer is another of my favourtie characters from the book.) Thanks for the lovely review, it's wonderful to see others enjoying Heyer's works!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401113100130674711.post-20728579707294468792008-12-17T17:37:00.000-08:002008-12-17T17:37:00.000-08:00Hi Angie, Thanks for visiting and commenting!I've ...Hi Angie, <BR/><BR/>Thanks for visiting and commenting!<BR/>I've been looking into Heyer's bio and will have to find a good book on her life.Anikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07025102476457793751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401113100130674711.post-61423520330664798562008-12-17T15:30:00.000-08:002008-12-17T15:30:00.000-08:001) If I ever met an Oxford don, I hope I would ask...1) If I ever met an Oxford don, I hope I would ask, boldly, if he or she read Dorothy L. Sayers and Georgette Heyer. I think Heyer is the next best thing to Jane Austen.<BR/><BR/>2) You can whistle for chemistry in Heyer as a general rule, and in this one, the heroine is completely surprised when the hero speaks up; so evidently she didn't notice any herself! Remember when he says, 'You must know that I have taken no common delight in your company,' and she thnks, um, NO, I don't (or whatever, the book is on a high shelf).<BR/><BR/>3) It is legendary that when Heyer uses an expression, such as 'all the crack,' you can count on that expression's having been used exactly at the time the book is set. Heyer did lots of research and used primary sources like letters. You can see this in 'An Infamous Army,' where she lists her sources, one of whom figures in the story as a notorious gossip.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the review, it delights me when people read Georgette Heyer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com