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  <title><![CDATA[The Grand Sophy]]></title>
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  <default_description>When Sophy goes to stay with her cousins in Berkeley Square, she finds them in a sad tangle of affairs; some romantic and others of a more pecuniary nature. Perhaps the Grand Sophy has arrived just in time to save them.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1950</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Georgette Heyer]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>7</votes>
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 05 08:58:14 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 05 08:58:43 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think this has surpassed These Old Shades as my favourite of the Heyers that I've read. The hero isn't as much fun as Avon is, but the heroine, Sophy, far surpasses Leonie. Sophy is, admittedly, forward, bold, and out-spoken enough that she could have become as irritating to me as Leonie is; but I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1674728">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Nancy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1969</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, I confess to a weakness for Georgette Heyer books.  While I refuse to read regular romance novels, Ms. Heyer's books, which I discovered as a teenager, are well written and FUNNY.  The Grand Sophy is full of pompous people and Sophy--who has a sense of the ridiculous.  There are some laugh out...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13915508">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1678426">
    <user id="94602">
    <name><![CDATA[Kelly]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Arlington, VA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>5</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[all women]]></recommended_for>
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  <date_added>Tue Jun 05 10:52:23 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 05 10:59:07 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My goodness, I will have to review something very dark and depressing to make up for loving this book, won't I?<br/><br/>This is the romance novel that isn't a romance novel. The heroine who isn't a heroine. It's fixed in time and place, but with a heroine who seems modern. Sophy is fantastic. She...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1678426">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="676088">
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    <name><![CDATA[Res]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Peoria, IL]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 11 11:52:18 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 14 19:02:05 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[First-rate Heyer. Here's a family: mother kind of helpless the way a lot of Heyer mothers are; father a weak-willed gambler; oldest son Charles arrogant as you get when everybody else in your family is an idiot (and he's engaged to the most awful busybody right out of Austen); oldest daughter Cecili...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/676088">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38462736">
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    <location><![CDATA[Albuquerque, NM]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Sun Nov 23 12:03:11 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 23 12:03:28 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sophy Stanton-Lacy, a young unmarried woman, was born in an era of extreme discretion. It is improper for a young lady to allow their affections to show, to ride a large horse, to leave town with a man. This regency woman is very different however from the women of Jane Austin's similarly set novels...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38462736">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="77457558">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Wed Nov 11 12:08:07 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 11 12:08:59 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was extremely excited for the chance to review Georgette Heyer's The Grand Sophy. Having heard so much about Mrs. Heyer and her books, I was sad to say I'd never read one before now. From the research I did, The Grand Sophy is beloved by readers. In fact, many deem it to be their favorite Heyer bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77457558">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66411793">
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Amber Boyd]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 06 07:01:27 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 06 07:02:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was at a church friend's house waiting for a meeting to start, and we started discussing books. She and I have similar tastes, and, at the end of the evening, she lent me one of her new books. She said if I liked Austen, I would like Heyer. (I have to say that she must have incredible trust in me ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66411793">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="62977695">
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    <name><![CDATA[Melody]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Singapore, 00, Singapore]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Fri Jul 10 18:25:01 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 13 01:11:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have not read anything by Georgette Heyer so when Danielle from Sourcebooks contacted me and asked if I want to review The Grand Sophy, I jumped at the offer!<br/><br/>After reading this book, I am happy to declare that I fell in love with Heyer's writing and I think the plot and the characters ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62977695">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67079376">
    <user id="1865011">
    <name><![CDATA[Cinnamon]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Pullman, WA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 12 08:52:07 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 16 08:05:37 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[There’s nothing like a good Historical to curl up with on a rainy day and we have had quite a slew of them recently.  THE GRAND SOPHY by Georgette Heyer was the perfect book to cuddle up with.  Heyer writes with an astounding amount of wit and beautiful flow, leaving no doubt as to why THE GRAND S...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67079376">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75616805">
    <user id="2544368">
    <name><![CDATA[Tara]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Oct 24 16:24:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 30 18:53:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my first Heyer novel.  By the mostly rave reviews I see for her, I am wondering if I picked up the wrong one to start with.  It was amusing, I will give it that.  However, the prose was incredibly pompous.  I had to get out my dictionary for at least one word on every page.  Take this senten...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75616805">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55364858">
    <user id="2167951">
    <name><![CDATA[Suzanne]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Tallahassee, FL]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 08 07:52:18 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 08 08:21:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sophy was a great heroine; smart, fun, and caring, and it was interesting to see how Heyer was able to show the stark contrast between her and Eugenia, the &quot;villain&quot; of the piece, when they were both essentially two sides of the same coin.  Eugenia was no dummy, (in fact it was suggested v...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55364858">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="12626040">
    <user id="783709">
    <name><![CDATA[Rosemary]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seattle, WA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Tue Jan 15 18:20:06 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 15 18:35:29 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Absolutely essential Heyer.  If you want to read the Regency romance/screwball comedy, this is it.  Everyone has tried to copy it, nobody has topped it.  Sophy is sophisticated, strong-willed, and a lady who knows how to get what she wants.  Which is what made her stand out when the book was first p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12626040">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18684379">
    <user id="962539">
    <name><![CDATA[Tyle]]></name>
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  <date_updated>Wed Mar 26 10:35:28 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a ton of fun- just like the other Georgette Heyer books I've read.  Regency romance is the best- it's always funny and 98% of the time these books are very clean.  Fun fun fun.]]></body>
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    <review id="3292748">
    <user id="206027">
    <name><![CDATA[CLM]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Boston, MA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1973</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sophy is one of my favorite Heyer characters, and I practically know this book by heart, having reread it frequently since I was a teenager.]]></body>
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    <review id="75522277">
    <user id="142598">
    <name><![CDATA[Meghan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Olympia, WA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 23 14:29:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 30 10:58:11 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Remedies the shameful lack of uncontrolled pet monkeys in most Regency/Jane Austen fiction. When a young woman named Sophy comes to stay with her cousins in their England manor, her lack of conventional social mores and her boundless energy cause her to launch several schemes to fix problems and to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75522277">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="78061375">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jennifer]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Nov 17 06:02:05 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Nov 17 06:04:54 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very proper English household is shaken up when their energetic and unconventional cousin comes to live with them.  Sophy is a delightful heroine, and this book was a lot of fun.  It was, alas, marred for me by a couple of very unfortunate bits of hamhanded ethnic stereotyping--a greasy-locked hoo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78061375">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75207121">
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    <name><![CDATA[Laura]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Lewis Center, OH]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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    <body><![CDATA[After years of hearing rave reviews about this book, I finally got around to reading it.  I'm glad I did; it was adorable!  Regency heroines are usually so bland and proper but Sophy is spunky and witty. She reminded me of a grown-up Pippi Longstocking.  I wanted to have a cup of tea with her.  <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75207121">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book made me laugh quite a bit. Sophy is one of those characters (Anne Shirley is another) who is charming to read about, but would be very difficult to live with. I actually liked Charles more than her; he is rude at times, but I felt that Heyer did a good job of making him sympathetic; we und...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72391526">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>The Grand Sophy</em> is my second Heyer (after the so-so <em>Sprig Muslin</em>), and it's a delight--much more enjoyable than the other, because I preferred <em>Sophy's</em> protagonists. Heyer's strengths as a writer are her humor, command of dialogue and ability to draw characters; consequently, her books succeed or flo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60586447">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>The Grand Sophy</strong><br/>Written by: Georgette Heyer<br/>Published by: Sourcebooks Casablanca<br/>Date: July 2009 (Origionally published in 1950)<br/>Pages: 384<br/>Format: Trade Paperback<br/>ISBN: 978-1402218941<br/><br/><strong>The Grand Sophy</strong> is a delightful book that is set in London, England where ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59318213">more...</a>]]></body>
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