false 311178 16 Young Lord Sheringham is desperate to gain his inheritance, which means he must marry.  But the beautiful Miss Milborne, whom he has always adored, rejects his suit.  Spurned, angry, and more determined than ever, Sheringham decides on a marriage of convenience and swears to marry the first woman he sees.  But that woman is Hero Wantage, his young friend--who has loved Sheringham her whole life. 2093216 book 1944 Friday's Child total:689|5:179|4:246|3:228|2:33|1:3| 689 2632 906 74 3 7 false false Sun May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 16:58:11 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 10:36:19 -0700 2008
Another re-release from Georgette Heyer that was first published in 1944, “Friday’s Child” seemed to answer a public outcry for more light-hearted regency fair. As Ms Heyer herself wrote about this novel, “I think myself I ought to be shot for writi...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jul 15 11:10:08 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 04 09:12:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 31 07:47:19 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 07:52:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jul 08 14:17:06 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 14:17:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 19:41:46 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 06:38:19 -0700 2009
Willig's characters pay homage to Heyer's and now I have a better understanding of ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 14:33:45 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 21:16:06 -0700 2009
This is a really fun read, but sadly does not ma...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 25 18:18:16 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 18:24:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 16 08:11:09 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 08:22:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Aug 28 15:09:57 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 06 20:26:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 28 21:28:36 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 03 07:27:16 -0700 2009 1
This is rather thicker than most of the Heyers I own, and honestly I can't help but think it was a little too long in some ways. It started charmingly, and I thoroughly enjoyed the painstaking progress through the matter of eloping re...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 20:59:35 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 00:24:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 17:51:24 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 19:12:38 -0700 2008 Friday's Child is still the fun and froth common to her Regency novels. Headstrong Lord Sherrington, rejected by the current Great Beauty of his choice, swears to marry the first maiden he sees -- which turns out to be a young and penniless woman who h...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 10 09:36:23 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 09:37:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 09 11:39:15 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 11:40:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 12:29:43 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 19:41:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 15:16:51 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 20:19:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 18:57:50 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 15:31:34 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1971 Thu Jan 15 10:19:02 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 10:25:47 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 12:17:16 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 11:26:21 -0800 2009 Friday's Child took more than 100 pages to become hilarious, but by the time I hit the duel at dawn and the attendant fashion choices, I noticed I was already hooked. Friday's Child was my first experience of Georgette Heyer, and I look forward to her scores of other novels.]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 28 18:18:40 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 18:19:34 -0800 2009
Friday's Child is one of her best--right up there with Cotillion.]]>