false 311322 23 2651650 book 1921 The Black Moth: A Regency Romance total:487|5:91|4:169|3:163|2:55|1:9| 487 1739 619 47 3 0 false false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 19:30:35 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 14:13:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 08:22:59 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 14:31:11 -0700 2009 The Black Moth is Georgette Heyer's first novel (written when she was seventeen), and in some ways it shows: the story is a tad more melodramatic than usual (and part of the plot seems eerily similar to Stevenson's Master of Ballantrae), and there's a lot of focus on the "delicate" featur...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 08:53:20 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 14:03:07 -0700 2009
The story is about a noble you...more...]]> 3 1 false true Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 21:59:11 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 10:27:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 19 12:32:42 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 12:44:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jul 10 21:34:01 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 21:34:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 05:26:21 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 10:58:10 -0700 2009
Eh. It's a first book, and it shows. The relationships are all very tell-y, and the various conflicts don't hold up to serious scrutiny. The wom...more...]]> 3 0 false true Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jan 18 20:07:13 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 09:09:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Sep 07 20:23:10 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 19 17:36:05 -0800 2008 1
The bookstore where I work had extremely lovely editions of three of Georgette Heyer's Regency romances... and I have a discount. I bought this one, started it, and then went back and got the other two before I was even 1/3 o...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 16 11:16:25 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 07:53:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 16 11:53:21 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 11:59:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 19 17:31:54 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 17:49:26 -0700 2009
One word of warning: Georgette has written some pretty awful books -- all of which are written in other settings that the Regency period. (T...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 15:46:18 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 23:41:34 -0700 2009
*done reading it, and i must say i will never understand the rules regarding marriage and virtue and what not from back in th...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 21:10:18 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 21:17:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 06:01:50 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 06:05:25 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 12:58:23 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 13:00:00 -0700 2009
I imagine her later books are even better.]]> 0 0 false false Thu Oct 15 14:28:32 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 14:32:44 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1971 Thu Jan 15 10:19:44 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 10:29:13 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jan 12 21:04:47 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 21:05:56 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Mon Jul 14 07:38:12 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 04 03:18:06 -0800 2008
Still, found the main characters insipid compared ...more...]]>