Janet Aylmer's Blog: Darcy and the accidental author - Posts Tagged "regency"
A book that I love
Writing of well loved characters in novels, I always enjoy re-reading “Frederica” by Georgette Heyer - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgett...
In that novel, Georgette Heyer created a heroine who was unaware of her own attractive personality, cared more for others than herself, and was (in least in her own mind) indifferent to the wealth and charms of the hero.
The hero, too conscious of his own superiority, eventually has to acknowledge that he has finally found someone he respects to share his life.
Modern inventions of the period figure in that story, and the novel has a very satisfactory pace to it – not always the case in Regency books.
Georgette Heyer did a great deal of research into life in the Regency period, and that has been a great help to anyone like me who wants to get their facts correct!
In that novel, Georgette Heyer created a heroine who was unaware of her own attractive personality, cared more for others than herself, and was (in least in her own mind) indifferent to the wealth and charms of the hero.
The hero, too conscious of his own superiority, eventually has to acknowledge that he has finally found someone he respects to share his life.
Modern inventions of the period figure in that story, and the novel has a very satisfactory pace to it – not always the case in Regency books.
Georgette Heyer did a great deal of research into life in the Regency period, and that has been a great help to anyone like me who wants to get their facts correct!
Darcy and the accidental author
News from Janet, for whom everything began with not knowing Mr Darcy's Story.
Let us go back to the beginning of my journey as an accidental author – a Sunday evening in Bath in the autumn of 1995. Wit ...more
Let us go back to the beginning of my journey as an accidental author – a Sunday evening in Bath in the autumn of 1995. Wit ...more
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