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Title: Lady of Quality
ISBN: 1402210779
Author:
Georgette Heyer
Publicate Date: 2008-05-01
Publish: 2008-05-01
List Price: $13.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Not Heyer's best, but good enough anyway
This book, like most books written by Heyer is entertaining and enjoyable, however, I found the two main characters lacking. It is the last Regency novel Heyer wrote, and it kind of shows a decline in quality when compared when the Regencies she wrote at the top of her form. This is especially evident when read immediately after "Black Sheep" which has a similar story, but it's highly superior to this one in almost every aspect. This is not to say that it is a bad book, just not one of her best.
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2: Georgette Heyer is tops
Although not a light and humorous as some of Heyer's novels, it still holds up. When will the movie industry stop doing "Pride and Prejudice" over and over and do some of Georgette's stories. I'd love to see the "Unknown Ajax" in movie form.
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3: Heyer's last book, but not least
Although "Lady of Quality" has a lot of similarities to her earlier "Black Sheep", both books are delightful in their own ways. The lady in question is Annis Wychwood, and this beautiful, intelligent and independent woman meets her match in an outspoken man who is neither handsome nor polite (but he is very, very rich!). The dialog between these lively characters is the main pleasure of this Regency romance, but the best laughs come from the nonsense spouted by Maria, the chaperone, and the reactions of all the characters who have to listen to her. Maria Farlow is brilliantly drawn, and her maddening and moronic utterances are worth the price of the book. I have been rereading this novel for almost four decades, and have never tired of it - I heartily recommend it to any Heyer fan, or anyone who has a love for romance, humor, and good writing!
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4: Funny and entertaining
Her characters are so much fun. Annis is beautiful but needs mental stimulation in a husband - and is perfectly content to set up her own household when she doesn't find those qualities in the gentlemen who have offered for her.
Oliver is a opionated and obstinate. The fact that he falls for Annis not for her beauty but for her quick wit and her sense of humor shows that there is more to a person than physical beauty and we all need to look a little deeper than the outside package of a person.
Lots of fun to read.
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5: One of the three Bath Regency's which Heyer wrote, and her last regency Romance
This novel reflects Heyer at her not-so-best - it was the last Regency Romance she wrote - her last complete work, and while not her best - it is still a stunning example of her ability to write a witty and amusing read. It was teh first Heyer novel I ever read and I still feel very affectionately towards it. It is a lovely fun read, but having read the rest of her books (usually frequently) I cannot help but feel that Heyer has mostly rewritten Bath Tangle (one of the other Bath Romances she wrote)
Annis Wichwood is living the retired life with her stepmother in Bath when she comes across Lucilla who is trying to elope with her friend Ninian to escape from her terrible guardian, Oliver Carlton.
Oliver Carlton must be the rudest man in bath, but Annis finds herself rather liking him, despite this. In fact, it is more that he doesn't care for appearances, or opinions, and rather thinks Annis doesn't either - or shouldn't.
The romance as it grows is rich with humour - and more than anything it has one of the most romantic moments at the end of it - a nice reflection of the beginning motif. Very clever and smart romance. If this was going to the last novel I ever published I would be more than happy to have my name on the cover. Poor Heyer was never proud of her Regency's - she felt that her Medieval novels were the ones which best reflected her interest and strengths - yet they don't seem to capture th eage and the feeling as the Regency's do. This is a great book and recommended as a starting point for any new reader as any of the others.
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