Since Sir Geoffrey had already said something very like this to her, Lady Wychwood was obliged to laugh; but she shook her head as well, and said: "It's all very well for you to turn everything to a joke, but it won't be funny for. "In this delectable Georgette Heyer novel, the lady of quality and her bit-of-a-rake swain are the ones on whom our eyes are fixed. They don't play us false. Miss Heyer is in top form romantic, amusing, and full of tart-tongued comment on the mores of the time."—/5(). "In this delectable Georgette Heyer novel, the lady of quality and her bit-of-a-rake swain are the ones on whom our eyes are fixed. They don't play us false. Miss Heyer is in top form romantic, amusing, and full of tart-tongued comment on the mores of the time."―/5(K).
I am much overdue for a Georgette Heyer reread. Lady of Quality isn't one I'd have thought to pick up, but your review reminds me how much fun it was. Thanks for the tip. Barb in Maryland. Novem @ am. Great review! I don't like this as well as I do Black Sheep, but it is a favorite of mine and re-read often. Lady Wychwood did not deny this, but she sighed and said: "But you are far too young to be setting up your own establishment, dearest! I quite agree with dear Geoffrey about that!" "You always do agree with him, Amabel: indeed, you are the perfect wife for him!" interjected Annis irrepressibly. "I am sure I'm no such thing, though I do try to be. An older unmarried lady, Miss Annis Wychwood, takes a troubled young girl under her wing, and promptly falls for the girl's guardian, Mr. Oliver Carleton, "the rudest man in London.". Heyer really loved the set-up of a goofy young couple being steered by an older, saner one, a quartet she used so well in Talisman Ring.
By Georgette Heyer The shy, young Duke of Sale has never known his parents, Instead, his Grace Adolphus Gillespie Vernon Ware (Gilly for short) has endured twenty-four years of rigorous mollycoddling form his uncle and valet. Lady of Quality has many of the same themes and character types as Heyer's other novels, just varied a bit. For the most part Heyer had a genius for tweaking things just enough: this one is different (for example) to Sprig Muslin and Charity Girl in that it is a female protagonist who gets foolishly caught up in the tangles of an unchaperoned young girl, and the heroine has a lot of independence. Lady of Quality is the last Regency romance novel written by Georgette Heyer. It was first published in and was the last of her novels to be published during her lifetime. The story describes the romantic relationship between Annis Wychwood, a wealthy spinster, and Oliver Carleton, a rake who cares little for society's opinion of him. The two meet while jointly supervising Carleton's ward, Lucilla.
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