Sophy la grande
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Tradotto da: Anna Luisa Zazo, Bruna Mora
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Insieme con il padre diplomatico, la ventenne Sophy ha viaggiato in lungo e in largo ed è convinta di aver capito il mondo. Così, quando si ritrova a Londra, a casa della zia e dei cugini, decide di mettere al servizio di coloro che le stanno intorno la sua mente così brillante. E sono parecchie le cose che, secondo Sophy, vanno raddrizzate: il rapporto tra il cugino Charles e la sua rigidissima fidanzata; le illusioni che la cugina Cecilia nutre nei confronti di un giovane poeta così privo di senso pratico da non essere neppure capace di chiamare una carrozza quando piove; e poi c’è la zia, che ha bisogno d’aiuto per raddrizzare le sue finanze. Sophy sa esattamente come risolvere tutto: basta capovolgere ogni cosa. Che gli altri lo vogliano o no.
- ISBN: 8896919363
- Casa Editrice: astoria
- Pagine: 320
- Data di uscita: 06-06-2012
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4.5 stars. May 2021 update: Q: Why did I reread this for the third time when I have a massive backlog of books sitting on my shelf that I haven’t gotten to yet? A: It was fun and witty and (mostly) lighthearted. No regrets! If you ever wanted to see a Regency-era heroine really take charge of her lif Leggi tutto
Sophy is a boss. She's firey and feisty, and she isn't one to be held back by the convention of the day. Her aunt thinks she'll be taking in a wounded bird that needs her guidance, and Sophy comes rolling in like a bowling ball aiming for a strike. The only child of an absent (if loving) father, she i Leggi tutto
"She was by far too tall; nose and mouth were both too large, and a pair of expressive gray eyes could scarcely be held to atone entirely for these defects. Only you could not forget Sophy, even though you could not recall the shape of her face, or the colour of her eyes." I for one will not forget t Leggi tutto
The Godfather Georgette Heyer has all her little ducks in a row. She's got the period detail, check. She's got the Old World styles, check. She's got all the characters who don't know what's about to happen to them and who'll get what's coming to them, check. She's got the manipulations and the
A Regency Romance? What? What? Ah, but this was nothing very stuffy, indeed! Sophy was the model extrovert, a clever and busy and downright machiavellian girl. Do you like characters with so much agency that they pop right off the page? Sophy is your girl. Of course, that also means that she's pretty Leggi tutto
I have not read too many Georgette Heyer books, but so far this is my favourite, despite that attrocious, racist minor subplot which I just decided to completely ignore because the rest of the book is just soo good. The characterisation and story are fantastic and while on first reading it I was dist Leggi tutto
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