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Pubblicato anni fa, in edizione molto ridotta, col titolo Una stagione a Bath, questo romanzo di Georgette Heyer è un'esilarante commedia basata su dialoghi scoppiettanti. Annis Wychwood, ventinove anni, è bella, indipendente e pericolosamente nubile. Ricca di suo, può permettersi di vivere da sola a Bath, rifiutando uno dopo l'altro pretendenti che le sembrano noiosissimi e ai quali preferisce una vita autonoma. Un giorno s'imbatte in una giovanissima ereditiera in fuga da un matrimonio che non gradisce, compitamente scortata dal giovane che le viene imposto come marito. L'aspetto inconsueto e assurdo della vicenda non può sfuggire all'incantevole senso dell'umorismo di Annis, né può sfuggirle l'opprimente monotonia nella quale è vissuta sino ad allora Lucilla, la giovane fuggiasca. Decide pertanto di prenderla sotto la sua protezione e di iniziarla alla vita di società grazie ai moderati piaceri che Bath può offrire. Quel che Annis non ha previsto nell'accogliere Lucilla è l'incontro con Oliver Carleton, zio e tutore della ragazza, scortese, brusco, sincero, intollerabile e irresistibile. Gli scambi e i battibecchi tra i due costituiscono uno degli aspetti più divertenti del romanzo: l'indipendenza dell'una si scontra con l'assenza di galateo dell'altro, ed entrambi saranno costretti a riflettere sul fatto che forse l'amore è tenersi testa.
- ISBN: 8896919606
- Casa Editrice: astoria
- Pagine: 288
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Heyer's last book. It was published in 1972, before a series of strokes and a fatal bout with lung cancer (80 cigarettes a day will do that to one) carried her off in 1974. Definitely not the best work she did. Interestingly, Dame Agatha Christie's last book came out in 1972, the absolutely execrable Leggi tutto
Update: 3.75 stars. I enjoyed it! I think I’d heard so many complaints about this later Georgette Heyer novel that my expectations were rock-bottom, so I ended up being pleasantly surprised. :D The last Regency novel written by Georgette Heyer, and the GH group's July group read. I confess that I jum Leggi tutto
2.5★ I have a theory about this title. If it's one of the first Heyer's for a reader they often love it, as even a lousy Heyer is superior to most historical romances on the market. If you have already read & loved some of Heyer's finest works it is likely you will be disappointed. & I fall into the la Leggi tutto
Meh. Heyer, you can do better than this. And I'd wager that you knew that when you wrote this, too. Was the rent due soon or something? You've done this better elsewhere... about twenty times. It is a classic cats and dogs fighting couple who hate each other on sight and then soften and fall in love Leggi tutto
In my opinion this book consists of two components. First component are dialogues between Annis and Oliver. They last for many pages. I can't recall if there is another book of Heyer where are so long talks between main hero and heroine. And let me tell you, this talks are fantastic and amusing. Ther Leggi tutto
Late in her career, Georgette Heyer published two novels set in Bath. Both have heroines who are more mature (late twenties) and both have heroes who defy the gentlemanly conventions of the Regency. Black Sheep, the other one of the pair, tends to be the preferred book, and I can see reasons for tha Leggi tutto
Just what I needed during a rainy February. I always get in a subconscious funk at this time of year, & then realize it is when my mom had a health crisis while I was living in England. My family told me to stay put, but then she took a turn for the worse and we had to fly home and bury her in a Wes Leggi tutto
This book, the last one written by Georgette Heyer, is essentially the same plot as the far superior Black Sheep , but it nevertheless was a pleasure to listen to. Eve Matheson is a good narrator, although not in the Kate Reading or Roslyn Landor class. [OT: I do wish Eve had narrated Black Sheep , as Leggi tutto
2019 Review - 4 stars 3rd times the charm? I actually really enjoyed this re-read! (It may take a read or two, but I always fall for Heyer's characters. Sigh.) I immensely dislike the name Annis but otherwise I really like this storyline. It is a welcome relief from the "dangerous rake falls for in
Annis Wynchwood left her brother's home at the age of six and twenty to set up her own establishment in Bath because she and her brother Geoffrey can not rub on together while they live under the same roof. Annis has a comfortable home in Bath with her garrulous, indigent relative as chaperone. Anni Leggi tutto
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