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Annis Wychwood, ventinove anni, è bella e nubile. Ricca di suo, può permettersi di vivere da sola a Bath, rifiutando l’uno dopo l’altro pretendenti che le sembrano noiosissimi. Un giorno s’imbatte in Lucilla, una giovane ereditiera che sta fuggendo da un matrimonio deciso dalla sua famiglia, ma che è scortata dal giovane che le sarebbe stato imposto come marito. Divertita dall’assurda situazione, Annis prende subito Lucilla sotto la sua ala protettrice e decide di farla partecipare alla (moderata) vita di società di Bath. Ma non sa che, nel suo orizzonte, sta per entrare Oliver Carleton, zio e tutore della ragazza, brusco, sincero, intollerabile e irresistibile…
- ISBN: 889691972X
- Casa Editrice: astoria
- Pagine: 288
- Data di uscita: 08-07-2013
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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
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
I've seen mixed reviews for this one with GR readers but I have to say I enjoyed it on the whole. I liked Annis. A strong independent woman who knew what she wanted and went after it. Leaving her brother's house to live alone was an unusual decision for a woman of the time. She came across as hard an 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
How can Ibe sure that we shall be happy when neither of us has had any experience of marriage? All I can tell you is that I am perfectly sure I want to marry you... For sure, there were a few interesting and mature conversations between the two main characters. I liked that they were equal in it.
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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