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Sylvester
Sylvester
Author: Georgette Heyer
In one of her most glamorous books, Georgette Heyer creates another of her captivating heroines, and pits her, in a tempestuous romantic duel, against a formidable opponent--resulting once more in a gay and sparkling intrigue by "a witty writer and an expert at this kind of story."
ISBN: 472411
Publication Date: 1957
Pages: 286
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Publisher: Ace Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Generally good, but not very memorable. I think I've read it twice now but I'm struggling to remember what actually happened.
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This story is an absolute hoot. It has everything. Misunderstood heroine check. Highly intelligent and of an unconventional attractiveness, of course - check. Wicked stepmother check. Fabulously handsome, wealthy and aristocratic love interest check. Initial misunderstanding by chief couple and instant dislike of each other check. Endless complications before true love finds its way check.

Its basically Pride and Prejudice with the added bonus of a botched kidnapping (literally), a surreal trip to France, and horses.

But it is the cast of secondary characters that make this book a truly delightful read. From Phoebes childhood friend, Tom Orde, to her stepmother, Lady Marlow, to Alice, the landladys daughter at an inn (who tells Sylvester that he is more important than a gobblecock), to Sylvesters vain and stupid (but beautiful) widowed sister-in-law, Ianthe (Lady Henry Raine), with her six-year-old son, Master Edmund Raine, who is Sylvesters ward, and her dandified suitor, Sir Nugent Fotherby, every character is well-rendered, memorable, and often very funny.


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