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Summary: First and most beloved
Review: A neighbor put this book (in paperback) into my hands in the summer of 1972 as I was preparing to move overseas with my family. Thus began a wonderful, lifelong relationship with Georgette Heyer's marvelous characters. I have read and re-read this paperback, which I still own, so many times that it is held together with a rubber band. I don't read any other romance novels - I am a sci fi/history buff - and the few other "regency" novels I've read by other authors are inferior, poorly written, fluffy drivel compared with GH's work. But this is superb. Read it and laugh along with the brilliant Sophia Stanton-Lacy!
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Summary: Laugh out loud funny!
Review: Another winner from Heyer. She never disappoints. Sophy will make you laugh out loud with her crazy antics. Charles is stuffy but redeemable, and his girlfriend is just the kind of character you can love to hate. There are also some very funny minor characters and plenty of witty conversations. If you have never read this book, you're missing out.
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Summary: WOW
Review: Back in eighth grade we had this whole Georgette Heyer Readers' group. This was one book that made us all shelve math homework and miss Urdu lessons. It was hillarious. We would sit in class during lunch and go over the whole thing. This is the funniest romance ever. Who can ever resist Sophy? She handles the problems of a whole fmaily, confronts money lenders and owns a monkey! A LAUGH-OUT-LOUD CLASSIC
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Summary: Sophy has come to stay with an aunt riddled with problems...
Review: Her aunt's husband is a cantankerous old bean; her oldest cousin has become extremely high-handed and overbearing with the entire family besides becoming engaged to the only woman even more high-handed and overbearing than himself; the oldest daughter of the house has fallen in love with a devoted, though unfortunately worthless poet and has rejected a simply wonderful suitor because he had the temerity to contract mumps while courting her; the younger son has gotten himself into a spot of trouble with unscrupulous money-lenders; and one of the younger daughters has contracted a contagious fever. WELL....... Sophy can handle all that with a mere flick of the finger for the Grand Sophy is indomitable, BUT she has problems of her own: she has to deal with a hypochondriac suitor who definitely needs a wife; she has a fortune-hunting, untrustworthy, though likeable, acquaintance showing up at the most inconvient of times; besides the fact that her father has also become engaged to a wonderful, but totally incompatible, woman. What IS a girl to do? Read how Sophy handles all and gets engaged herself in the bargain. Georgette Heyer is still the Queen of the Romance Novel and this is one of her very best. I cannot recommend it enough!
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Summary: 4 and 3/4 stars
Review: Heroine: statuesque A confused Lady Ombersley somehow finds herself agreeing to take in her poor motherless niece at the behest of her brother, who is leaving shortly for an overseas journey and whose intended refuses the responsibility of puffing his daughter Sophy off on the marriage market. Expecting a sweet, timorous young girl, kindhearted Lady O is shocked when a vibrant, competent (if a little heedless), tall young woman arrives on her doorstep. It isn't long, however, before Sophy makes herself invaluable to the family by saving one member after another from various sad scrapes, despite the interference of her ogre-like eldest cousin Charles and his propriety-obsessed betrothed. If only Sophy could sort her own life out so neatly, and put the mean-spirited, meddlesome Charles in his place at the same time! What worked for me: Sophy is the quintessential "modern" woman who shines among the wilted wallflowers of her day. I enjoyed the myriad of amusing contretemps and tempests in teapots which kept me laughing; and the climax of the story was just priceless! Size-wise Sophy was tall, shapely, and well-pleased with her sturdiness since she enjoyed a life of athleticism unlike most of the ladies of her class. What didn't work for me: Oddly enough, I enjoyed this book more as a literary work along the lines of "Pride and Prejudice" rather than as a romance. There were several love stories to enjoy throughout the novel, of course, but I never quite got into the main one, partly because (despite its historical accuracy) I just couldn't quite bring myself to root for a match between two first cousins.
Overall: A wonderful, witty read for fans of sweet, traditional Regencies! If you liked "The Grand Sophy" you might also enjoy "A Civil Contract", "The Toll-Gate", and "Pride and Prejudice".
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Summary: Predictable and incestuous
Review: I dont know why review was not published bf... but from the page 5 you know who Sophy is going to marry and whose marriage she is going to arrange... The only plus in this book is rather good language.
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Summary: Georgette Heyer does it again!
Review: I grew up on Georgette Heyer romances and I am so sorry to find that so many of them are out of print. My mother, sister and I have literally read two copies of "The Grand Sophy" to pieces! She's a positive role model that transcends 19th century England and contradicts the waifish pseudo-sex goddesses of the 90's. I wish more young women would read this marvelous book and not feel so ashamed of who they are or what they look like!
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Summary: My Friend Georgette
Review: I had an old paperback copy of THE GRAND SOPHY which I lost or misplaced or loaned out and never got back! Anyway, this book and THESE OLD SHADES are two of my favorites. I really remember the introduction of Sophy to the reader with her pets entering the house. What a great writer!
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Summary: The Grand Sophy
Review: I have just found Georgette Heyer, and am so glad I have. I picked this book by chance while looking for something to read on vacation. I am now trying to decide which book I will try next.
The heroine of this book is amazing, nothing flusters her. She enters situations with almost no qualms that send her male cousins running at times. Her interactions with the characters whom she knows dislike her, as well as those that don't truly know her are hilarious. The dialog is worth reading again and again, as you will find sublties missed the first go round. Her efforts to assist her cousins on their way to happiness also prove quite entertaining.
This excellent book is one I will definately read again, and again, and again...
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Summary: Incredible
Review: I have to say I love this book. It is fun, a little bit ridiculous, slightly unbelieveable, and a great read. After I read it all I wanted to do was read it again, and all my sister could say was, "SHE SHOT HIM!" *you will understand if you read the book*
This book has an incredible female protangonist. She doesn't whine, she isn't annoying, and she can depend completely on herself. This book is a nice relief from the overly dependent woman. A must read for every Georgette Heyer lover, and for those who have never read anything by her, this is a great place to start.
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