· "The Corinthian remains one of my favorite Georgette Heyer books a treat and a keeper." - Lesa's Book Critiques "Part road romance and all romp, this delicious comedy of manners is filled with adventure and fun, and Heyer's superb wit and humor, Once you begin this page-turning delight, you will not be able to put it down!"Brand: Sourcebooks. If you’re in the mood for a mad romp through early nineteenth-century Britain, this book should satisfy. It’s one of Georgette Heyer’s earlier novels, but it shows her confidence and mastery of her unique gifts. Sir Richard Wyndham is a fabulously wealthy but bored ornament to London society.4/5. The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer. Someone was climbing out of a second-storey window of one of the prim houses on the opposite side of the street. Sir Richard stood still, and blinked at this unexpected sight. His divine detachment still clung to him; he was interested in what he saw, but by no means concerned with it.
The Corinthian by Heyer, Georgette and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at bltadwin.ru The Corinthian is a regency novel by Georgette Heyer. Plot summary. Sir Richard Wyndham, an accomplished Corinthian, is being forced into marriage by his family, who want him to have an heir. Depressed by the life laid out before him, he nevertheless agrees to this course. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' JOANNE HARRIS _____ The only question which hangs over the life of Sir Richard Wyndham, notable whip, dandy and Corinthian, is one of marriage. Wyndham is contemplating his upcoming proposal with considerable dismay, when he chances upon a beautiful young.
The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer. When Sir Richard Wyndham encounters what appears to be a very young boy climbing down out of an upstairs window he thinks he has encountered a runaway. Instead he very soon learns that he has taken in charge is really is Miss Penelope Creed, about to be forced into an unwanted marriage. "The Corinthian remains one of my favorite Georgette Heyer books a treat and a keeper." - Lesa's Book Critiques "Part road romance and all romp, this delicious comedy of manners is filled with adventure and fun, and Heyer's superb wit and humor, Once you begin this page-turning delight, you will not be able to put it down!". One of Georgette Heyer's best. Endearing characters, historical accuracy within the fictitious story, varied plot, funny dialogue, gentle and wholesome romance. As always, easy reading for young teenagers, enough wit and period detail for the sophisticated adult able to enjoy intelligent escape literature.
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