I've been a Georgette Heyer fan since I was a teenager. I like her books so much I've read most of them several times. When ever I read other Regency romance authors, I always feel disappointed with the story or the characters. What I love about her stories is that they are rich in authentic detail of the period; the characters behavior and speech fit in with the fashions and morals of the period; her heroines and heroes are not all the same, not all young, not all beautiful people; there are always many interesting side characters; the stories are fun - she often makes me laugh.
Cotillion is an amusing story in best Heyer traditions.
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Cotillion (Popular Classics) CD – オーディオブック, 2009/4/1
英語版
Georgette Heyer
(著),
Clare Wille
(ナレーション)
- ISBN-109626348976
- ISBN-13978-9626348970
- 版Abridged
- 出版社Naxos Audio Books
- 発売日2009/4/1
- 言語英語
- 寸法12.7 x 3.18 x 14.61 cm
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- 出版社 : Naxos Audio Books; Abridged版 (2009/4/1)
- 発売日 : 2009/4/1
- 言語 : 英語
- ISBN-10 : 9626348976
- ISBN-13 : 978-9626348970
- 寸法 : 12.7 x 3.18 x 14.61 cm
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smellienellie
5つ星のうち5.0
Brilliant book
2024年4月15日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
I have read and reread most of the Heyer books and enjoy myself thoroughly. In my opinion she was a consummate author. This book has likeable characters and a great plot
Linda MacMillan
5つ星のうち5.0
Better each time I read it
2018年6月30日にカナダでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
I am always a fan of Georgette Heyer's books, but there are a handful of titles I find myself coming back to again and again. This is one of them, and while I liked it the first time I read it, I've enjoyed it even more each successive time. There's a humour and lighthearted sense of fun that's makes it a delight all the way through, and the closing chapter is delightfully satisfying.
DNA
5つ星のうち5.0
Don't underestimate this one
2018年6月10日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
I wasn't a big fan of this book when I first read it because the protagonist, Freddie Standen, is not the typical hero I expected to find - he's clearly a man of fashion but lacks the athleticism, glib tongue and "cool" persona of a Corinthian. Subsequent rereads have since made this a favorite Heyer; like Kitty Charing and Freddie's father, I came to recognize and appreciate Freddie's superior qualities: his kindness and innate chivalry, his worldly wisdom and adroitness in all matters of social conduct, his integrity and his unshakeable sense of responsibility toward the people he cares about.
The eccentric Matthew Penicuik has decided to leave his entire fortune to his ward Kitty Charing on condition that she marry one of his great-nephews, and with this in mind he summons said nephews to his estate at Arnside. It's well-known in the family that Kitty has long been infatuated with one of them, Jack Westruther, but Jack ignores the summons. Mortified and resentful, Kitty manages to intercept the Honorable Freddie Standen before he arrives to Arnside. The kind-hearted Freddie, having had no idea why he'd been summoned by his great-uncle, very reluctantly agrees to propose to Kitty since this will enable her to travel to London, ostensibly to become reacquainted with Freddie's parents but in actuality, as Kitty explains vaguely to Freddie, to find alternatives to the impossible situation in which her guardian has placed her. Mr. Penicuik rightly suspects that it's all a hum orchestrated by Kitty to make Jack Westruther jealous, but he always intended for Jack to inherit the estate anyway so he agrees to the plan while (fortuitously) forbidding them to formally announce the engagement.
A hiccup in Kitty's plan occurs when they find on arriving to the home of Freddie's parents that she cannot stay there because his younger siblings have the measles. For the same reason Freddie's older sister Meg, newly married and expecting, cannot stay with her parents while her husband is off on a year-long government mission. This puts Meg in a bind as she cannot remain alone but does not want to stay in the country with her mother-in-law. So Freddie suggests that Kitty stay with Meg during her planned month-long sojourn in London, an arrangement that both women eagerly agree to.
Because of her sheltered upbringing and her guardian's penurious ways, Kitty is sadly out of fashion, but this is soon remedied with Freddie's unerring guidance. And though Mr. Penicuik provided Kitty with what seems to her an enormous sum of money to purchase a fashionable wardrobe, the more knowledgeable Freddie realizes it won't make a dent in what she'll need. But since she has asked him to take charge of the money for her, he is able to use his own considerable wealth to her benefit with Kitty none the wiser.
For all that she had been isolated in the country and inundated with the overly dramatic romantic musings of her eccentric governess, Kitty is pragmatic and well-grounded. Though not worldly wise, her astuteness, eagerness to learn and ingrained sense of right vs. wrong make her an apt pupil. Having brought her to town, Freddie feels responsible for making sure she doesn't set her foot wrong socially or do anything cork-brained. But he's proud of the new Kitty that emerges who, in addition to the new social graces she is acquiring, has a good eye for color and for the styles that best become her. Freddie also doesn't like to see Kitty disappointed, a circumstance which leads him to very reluctantly agree to take her to see the most noteworthy sights of London mentioned in her guidebook. The results are hilarious, from his indignant reaction on seeing the Elgin Marbles - "Dash it, they've got no heads!...Well, if this don't beat the Dutch!" - to how he describes the whole experience to his amused and appreciative father - "a lot of tombs and broken-down statues you wouldn't think anyone would want to look at, let alone pay to look at...You know what, sir? It's a dashed take-in!"
Freddie's only real worry emerges when Kitty entangles herself in the woes of two people whose causes she has taken up: her new friend, the beautiful but unfortunately circumstanced Olivia Broughty; and the slow-witted Lord Dolphinton, another of Matthew Penicuik's great-nephews, whose ruthless mother does not believe Kitty and Freddie are engaged (as reported within the family) and forces the hapless Dolph to keep trying to win her. Freddie's reaction when Kitty says she's going to help Dolph is priceless: "If you're hatching a scheme to poison Aunt Augusta, I won't have anything to do with it!...Good thing, if one could do it...Thing is, bound to be a scandal." He's still reluctant to get involved when he learns her plan is to help Dolph marry the only woman he wants, the indomitable but socially inferior Hannah Plymstock. But as always, Freddie rises admirably to the occasion, not only by supporting Kitty but by figuring out how to solve seemingly insoluble dilemmas and then acting with decisive finesse (something Kitty isn't too shabby at herself).
Always confident about his abilities in some areas while acknowledging his limitations in others, Freddie frequently tells people that his younger brother Charlie got all the brains in the family. But Freddie has something even more important, a great deal of common sense that is engaged so automatically he never seems to notice it. One of the greatest satisfactions of this book is seeing how Freddie, just being himself, deservedly earns the approval and validation of Kitty and his father.
The eccentric Matthew Penicuik has decided to leave his entire fortune to his ward Kitty Charing on condition that she marry one of his great-nephews, and with this in mind he summons said nephews to his estate at Arnside. It's well-known in the family that Kitty has long been infatuated with one of them, Jack Westruther, but Jack ignores the summons. Mortified and resentful, Kitty manages to intercept the Honorable Freddie Standen before he arrives to Arnside. The kind-hearted Freddie, having had no idea why he'd been summoned by his great-uncle, very reluctantly agrees to propose to Kitty since this will enable her to travel to London, ostensibly to become reacquainted with Freddie's parents but in actuality, as Kitty explains vaguely to Freddie, to find alternatives to the impossible situation in which her guardian has placed her. Mr. Penicuik rightly suspects that it's all a hum orchestrated by Kitty to make Jack Westruther jealous, but he always intended for Jack to inherit the estate anyway so he agrees to the plan while (fortuitously) forbidding them to formally announce the engagement.
A hiccup in Kitty's plan occurs when they find on arriving to the home of Freddie's parents that she cannot stay there because his younger siblings have the measles. For the same reason Freddie's older sister Meg, newly married and expecting, cannot stay with her parents while her husband is off on a year-long government mission. This puts Meg in a bind as she cannot remain alone but does not want to stay in the country with her mother-in-law. So Freddie suggests that Kitty stay with Meg during her planned month-long sojourn in London, an arrangement that both women eagerly agree to.
Because of her sheltered upbringing and her guardian's penurious ways, Kitty is sadly out of fashion, but this is soon remedied with Freddie's unerring guidance. And though Mr. Penicuik provided Kitty with what seems to her an enormous sum of money to purchase a fashionable wardrobe, the more knowledgeable Freddie realizes it won't make a dent in what she'll need. But since she has asked him to take charge of the money for her, he is able to use his own considerable wealth to her benefit with Kitty none the wiser.
For all that she had been isolated in the country and inundated with the overly dramatic romantic musings of her eccentric governess, Kitty is pragmatic and well-grounded. Though not worldly wise, her astuteness, eagerness to learn and ingrained sense of right vs. wrong make her an apt pupil. Having brought her to town, Freddie feels responsible for making sure she doesn't set her foot wrong socially or do anything cork-brained. But he's proud of the new Kitty that emerges who, in addition to the new social graces she is acquiring, has a good eye for color and for the styles that best become her. Freddie also doesn't like to see Kitty disappointed, a circumstance which leads him to very reluctantly agree to take her to see the most noteworthy sights of London mentioned in her guidebook. The results are hilarious, from his indignant reaction on seeing the Elgin Marbles - "Dash it, they've got no heads!...Well, if this don't beat the Dutch!" - to how he describes the whole experience to his amused and appreciative father - "a lot of tombs and broken-down statues you wouldn't think anyone would want to look at, let alone pay to look at...You know what, sir? It's a dashed take-in!"
Freddie's only real worry emerges when Kitty entangles herself in the woes of two people whose causes she has taken up: her new friend, the beautiful but unfortunately circumstanced Olivia Broughty; and the slow-witted Lord Dolphinton, another of Matthew Penicuik's great-nephews, whose ruthless mother does not believe Kitty and Freddie are engaged (as reported within the family) and forces the hapless Dolph to keep trying to win her. Freddie's reaction when Kitty says she's going to help Dolph is priceless: "If you're hatching a scheme to poison Aunt Augusta, I won't have anything to do with it!...Good thing, if one could do it...Thing is, bound to be a scandal." He's still reluctant to get involved when he learns her plan is to help Dolph marry the only woman he wants, the indomitable but socially inferior Hannah Plymstock. But as always, Freddie rises admirably to the occasion, not only by supporting Kitty but by figuring out how to solve seemingly insoluble dilemmas and then acting with decisive finesse (something Kitty isn't too shabby at herself).
Always confident about his abilities in some areas while acknowledging his limitations in others, Freddie frequently tells people that his younger brother Charlie got all the brains in the family. But Freddie has something even more important, a great deal of common sense that is engaged so automatically he never seems to notice it. One of the greatest satisfactions of this book is seeing how Freddie, just being himself, deservedly earns the approval and validation of Kitty and his father.
Tante Jean
5つ星のうち5.0
One of her best
2024年3月10日にオーストラリアでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
This gem contains a host of delightful characters headed by Freddy, the ultimate anti-hero who takes this story in an unexpected direction. All the hallmarks of the best Georgette Heyer creations are present_ great descriptions of the fashions and foibles of the era, expert caricatures of the rich and famous, witty dialogue and a central storyline that allows for some actual character development in the main protagonists. I loved it!
Joana
5つ星のうち5.0
Nice !
2017年10月18日にフランスでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Really nice to read and I didn't expect the end ! I really love how the main character opens her eyes and realize the one who really is the one.