Editorial Reviews. Review. “The Corinthian remains one of my favorite Georgette Heyer books a treat and a keeper.” – Lesa’s Book Critiques “hilarious. Georgette Heyer wrote The Corinthian a few months after the tragic death of her brother-in-law, a close friend, in one of the early battles of. Book Source: Digital Library of India Item : Heyer, ioned.

Write a customer review. Penelope and Sir Richard’s first encounter happens very soon and it is one of the loveliest I’ve read so far. Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers. Several of Georgetts plays were known for their remarkable wit and comical plot twists and in “The Corinthian” Heyer matches, and quite possibly surpasses, these wonderfully.

She was married to George Ronald Rougier, a mining engineer, and heuer had one son together, Richard. Heyer doesn’t do in your face depictions. Louisa and Richard’s mother, Lady Wyndham, is manipulative in a more subtle way.

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Ggeorgette say it was your duty? And a heroic rescue When Sir Richard encounters the lovely young fugitive, he knows he can’t allow her to travel to the countryside all alone, so he offers himself as her protector. Arabella was good but I prefer older heroines. She is about to turn and leave, but Richard is not quite drunk enough for his common sense to have completely abandoned him.

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My favourite scene in this one is where Pen finds her childhood sweetheart — entirely different! I just kept seeing this as if it was really happening and saying “No, No, No! At the end of the novel, his adventures with Pen lead to a romantic conclusion. Oct 31, Kris rated it really liked it Shelves: There were many interesting secondary characters that appealed to me as well.

Pen was a very delightful heroine, and I felt Heyer did a much better job developing the budding romance between Pen and Richard then she did with the main characters in Faro’s Daughter. And now only his masked emotions and the shifting impulses of her own wild young heart would tell what their destiny would be If you went with me, no one would know what had become of you.

From there on, you get a romantic adventure featuring an uncomfortable trip in a coach, lots of firsts for both of them, imaginative explanations of their relationship, an encounter with a thief and much, much more.

The wit isn’t quite as incisive, maybe.

View all 7 comments. I expect the same of many of our favorite authors, and I believe it is because they take their time, check syntax, spelling and grammar, and they care, truly care about the quality of the book they have written with their name on georvette.

He is at Harrow, and corinthiann clothes fit me perfectly. I’m a sucker for a girl who attempts to pass for a boy in order to escape some hideous fate, and Penn’s story was rather adorable in this way. Pen, an enterprising young woman, enmeshes them both in a series of crazy imbroglios. I’m past the point in my life where that’s romantic to me, although I can handwave that if the rest of the story really grabs me. I haven’t read a bad novel by this author.

I liked Faro’s Daughter more, since I feel the couple had better chemistry. She and Cedric are the life of the book and I just wish the plot had been a a geogrette different so I could enjoy it more. Why on earth does the girl on the georggette cover have brown hair and the dress of a Victorian corintgian These reports give a complete break-down of everything in the book, so you’ll know just how clean it is or isn’t.

The Corinthian is one of my favourites. Depressed by the life laid out before him, he nevertheless agrees to this course.

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Now his mother and sister are pressuring him into offering for the woman his father promised him too in childhood. Escapism in its purest form. She is a very wealthy orphan who is running away from her own distasteful marriage plans.

She has a wide cornithian of voices to fit the many characters who appear in Another Georgette Heyer romance that’s more a comedy of manners and would make a great play. I found s much enjoyment that I finished it in one sitting. Heyer’s masterful writing style is on display from the opening scene when Richard’s mother, sister and brother-in-law descend on Richard’s mansion in St.

He has an estate in Berkshireas well as a home in London. Heyer’s bio Heyer’s bio Who am I? As soon as they escape corinthin thief, they get saddled with a stolen diamond necklace. Young Penelope Pen Creed was a delightful miss of she’s a very level-headed, no nonsense, definitely not miss-ish young woman.

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While some critics thought her novels were too detailed, others considered the level of detail to be Heyer’s greatest asset. Unfortunately his partners in crime discover he is trying to doublecross them, with terrible consequences.

The two become allies, leave London in search of Miss Creed’s childhood sweetheart, and find themselves in the middle of a dangerous game of mystery, theft, and murder.

Heyer creates a wonderful atmosphere with just the right tension and perfect chemistry between Richard and Pen. I live in St.

Print edition purchase must be sold by Amazon. The Corinthian was my introduction to Georgette Heyer and I became an instant fan. Set up a giveaway.