[LMB] QOTD #7: Emotional genre, re: ACC dedication (Sat. Mar. 1st)

[Margaret Dean]

sylvus tarn wrote:
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> A. Sasha Wagner-Adamo wrote:
> > On 2 Mar 2008 at 11:15, Chen Yen wrote:
> >> PS. Thanks to sylvus for mentioning specific titles by Sayers - I've
> >> ordered them in, also 'False Colours' by Heyer that was discussed many
> >> posts earlier.  Any more recommendations anyone?
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> Oddly enough False Colours is not one of my faves, though it ought to be
> , with not one but two delish identical twin brothers---one of the stock
> characters in Heyer is the helpless, fainting older female, sweet and
> pretty and fragile and a complete spendthrift (who did Heyer know that
> was like this?  Who was the hot-tempered patriarch?  the physically
> brave boy?)...the guys' mother in this book fits this profile and
> probably the reason I wasn't crazy about it.

I know a lot of readers do have this reaction to Lady Denville,
but I myself can't help but be utterly charmed by her.  She
really isn't fainting, and not so much helpless as feckless.  But
yes, completely clueless about money, which sometimes seems hard
for people to forgive.
 
> Hm, if I had to pick just one...The Grand Sophy.  Though Sophy herself
> does not appear to change so much over the course of the book, the
> laugh-out-loud twists make it a perfect example of the comedy of manners
> genre.  And Sophy herself is so sensible and brave---no fainting there!

OTOH I'm in complete agreement with your high marks for THE GRAND
SOPHY.

> > My personal favorites are:
> > These Old Shades
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> Definitely the one to read for the dark, dangerous brooding-type hero;)

And THESE OLD SHADES.  Like you, I find Avon to be Dead Sexy.  :)
 

--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>