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

[Paula Lieberman]

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From: "Margaret Dean" <margdean at erols.com>


> 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?
>>
>> 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

Someone with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and a will of iron...

>> 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.
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> 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.

Different cultures....

False Colours wasn't one of my favorites and I don't remember a whole lot 
about it.


>> 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.