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

[Peter H. Granzeau]

At 09:28 AM 3/3/2008, Elvi Dalgaard wrote:
>I always wondered how others reacted to that dedication, and whether it 
>was instantly clear to most of LMB's readers who those people were, or 
>whether she has a lot of readers who were not familiar with the four 
>ladies. Perhaps there are a lot of people who have now read and enjoyed 
>Heyer, Sayers, Austen and Bronte who would otherwise never have picked 
>them up? Are there any here now? 

I had read Austen after the showing of Pride and Prejudice on Masterpiece Theater--possibly the Elizabeth Garvie version.  I frequently read the novel after seeing an adaptation on TV.  I was so taken with P&P that I read all of the other Austen novels, enjoyed them all, and kept them on my bookshelf until I finally gave them all to my reading daughter (one reads, the other doesn't).

I read all of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels after seeing the Ian Carmichael version on Masterpiece Theater years ago.

But I have read nothing by anyone named Brontë, and my Heyer reading is spotty.  Did she write one involving a young girl who dressed as a man, fought duels and everything, and ended up marrying a duke?