A fun little article
Thank you to all the people who write to me in appreciation of the Regency Heroes link I provided in the previous post. I’ll keep a look-out for other fun videos to share in future.
I wrote this fun little article for FROLIC magazine, called A Beta Hero, And Alpha Aunt, Jane Austen and me. (Click on the blue link to read it)
Thank you for the Jane Austen. I first read Pride & Prejudice at 14. My neighbour had a full set. I read them all. Read them again at 18 and found them much better. Had Pride & Prejudice read aloud on a car trip with my sisters at 25 something and about drove off the road. And then Colin Firth starred in the movie.
I discovered Georgetter Heyer somewhere in my mid-teens and also Joan Aiken Hodge. A little later, Clare Darcy. I was, and remain, hooked.
Thank you for doing it well.
Thanks, Marianne. I met Georgette Heyer first—I was eleven—and came to Jane Austen later. I’m also a huge fan of Eva Ibbotson — not regency, more the years between the wars — but if you love Heyer, you’ll love Ibbotson. She wrote a stack of books for kids and about 7 books for adults. A couple to look for are A Countess Below Stairs (aka The Secret Countess) and Magic Flutes (aka The Reluctant Heiress) — but they’re all good. She’s a fabulous wordsmith and a wonderful storyteller. I interviewed her before she died, and I think if you read… Read more »