The Grand Sophy

Resourceful, adventurous and utterly indefatigable, Sophy is hardly the mild mannered girl that the Rivenhalls expect when they agree to take her in Kind hearted Aunt Lizzy is shocked stern Cousin Charles and his humorless fianc e Eugenia are disapproving.With her inimitable mixture of exuberance and grace Sophy soon sets about endearing herself to her family, but finds herself increasingly drawn to her cousin Can she really be falling in love with him, and he with her And what of his betrothal to Eugenia New Read [ The Grand Sophy ] By [ Georgette Heyer ] – kino-fada.fr The one thing that always puzzles me is people s tendency to compare Georgette Heyer to Jane Austen As well compare Crime and Punishment to a John Grisham novel I am not denying the literary merits of either genre far from it, in fact However, that doesn t change the fact that one is trying to compare chalk and cheese Jane Austen s purpose in writing her novels was not merely to tell a story In fact, the story was merely a vehicle to examine critically the s and customs of the society The one thing that always puzzles me is people s tendency to compare Georgette Heyer to Jane Austen As well compare Crime and Punishment to a John Grisham novel I am not denying the literary merits of either genre far from it, in fact However, that doesn t change the fact that one is trying to compare chalk and cheese Jane Austen s purpose in writing her novels was not merely to tell a story In fact, the story was merely a vehicle to examine critically the s and customs of the society of her times In an era where women academicians and philosophers were all but unknown, Austen used the only avenue open to her to espouse her brand of social commentary the novel Georgette Heyer, on the other hand, wrote to entertain Full stop Her books are not, and were never intended by her to be, anythingthan a pleasant way to pass time That being said, in the context of the Regency romance, she is the unparalleled expert Her knowledge of the ton or Regency high society, is unmat...4.5 stars If you ever wanted to see a Regency era heroine really take charge of her life, you ll probably love The Grand Sophy Sophia Stanton Lacy, better known as Sophy, is dropped on her aunt s family by her globe trotting father, who asks his sister, Lady Ombersley, to watch over his poor little Sophy.Enter Sophy, 5 9 , independent minded and brimming with confidence.Sophy quickly figures out all of the dysfunctions in the Ombersley family, including a father with a gambling addiction, a p 4.5 stars If you ever wanted to see a Regency era heroine really take charge of her life, you ll probably love The Grand Sophy Sophia Stanton Lacy, better known as Sophy, is dropped on her aunt s family by her globe trotting father, who asks his sister, Lady Ombersley, to watch over his poor little Sophy.Enter Sophy, 5 9 , independent minded and brimming with confidence.Sophy quickly figures out all of the dysfunctions in the Ombersley family, including a father with a gambling addiction, a passive mother, a daughter who throws over the perfectly nice, eligible lord she s supposed to marry in favor of a swoony, absent minded poet, and a younger son who s managed to get himself into some deep trouble And the older son, Charles, who has taken over control of the family and its finances to try to pull everything together, and in the process has lost his sense of humor, turned into a domestic tyrant of sorts, and managed to get himself enga...Buddy Read w the wonderful, Candi Phrynne.Once again, my goodreads friends and in groups have gotten me to read a book that I thought I would never like and guess what I loved it Lady Ombersley s brother, Sir Horace decides to leave his daughter, Sophy with them while he is away Sophy usually goes with him when he travels the world, but on this occasion he needs her to stay with her aunt and uncle and all of the cousins What a joy Sophy was to a most droll household The eldest brot Buddy Read w the wonderful, Candi Phrynne.Once again, my goodreads friends and in groups have gotten me to read a book that I thought I would never like and guess what I loved it Lady Ombersley s brother, Sir Horace decides to leave his daughter, Sophy with them while he is away Sophy usually goes with him when he travels the world, but on this occasion he needs her to stay with her aunt and uncle and all of the cousins What a joy Sophy was to a most dr...I thought the book was delightful witty, bright, deeply hilarious and then we ran into a very stereotypical description of a Jewish Moneylender I do realize that Heyer was reflecting attitudes of the time, but did the moneylender have to be quite so odious On one hand, he is a nasty character and nasty characters often don t have a good personal hygiene On other hand, the description hits point by point a racial stereotype used for many years to fuel persecution of the Jewish race It is I thought the book was delightful witty, bright, deeply hilarious and then we ran into a very stereotypical description of a Jewish Moneylender I do realize that Heyer was reflecting attitudes of the time, but did the moneylender have to be quite so odious On one hand, he is a nasty character and nasty characters often don t have a good personal hygiene On other hand, the description hits point by point a racial stereotype used for many years to fuel persecution of the Jewish race It is quite possible that there were loan sharks in England who had greasy hair and hooked noses and some of them could have been Jewish or English or Cornish or French or whatever , but as a writer, I believe you have a certain responsibility not to further those racial stereotypes In other words, if you write something a Nazi would approve of, you have to be prepa...She was by far too tall nose and mouth were both too large, and a pair of expressive gray eyes could scarcely be held to atone entirely for these defects Only you could not forget Sophy, even though you could not recall the shape of her face, or the colour of her eyes I for one will not forget the unstoppable and vivacious Sophy Stanton Lacy anytime soon A truly entertaining Regency Romance with one of the most delightful and dynamic heroines you could ever hope to encounter from this timeShe was by far too tall nose and mouth were both too large, and a pair of expressive gray eyes could scarcely be held to atone entirely for these defects Only you could not forget Sophy, even though you could not recall the shape of her face, or the colour of her eyes I for one will not forget the unstoppable and vivacious Sophy Stanton Lacy anytime soon...A Regency Romance What What Ah, but this was nothing very stuffy, indeed Sophy was the model extrovert, a clever and busy and downright machiavellian girl Do you like characters with so much agency that they pop right off the page Sophy is your girl.Of course, that also means that she s pretty much a terror for all the stuffed shirts around her, and between getting in the way and deciding to help her relations find marriage, while all the while being the unwitting subject of the same dast A Regency Romance What What Ah, but this was nothing very stuffy, indeed Sophy was the model extrovert, a clever and busy and downright machiavellian girl Do you like characters with so much agency that they pop right off the page Sophy is your girl.Of course, that also means that she s pretty much a terror for all the stuffed shirts around her, and between getting in the way and deciding to help her relations find marriage, while all the while being the unwitting subject of the same dastardly plot.How will this comedy turn out Truly, the pacing is good, the plot is pretty Shakespearian, and the stuffed shirts get stuffed.It was pretty fun Mind you, I do love a bit of romance fluff every now and again and this was light and churlish and sometimes even devious, but it is also pure popcorn fiction.I m glad to have read it, but it s not generally the kind of thing I read, or at least, t...The Grand Sophy, my first Georgette Heyer, is a very entertaining book about a complete hoyden who turns people s lives upside down The vivacious, unconventional and head strong Sophy is a delightful heroine She comes to stay at her aunt when her diplomatic father has to sail away to Brazil, of all places She soons detects many problems that the family is struggling with, and decides to intervene For their own good, of course T...Having recently reread another of Heyer s books, I found I just had to dig this one out as well, slightly dusty, from the depths of one of my book cases Sophy has always been one of my favourite heroines and again she did not disappoint From the moment the Grand Sophy makes her magnificent entrance you know you are in for a fun ride Heyer wrote many excellent and charming characters in her time but this young lady is one of the best Her enthusiasm for life and her determination that everyone Having recently reread another of Heyer s books, I found I just had to dig this one out as well,...One of Georgette s best loved Regencies it is impossible to read it any other way than as the story is told breakneck the smile never left my face While Sophy stays true to the period, in a lot of ways she is a farmodern heroine it simply doesn t occur to her she can t be independent or that she doesn t know what is best for her cousins the Rivenhalls when she is sent to stay with them.The whole family reminds me of the Von Trapps in a Sound of Music, with Charles Rivenhall havi One of Georgette s best loved Regencies it is impossible to read it any other way than as the story is told breakneck the smile never left my face While Sophy stays true to the period, in a lot of ways s...I think this has surpassed These Old Shades as my favourite of the Heyers that I ve read The hero isn t as much fun as Avon is, but the heroine, Sophy, far surpasses Leonie Sophy is, admittedly, forward, bold, and out spoken enough that she could have become as irritating to me as Leonie is but I think Heyer handled Sophy with farskill than she did Leonie no great surprise, perhaps, since there s a gap of about three decades between the two books and she s instead a very joyful char I think this has surpassed These Old Shades as my favourite of the Heyers that I ve read The hero isn t as much fun as Avon is, but the heroine, Sophy, far surpasses Leonie Sophy is, admittedly, forward, bold, and out spoken enough that she could have become as irritating to me as Leonie is but I think Heyer handled Sophy with farskill than she did Leonie no great surprise, perhaps, since there s a gap of about three decades between the two books and she s instead a very joyful character, and great fun to read about.I think it s also superior to ToS in that, like Jane Austen, Heyer has realised by this time that her strength lies in writing novels in which, well, not very much hap...

• English
• 09 January 2017
Georgette Heyer
• Paperback
• 328 pages
• 0099465639
• Georgette Heyer
• The Grand Sophy