Celebrating in the Literary Genius of Georgette Heyer
Author Jennifer KloesterPosted on No comment Heyer for Austenites: If You Love Sense and Sensibility… INTRODUCTION Austen’s first novel, Sense and Sensibility (1811), is also the first Austen novel mentioned in a Heyer story. In Regency Buck (1935), the heroine Judith Taverner comes across the … Read More “Heyer for Austenites: If You Love Sense and Sensibility…”
In all of historical romance — indeed, in all of fiction! — Georgette Heyer wrote some of the very best, most adorable and lovable, pets. Which is your favorite? Vote … Read More “POLL: Favorite Pet in Heyer”
In which we get to know our Heyer Society contributors — and their Heyer cred — a little better… Name: Clara Shipman Nationality: American Heyer Society Essay: “Learning! with Georgette Heyer” 1. How … Read More “Heyer Society Profile: Clara Shipman”
In which we get to know our Heyer Society contributors — and their Heyer cred — a little better… Name: Amanda Jones Nationality: Australian Heyer Society Essay: “Heyer’s Heirs — … Read More “Heyer Society Profile: Amanda Jones”
Author Clara ShipmanPosted on No comment Location, Location, Location in Heyer — Is It Possible to Have a Favorite? Last week’s Heyer Society Poll asked me to choose my “Favorite Heyer Novel Location” and it ended up being much harder to give an answer to that question than I … Read More “Location, Location, Location in Heyer — Is It Possible to Have a Favorite?”
In which we get to know our Heyer Society contributors — and their Heyer cred — a little better… Name: Anna Bradley Nationality: American Heyer Society Essay: “Behind Closed Doors — Sex in Georgette Heyer” … Read More “Heyer Society Profile: Anna Bradley”
Yesterday, our friend Maura Tan began her reading of Georgette Heyer’s historical works — historically (ha! a pun!) not her bag. Maura recently read and enjoyed Heyer’s contemporaries and mysteries, but … Read More “Such an Amusing Villain — Heyer’s Bad Guys”
Last week, we looked at Georgette Heyer’s ten best heroines. (Not uncontroversially.) This time out, it is their beloveds we discuss, in their multifaceted manliness and various degrees of wit, … Read More “TOP 10 HEYER HEROES”
In which we get to know our Heyer Society contributors — and their Heyer cred — a little better… Name: Susannah Fullerton Nationality: Australian Heyer Society Essay: “A Most Excellent … Read More “Heyer Society Profile: Susannah Fullerton”
When it comes to creating well-rounded, intriguing and thoroughly relatable women, Georgette Heyer truly set the standard in modern fiction. Her heroines are flawed and hardly infallible, and despite some … Read More “TOP 10 HEYER HEROINES”
