The International Heyer Society
Celebrating in the Literary Genius of Georgette Heyer
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on Published in 1937 under the objectionable title “Lady, Your Pardon“ — it was changed by Woman’s Journal editor Dorothy Sutherland, who had a sad habit of renaming Heyer’s works — … Read More ““Pharaoh’s Daughter” by Georgette Heyer Illustrations”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on Georgette Heyer’s ninth published short story is definitely her most autobiographical, and was attributed to her pen name “Stella Martin.” The story ran in Sovereign Magazine accompanied by these two … Read More “Illustrations from “The Old Maid” — Woman’s Pictorial (1925)”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on Georgette Heyer’s eighth published short story is her only tragedy (that we know of), and is set in the Georgian period. The story ran in Sovereign Magazine accompanied by this … Read More “Illustrations from “Love” — Sovereign Magazine (1923)”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on Georgette Heyer’s seventh published short story gives us the down-on-her-luck Mary, who happens to run into a man who has long wanted to marry her at a dance hall. The … Read More “Illustrations from “The Chinese Shawl” — The Quiver (1923)”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on No comment Illustrations from “Whose Fault Was It?” — The Happy Mag (1923) Georgette Heyer’s seventh published short story is a tale of marriage and Ming pottery (though, as it turns out, the vase in the story is not technically from the Ming … Read More “Illustrations from “Whose Fault Was It?” — The Happy Mag (1923)”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on No comment Illustrations from “Acting on Impulse” — The Red Magazine (1923) Georgette Heyer’s sixth published short story is one of her best, in which the impetuous Kenneth attempts to convince his outraged father to support his engagement to the artistic Ursula … Read More “Illustrations from “Acting on Impulse” — The Red Magazine (1923)”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on No comment Illustrations from “Bulldog and the Beast” — The Happy Mag (1923) Georgette Heyer’s fourth published short story is a battle of the sexes, in which Mr. Sykes the bulldog ferries between the flats of his original mistress, the heart-sore Katharine, and … Read More “Illustrations from “Bulldog and the Beast” — The Happy Mag (1923)”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on No comment Illustrations from “Lincke’s Great Case” — Detective Magazine (1923) Georgette Heyer’s third published short story is a case of missing government documents, solved (eventually) by the young and valiant Roger Linckes. The story ran in Detective Magazine accompanied by … Read More “Illustrations from “Lincke’s Great Case” — Detective Magazine (1923)”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on No comment Illustrations from “The Little Lady” — The Red Magazine (1922) Georgette Heyer’s second published short story gives us the lovelorn Peter who, after an argument with his fiance, meets with an ethereal childlike creature in a quiet wood, and is … Read More “Illustrations from “The Little Lady” — The Red Magazine (1922)”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on No comment Illustrations from “A Proposal to Cicely” — The Happy Mag (1922) The first short story (we know of) published by Georgette Heyer, “A Proposal to Cicely” gives us the charmingly independent Cicely and her distant cousin Richard, who is desperate to … Read More “Illustrations from “A Proposal to Cicely” — The Happy Mag (1922)”