The International Heyer Society
Celebrating in the Literary Genius of Georgette Heyer
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on Many of Heyer’s heroines have stayed single well into their twenties, which stigmatized them as “spinsters” at the time. We get to see them relinquish their solitary existences throughout their … Read More “POLL: Favourite Heyer Spinster Heroine? Round 1”
INTRODUCTION Fans of Austen’s Northanger Abbey (1817) will likely enjoy Heyer’s own take on the Gothic parody in The Reluctant Widow (1946). An early Heyer Regency, she has her tongue … Read More “Heyer for Austenites: If You Love Northanger Abbey…”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on While several of Heyer’s heroines are bordering on penniless, only a very few actually work for a living, the times being what they were and opportunities for such being scarce. … Read More “POLL: Favourite Heyer Working Woman?”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on When love blooms after a marriage most practical, often due to proximity and shared experience, it is can be one of the romance world’s most glorious tropes. (Except when it isn’t.) … Read More “POLL: Best Heyer Marriage of Convenience Novel?”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on Ah, governesses! What would Regency romance be without them? Georgette Heyer began the trend, of course (as with so many others) with her inclusion of more than one variety of … Read More “POLL: Favourite Heyer Governess”
