tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post3759145284868895997..comments2024-03-28T12:00:29.857+00:00Comments on Historical and Regency Romance UK: Georgette Heyer: Why I love 'Sprig Muslin'Louise Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895724319451189592noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-82275440324733131232017-12-31T23:51:46.011+00:002017-12-31T23:51:46.011+00:00One of my favorites. I think that Gareth is one of...One of my favorites. I think that Gareth is one of my favorite if not top favorite Heyer heroes. Thank you so much for posting.Cdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09742123132792271058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-16425380653645143242017-07-08T23:11:49.676+01:002017-07-08T23:11:49.676+01:00I agree with you, Georgie. Everything Georgette He...I agree with you, Georgie. Everything Georgette Heyer says about Gareth's gradual change of heart is oblique: 'Sir Gareth had his own reasons for not wishing to bring his stay to an end,' and having him say, 'Certainly Amanda is wonderful! I must be eternally grateful to her,' and we know he can only mean that he's fallen in love with Hester, but, all the same, one longs for a bit more. <br /><br />As for Hester, we have to be content with learning that she's 'put on a new bloom' which must mean that she has come to realize that Gareth loves her. But I'd really like her thoughts on the subject to be made manifest in some way. Elizabeth Hawksleyhttp://www.elizabethhawksley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-81533073440257919542017-07-08T18:08:18.458+01:002017-07-08T18:08:18.458+01:00So pleased to see Sprig Muslin reassessed. I don&...So pleased to see Sprig Muslin reassessed. I don't think I valued it when I first read it, but it's grown on me. Although I wish we had a *little* more of Hester and Gareth's thoughts in the last part of the book...Georgiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10593853562772898834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-22809879922843292142017-07-08T12:43:49.804+01:002017-07-08T12:43:49.804+01:00Thank you for your comment, Yvonne. When I went to...Thank you for your comment, Yvonne. When I went to the Blue Plaque ceremony in 2015 at the house where Georgette Heyer was born, Stephen Fry, who did the honours, told us that he had first read Georgette Heyer in his teens, and ever since, returned to her books as 'comfort reading' whenever he was under the weather. <br /><br />I think a lot of people feel the same. At the ceremony, many of the guests spoke of her wit, humour, historical accuracy and splendid story-telling. Elizabeth Hawksleyhttp://www.elizabethhawksley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-64230172509474231252017-07-08T00:23:40.936+01:002017-07-08T00:23:40.936+01:00I read all Heyer's romances back in my teens, ...I read all Heyer's romances back in my teens, so forgot how delightful this novel was. Definitely deserves a re-read!Yvonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12797472921494448162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-90848753641825794932017-07-05T14:49:28.424+01:002017-07-05T14:49:28.424+01:00Thank you for your comment, Amanda. I particularly...Thank you for your comment, Amanda. I particularly love Hester's put down of her odious brother when she says, 'And I must say, Widmore, that it is very lowering to be so closely related to anyone with such a dreadfully commonplace mind as you have!' Hurray! Elizabeth Hawksleyhttp://www.elizabethhawksley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-22466220046304640442017-07-05T14:40:35.178+01:002017-07-05T14:40:35.178+01:00I love Sprig Muslin, too. Right from the title, I&...I love Sprig Muslin, too. Right from the title, I'm in Heyer's world and what a joyous world it is. Thanks for reminding me about itAmandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-76443948892675856232017-07-05T11:36:29.265+01:002017-07-05T11:36:29.265+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Madonaldohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05637720202380079008noreply@blogger.com