Throughout the novel, these neighboring families yield comic relief and interfering busybodies, as well as Venetia’s two unwanted suitors, Edward and Oswald. She lives a secluded life in Yorkshire, where her social circle includes two neighborhood families and her bookish younger brother Aubrey. off the marriage market) at the ripe old age of 26. Venetia Lanyon – our intrepid heroine – is alarmingly in danger of being “on the shelf” (i.e.
Part of what makes Heyer’s novels so wonderful are the vivid and extremely well-researched descriptions of this world, which will already seem familiar if you are an Austen fan (but are easily penetrated even if you aren’t). Venetia takes place during the Regency era of British history, a time when strict social mores dictated every movement men and women could make, down to which neckcloth knot was acceptable for proper gentlemen and which time of the day it was appropriate for young ladies to go driving (with a chaperone, of course) in the park.
(But seriously, who doesn’t?)Įven though I have only read about a third of her novels so far, I feel confident in saying that Venetia is my absolute favorite. I have since discovered a few other things that make me want to be a part of this lovely club even more: Heyer fans are loyal to the author, each other, and their favorites they are highly intelligent and always willing to engage in sparkling conversation (much like Heyer’s characters themselves) about their favorite characters and stories and they love a handsome rake. By wonderful chance, I happened upon Venetia.Īt that time, I had no idea of the vast number of Heyer readers out there, each with their favorite of her 50+ novels. I believe it was the very next day that I went to the library and checked out a couple of her novels. I consider myself to be a relative newbie when it comes to Georgette Heyer I only “discovered” her work about two years ago after a trusted friend told me that Heyer’s Regency novels were “as witty and lovely as Jane Austen.” Being an Austen nut, a romance nut, and a library nut, my fate was sealed.
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