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In the Washington Post recently, Michael Dirda was discussing which books will last over the years and #5 in his list that will improve the odds of your books being read after your death was, “Dominate some niche better than anyone else. So long as people lose themselves in Regency romances, they will always read Georgette Heyer.” It’s his column from July 2, 2023 if anyone wants to look it up because much of what he says, especially about genre fiction is very interesting. [In 1997, I made a literary forecast. Did it hold up?]
IIRC The Black Moth (Heyer's first) was published in 1923. She was, I believe, 19 at the time. She'd originally written it to amuse her younger brother!
We just finished Frederica, and it was so much fun! It's hard to top the ending of Cotillion but overall I think we enjoyed Frederica even more. If anyone is thinking of reading Heyer this might be a good place to start.
Oh, Cotillion is my favorite Heyer novel, but there are so many great ones. Every so often, I have to reread all of my Heyer favorites, just as every so often I reread all of the Penric books!
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In the Washington Post recently, Michael Dirda was discussing which books will last over the years and #5 in his list that will improve the odds of your books being read after your death was, “Dominate some niche better than anyone else. So long as people lose themselves in Regency romances, they will always read Georgette Heyer.” It’s his column from July 2, 2023 if anyone wants to look it up because much of what he says, especially about genre fiction is very interesting. [In 1997, I made a literary forecast. Did it hold up?]
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IIRC The Black Moth (Heyer's first) was published in 1923. She was, I believe, 19 at the time. She'd originally written it to amuse her younger brother!
We just finished Frederica, and it was so much fun! It's hard to top the ending of Cotillion but overall I think we enjoyed Frederica even more. If anyone is thinking of reading Heyer this might be a good place to start.
Oh, Cotillion is my favorite Heyer novel, but there are so many great ones. Every so often, I have to reread all of my Heyer favorites, just as every so often I reread all of the Penric books!
