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"The charm of your society, My Sparrow, lies in not knowing what will you say next - though one rapidly learns to fear the worst!"
Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle, 1957
Georgette Heyer was born #OTD in 1902. Heyer essentially invented the historical romance & created the subgenre of the Regency romance. Despite her popularity and success, Heyer was largely ignored by critics other than Dorothy L. Sayers. via nostr:npub1kvnpp3m60derhwpqwc09zhk3ehk48tr6agc6dk9z2vggu9sga28qpxhm73
Books by Georgette Heyer at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/39614
#books #literature
nostr:npub1ks70cf3wt30sn2gqjnw4zjtd7ztwnnaq4fy0azpdvtlthg7eqrpqlteg5u nostr:npub1kvnpp3m60derhwpqwc09zhk3ehk48tr6agc6dk9z2vggu9sga28qpxhm73 Lots of popular authors are largely ignored by critics. Which creates huge holes in our knowledge of the past and of reader habits.