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Bezig met laden... The Foundling (1948)door Georgette Heyer
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Gilly, the meek Duke of Sale, decides to temporarily ditch his nagging household in exchange for a few days of peace as an anonymous Everyman. Instead, he spends his holiday foiling blackmailers, escaping kidnappers, and rescuing two feckless children. Gilly makes an amazingly sweet protagonist. His adventures are rollicking, and his broadly drawn household provides the signature Heyer humor. The one false note is probably Belinda, the eponymous foundling, who is less a character and more a punchline. On the other hand, nobody reads Georgette Heyer for her multi-dimensional characters. (As a side note, Gilly has a cousin, Gideon, who is tall, dark, and handsome. Gideon calls Gilly his "little one." Gideon flies into passionate rages when Gilly's life is threatened. Gideon has no apparent female associates. In another author, I think I would suspect a subtext.) A diffident young man of 24 years, easily pushed around by his overprotective uncle and the retinue of devoted family retainers who won't let him lift a finger for himself, Adolphus Gillespie Vernon Ware ("Gilly"), the seventh Duke of Sale, sometimes wishes he could be a commoner. One day he decides to set out to discover whether he is "a man, or only a Duke." Beginning with an incognito journey into the countryside to confront a blackmailer, he encounters a runaway school boy, a beautiful but airheaded orphan, one of literature's most appealing and well-spoken comic villains, and a series of alarming and even life threatening events from which he can extricate himself only with the help of his shy and lovely fiancé⊠geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML: The Queen of Regency Romance, Georgette Heyer, delights readers with a charming tale of a duke who is tired of playing by the rules. The Duke of Sale is out to prove himself The shy, young Duke of Sale has never known his parents. Instead, his Grace Adolphus Gillespie Vernon Ware, Gilly for short, has endured twenty-four years of rigorous mollycoddling from his uncle and valet. But his natural diffidence conceals a rebellious spirit. A mysterious beauty provides the perfect opportunity When Gilly hears of Belinda, the beautiful foundling who appears to be blackmailing his cousin, he escapes with glee. But he has no sooner entered this new and dangerous world than he is plunged into a frenzy of intrigue, kidnapping, adventure, and surprises at every turn. Praise for Georgette Heyer and The Foundling: Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Hans bekymmer med henne Àr snarare att hÄlla henne frÄn att hamna i dÄligt sÀllskap: hon har redan utnyttjats av ett par skurkar för att fÄ hans kusin att kompromettera sig sÄ de kunde utpressa honom, och Gilly fick henne pÄ halsen nÀr han bestÀmde sig för att hjÀlpa till (mest för att slippa ifrÄn sina förmyndare och tjÀnare som annars stÀndigt oroar sig över honom). Förutom Belinda plockar han ocksÄ upp den vilde ynglingen Tom, och sedan kommer förvecklingarna.
Gillar man Heyers humor finns hÀr en hel del av varan, men ocksÄ ett par problem: Belinda Àr sÄ totalt huvudlös att det bara blir fÄnigt, och precis nÀr man tÀnker att det mesta lugnat ner sig sÄ kommer Ànnu en vÀnda. Men hertigen Àr en trevlig, lite tafflig figur, hans trolovade trovÀrdig men ganska frÄnvarande och skurken fantastisk (speciellt nÀr han Äkt fast). Man kan rÄka ut för betydligt vÀrre. ( )