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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Oct 26, 2007 12:45:26 GMT -5
Which ones do you recommend; which ones do you despise? Do you have favourite authors? Do share.  |
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Post by dawnluckham on Dec 13, 2007 16:19:11 GMT -5
Well, I’m an unapologetic HUGE Jane Austen fan. ;D Georgette Hayer can be sort of fun too.  |
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Dec 13, 2007 16:47:00 GMT -5
That I can relate to. JA all the way for moi.  |
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Post by LadyGeremia on Dec 14, 2007 22:53:33 GMT -5
I love Jane Austen's books. I also love modern authors that write in the regency period. Stephanie Laurens has a great series out called the Cynster Novels. About 6 handsome cousins that haunt the London ton. The first book is Devil's Bride. Check it out and then you'll be hooked on the rest of the series! She really has alot of background descriptions and it makes you feel like you are troming through Regency London right along with the characters. A must read for regency lovers.
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Post by Tricia on Jan 16, 2008 12:00:19 GMT -5
Of course, I love Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer. Some other favorites are Elizabeth Thornton, Elizabeth Mansfield, and Julia Quinn.
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Jan 16, 2008 12:14:37 GMT -5
Hi Tricia! Welcome! Please introduce yourself to our membership on the introductions board so you can be universally welcomed. |
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Post by georgielee12 on Feb 3, 2008 14:17:50 GMT -5
I enjoy Amanda Quick and Amanda McCabe. Amanda's Regencies are Traditional but there is a lot of fun humor.
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Feb 3, 2008 14:20:10 GMT -5
Are they smutty? I can't stand Jane Austen wannabee books that have smut. ::Smile::
Welcome Georgie! Introduce youself on the introduction board!
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Post by chiemi on Feb 14, 2008 18:06:21 GMT -5
LOVE Jane Austen. Pride and prejudice being my favorite. I even got my husband to read it with me. He actually enjoyed it. He said it was a very amusing book and not what he was expecting.
I also like to read Georgette Heyer. My favorite is April Lady. Speaking of which I haven't read that in a while. Now that I've thought about it I want to read it again!
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Post by maudelynn on Feb 19, 2008 15:16:45 GMT -5
She is a bit earlier than Jane but, I adore Frances Burney! And actually, the first written non
birth/family record of Jane Austen is her signing up for the serial delivery of a Frances Burney book in chapters!
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Post by savivi on Feb 29, 2008 11:06:17 GMT -5
I LOVE Jane Austen. no matter how many times I read her.
I adore Georgette Heyer until she starts going on about Restorative Pork Jelly. But hands down, she really is the next best thing to JA.
I DESPISE Jane Austen sequels. I read Mr. Darcy's Daughters. My eyes burned afterward.... and in my shame, I have to admit the author used all my ideas. To my credit, however, they would not have all been lumped into one book.
Fanny Burney rocks, too! I loved Evelina, and I have Cecilia on the way.
And I just finished Ann Radcliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho, which I enjoyed a lot (though the amount of fainting, lute playing, and banditti references are enough to start a drinking game)-- and now I'm hankering to re-read Northanger Abbey.
I have to agree about smut set in Regency times -- especially concerning marriages of convenience. You just can't have it! At least not until they're married, but then that's tricky. The rule of sex by page 75 destroys every Regency sensibility there is. The tension is where it's at -- and the marriage of convenience is filled with so much potential, until the entire novel is destroyed before 1/3 of it's even over.
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Post by georgielee12 on Mar 7, 2008 0:34:38 GMT -5
I've heard so much about "Mysteries of Udolpho" lately that I'm going to have to read it.
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Post by mrdarcyisgreat on Oct 1, 2008 10:20:07 GMT -5
I love Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer. Some of the Clare Darcy books are well written (no relation to me ). Currently I'm reading Georgiana by Amanda Foreman (the one the movie "The Duchess" is based on). |
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Post by Val on Oct 2, 2008 10:21:19 GMT -5
Greetings, and welcome to the group. I don't normally read Regency but since you mentioned Georgiana (The Duchess), I thought I'd add my two cents worth.
I was able to get thru almost half of it, and it just got too tedious for me to continue. I hate having to force myself to read something. I prefer books that I look forward to each time I pick it up. This one I just read enough to get sleepy at night.
I realized when I started reading it that it's more of a history than a historical/fictional entertainment story, but I wanted some background on the Duchess before I went to the movie. It wasn't enough to keep me reading it. So I set it aside for an Edith Wharton book, Customs of the Country (Victorian).
I was assured by another that it was a well written book, and I have no argument with that. But it just dragged with all the political stuff in it. Others may enjoy the politics. But I don't.
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Post by jeanbr on Mar 29, 2009 15:04:55 GMT -5
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Post by voxwoman on Jul 15, 2009 15:02:08 GMT -5
I'm quite partial to Elizabeth Mansfield. |
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Post by MyLadyDedlock on Aug 1, 2009 1:02:02 GMT -5
Speaking of Jane Austen and smutty - I picked up one of those post Jane continuation novels about mr Darcy and Lizzy, and boy did I get a surprise - I can't remember the title, but I haven't gone anywhere near those again. I say don't mess with the Darcy - though he is quite attractive I think too highly of him to consider his countenance in bed ;-) - or at least to consider him anything but a gentleman in his approach to love . . . .
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Post by amandamoose on Nov 5, 2009 18:29:39 GMT -5
Mr Darcy Takes a Wife and Darcy & Elizabeth by Linda Berdoll are both really good. It's just the continuation of the story in her words. It's really well done and their relationship is very loving and full of passion. She also writes about Mr Wickham and his relationship to Darcy. He gets his just deserts I think there is only one case in which Darcy and Elizabeth do a bit of petting before getting married, but he feels terrible about it after (gentleman that he is) it is a bit shocking but kind of exciting too. Anyway, that's my two cents...I wanna read Mysteries of Udolhpo too |
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Post by amandamoose on Dec 2, 2009 19:21:22 GMT -5
ooh also, I guess those books I mentioned in the previous post could be considered smutty. I just thrill in the idea that every thing was so repressed, that when a man a woman got married and truly loved one another that the passion would flow forth. But for those who are more pure and innocent, I'd stay away from those books I'm an old married woman and so thing things don't shock me, ya ken? |
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Post by Kathryn Kane on Mar 24, 2010 20:02:41 GMT -5
I loved the old Regency romances which used to be published in the 80's and 90's. They were sweet, and short, so you could finish them in an afternoon. They were also fairly inexpensive, so they fit my budget at the time. There are still a lot of those traditional Regencies available at the various online book sellers. Most of them are still relatively inexpensive, with a few exceptions in the case of novels which were really popular and are now quite scarce. They can be pretty pricey, even today. Of course, it really helps to have authors and titles in order to find the books you want. A very good place to get information on all those novels is at a web site called Good Ton, at www.thenonesuch.com/. Nearly every traditional Regency ever written is listed there, many with some information on the plot. It is a great resource for devotees of old-fashioned Regencies. Happy Reading! Regards, Kat |
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Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong? ~ Jane Austen 
