Cotillion

482 pages

English language

Published 2007 by Sourcebooks, Sourcebooks, Incorporated.

ISBN:
978-1-4022-1125-6
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OCLC Number:
539537536

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Young Kitty Charing stands to inherit a vast fortune from her irascible great-uncle Matthew--provided she marries one of her cousins. Kitty is not wholly adverse to the plan, if the right nephew proposes. Unfortunately, Kitty has set her heart on Jack Westruther, a confirmed rake, who seems to have no inclination to marry her anytime soon. In an effort to make Jack jealous, and to see a little more of the world than her isolated life on her great-uncle's estate has afforded her, Kitty devises a plan. She convinces yet another of her cousins, the honorable Freddy Standen, to pretend to be engaged to her. Her plan would bring her to London on a visit to Freddy's family and (hopefully) render the elusive Mr. Westruther madly jealous. But she didn't count on falling in love with the dandified Freddy.--From www.amazon.com.

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Review of 'Cotillion' on 'Goodreads'

Es geht ausschließlich um das Thema Wer-heiratet-wen, das ich bei "I Capture the Castle" schon mal als Grund für meine missmutige Bewertung angeführt habe. Aber hier war es sehr lustig, und ich versuche daraus zu lernen, dass das Thema eines Buchs egal ist. Man kann aus jedem Unsinn ein interessantes Buch machen. Als ich damit fertig war, dachte ich "Jetzt, wo ich mich an dieses Heiratsthema und an Gesellschaftsromane über das 19. Jahrhundert gewöhnt habe, kann ich bestimmt auch endlich Jane Austen lesen, und nicht nur in der 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'-Version". Aber es ging immer noch nicht, Austen ist so viel langweiliger (jedenfalls die ersten zwanzig Seiten, weiter bin ich auch diesmal nicht gekommen).

Ich hatte vorher nie von Georgette Heyer gehört und habe das Buch nur gelesen, weil in einer Goodreadsrezension von "Summer in Orcus" jemand erwähnt, ein darin vorkommender Vogel sei …

Review of 'Cotillion' on 'Storygraph'

This was so funny! What a pleasant surprise. The hero is a bit of a nitwit (his reaction to having to go to cultural institutions was PRICELESS), but with a incredibly generous heart. Actually, the nitwittedness of Freddy was refreshing. He's so...unintimidating and gloriously human. Loved him. And the heroine tries so hard to be a proper London lady and fails miserably. This was just so entertaining. I'm going to have to read more of this woman's books.

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Subjects

  • Single women
  • Fiction
  • Social life and customs
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Manners and customs

Places

  • England