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Arabella
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
Celebrate the 80th birthday of Regency Romance with great books from Sourcebooks Casablanca! Georgette Heyer had a handful of unforgettable heroines, of which Arabella is one of the most engaging. Daughter of a modest country clergyman, Arabella Tallant is on her way to London when her carriage breaks down outside the hunting lodge of the wealthy Mr. Robert Beaumaris. Her pride stung when she overhears a remark of her host's, Arabella pretends to be an heiress, a pretense that deeply amuses the jaded Beau. To counter her white lie, Beaumaris launches her into high society and thereby subjects her to all kinds of fortune hunters and other embarrassments. When compassionate Arabella rescues such unfortunate creatures as a mistreated chimney sweep and a mixed-breed mongrel, she foists them upon Beaumaris, who finds he rather enjoys the role of rescuer and is soon given the opportunity to prove his worth in the person of Arabella's impetuous young brother... PRAISE FOR GEORGETTE HEYER: "Our Georgette Heyer display of the Sourcebooks reprints has been a huge success, not only to those early fans like myself, but to many new readers who appreciate her style and wit." Nancy Olson, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC "Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen." Publishers Weekly "Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire to." Katie Fforde
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CarolynM
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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Delightful! Up there with The Masqueraders as my favourite Heyer. Mr Beaumarisis definitely my favourite Heyer hero.

Amiable What a gorgeous kitty! 😍 2w
RaeLovesToRead Give kitty a big kiss from me! 💕💕 2w
Freespirit Hi Carolyn I haven‘t read one of her books but I need to remedy that I think!!! 2w
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rubyslippersreads If it‘s kitty-approved, I definitely need to read it. 😸 2w
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 2w
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2w
mabell Oh I‘ll have to move this one up the list too! 2w
CarolynM @Amiable @RaeLovesToRead He‘s very old (20 years) and arthritic which means he‘s pretty scruffy these days, so I don‘t think I will kiss him 🥴 2w
CarolynM @rubyslippersreads I don‘t think he did approve, he kept trying to bite me while I took the photo😆 2w
CarolynM @Freespirit 👋 Hi Sally. One of my book group friends is a big fan and is drip feeding me her copies from her teenage years🥰 Heyer‘s mysteries are also fun if you‘re not fond of romance. 2w
CarolynM @mabell I think you‘ll like it🙂 2w
Leftcoastzen Beautiful senior 😻 2w
LeahBergen Oh, I liked this one, too! 👏👏 And Old Mr Puss is very sweet. 🥰 2w
TheLudicReader That kitty! ❤️ 2w
Mimi28 Aaaawww those eyes!! 😻😻😻😻😻😻😻 2w
Gissy 😻🖤🖤🖤 2w
Jeg Great book cover and what a beautiful cat. 2w
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CindyMyLifeIsLit
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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1. My parents named me Cindy with the reasoning that it‘s what everyone would call me if I was named Cynthia, but I much prefer Cynthia (SO many people call me that!). I love long, traditional names like Arabella, Letitia, Catherine, Sabrina, etc. We named our daughter Victoria Elizabeth! 😁
#Two4Tuesday

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Cintia J
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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Sharanya
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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Super ready for “nose-in-a-book girl” summer ☀️📚

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Lizzybennetgirl
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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I think this will be one of my favorite books! It‘s humorous, clever, and subtly romantic. 💐🌷❤️

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Lizzybennetgirl
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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Okay... this post was all a ploy to show off my new mug. It‘s from my grandmother ❤️💐 #teacherlife

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Lizzybennetgirl
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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My first time reading this author! I have heard so many positive things, so I have high expectations 🙃 I am enjoying it so far!

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juliannebenford
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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Finally getting properly going on #readathon after some little bursts of reading earlier in the day! #historical #historicalromance #georgetteheyer

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AvidReader25
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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Mehso-so

My third Heyer and not my favorite. I think I might have read too many of them back-to-back and so this one shared too many of the familiar tropes. A sweet girl accidentally makes everyone think she's an heiress. A rich man falls in love with her despite that. Fun, but not memorable. If you're trying her out for the first time, I definitely recommend The Grad Sophy.

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merelybookish
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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Heyer aficionados, I need your help! Hoopla has several of her titles on audio. Which one do you recommend reading first?

CindyMyLifeIsLit Oh my gosh, why don‘t you just ask me which of my children I love the most😂?!? So hard! Okay, I think that I love Venetia the most, but Sylvester and The Grand Sophy are tied for an extremely close second—I mean, photo finish! I don‘t think you could go wrong with any of them—Arabella and A Convenient Marriage are extremely good, as well. I don‘t know if my waffling indecision helps at all, but I‘m very interested to see which my one you choose! 5y
erzascarletbookgasm I‘m no help, but Happy Birthday, Margot! Hope you had a lovely day. 😘 5y
batsy Happy birthday! I'm sorry I'm late with the wishes; hope you had a special day 💕🎂🎊 I haven't read much Heyer, but I adored Venetia. 5y
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TheAromaofBooks I would start with Arabella or The Grand Sophy. I haven't read Venetia or Sylvester yet, but the other two I don't think were quite as sparkling. But it's hard to go wrong with Heyer!!! 5y
AlaMich The Grand Sophy was fabulous on audio! It was my very first Heyer and it‘s what made me want to read more. But I was so disappointed to find that Sarah Woodward did not read any of the others because she was so great. 5y
merelybookish @CindyMyLifeIsLit I decided on The Grand Sophy. :) But I know Heyer has devoted fans so am excited to finally read her!
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merelybookish @erzascarletbookgasm Thanks Jessie! We went for a hike and then ordered some Indian food for dinner. And I managed to finish two books. So all in all, a pretty good day. :)
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merelybookish @batsy Thanks Suba! No need to apologize. :) I'm excited to start her. I'm in the mood for easy, fun reads and I get the sense Heyer fits the bill.
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merelybookish @TheAromaofBooks Thank you! I have decided to try The Grand Sophy. I'm excited to read some Heyer.
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merelybookish @AlaMich Perfect! That is what I'm going with. I'm excited! 5y
CindyMyLifeIsLit @merelybookish Great choice! I love The Grand Sophy and hope you do too. As you can probably guess, my recommendation is to read all of them, eventually! 😁 5y
AvidReader25 @merelybookish @AlaMich I just read The Grand Sophy last month and it was my first Heyer! It was wonderful! 4y
merelybookish @AvidReader25 She is loads of fun! I need to read more! 4y
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TheAromaofBooks
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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I pretty much always find time to read a Heyer when I'm on vacation - lighthearted, happy, and delightful. This one was just as adorable and fun as expected.

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Librarybelle
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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Oh dear...I‘m doomed!

robinb 😂😂😂 I ❤️ Heyer. 6y
Lreads I‘ve listened to this on audio and it makes me laugh everytime! 😂 6y
batsy Oh, thank god then 😂😂 6y
minkyb ❣️ 6y
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Librarybelle
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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My last day in the Finger Lakes, and the only day that it wasn‘t too hot to sit outside. Starting Book Five from my #MakeMeReadIt list.

MelissaSue81 Love the finger lakes! 6y
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Dragon
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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This was my favourite so far of my Hoopla audible books. Arabella is a minister‘s daughter who finds herself masquerading as a wealthy heiress during her London season. This one is so funny and has one of my favourite male suitors. There‘s a very cute puppy 🐶 rescue. 👍👍#romantsy

Moray_Reads I love the chats Beaumaris has with the dog 😂 6y
Dragon Thanks @Moray_Reads it makes Beaumaris so much more human. 🐶 6y
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Dragon
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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I couldn‘t quite capture how big and red the setting sun looked. Still listening to Arabella, it‘s so good! Sweet, funny and English.

night_shift That looks like my sky right now 🙄 6y
Dragon Thanks @UnidragonFrag it‘s kind of a spooky sky. Hope we get some rain in the fire zones soon. 🐉 6y
night_shift It's been irritating my eyes/ throat all week. I have no access to AC so work & home I've got the windows open. I hope it rains soon too and gets all the fires out! (Or at least settle the smoke) 6y
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Dragon Thanks @UnidragonFrag I‘m lucky at work there‘s air conditioning. Not at home though. We definitely need some fresh air ! 6y
Cinfhen Oh wow!!! I‘m sure it was incredible to view 6y
Hooked_on_books The moon has been quite orange, too. But the smoke is killing my sinuses. 6y
jmofo Ick. It‘s not quite that bad in the part of Colorado where I live. It‘s an interesting thing the light did around the edges...like bending or interference of the light or it‘s almost like we can see the corona... 6y
Dragon Thanks @Cinfhen the smoke does make the sun rise and sun sets very red and spooky. 6y
Dragon Thanks @Hooked_on_books the smoke is very hard on sinuses and eyes. 🐉 6y
Dragon Thanks @jmofo that‘s an excellent description. I hope the winds change and the rain comes soon. 🤞🐉 6y
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Dragon
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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Hoopla is so cool 😎 listening to a fun new #romantsy

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Librarybelle
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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I picked up my other book from the post office this morning, @erista ! Thank you so much! I will enjoy reading these Heyer books!

DivineDiana I have never read a Georgette Heyer book, but your posts are definitely encouraging me to do just that! 💗 6y
Librarybelle @DivineDiana 😁❤️ I keep looking at my bag at work, wondering when I can pick up the book to read it! 6y
DivineDiana Hope it‘s soon! 😀 6y
erista @Librarybelle You're welcome. I hope you like them. 6y
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erista
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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Loved this on audio. Another wonderful entertaining regency novel by Heyer and great narration by Phyllida Nash.

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Moray_Reads
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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A Yorkshire accent? Heaven forfend!

TrishB 😁😁 my Dad had one 👍🏻 7y
Moray_Reads @TrishB nearly ten years in Scotland haven't made a dent in mine 😉. Not that a Scottish accent would have been looked on any more kindly! 7y
LeahBergen 😂 7y
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TrishB Or a scouse one 😂 7y
Andrew65 😂😂😂 7y
Moray_Reads @TrishB good lord, the very thought! 😉😅 7y
jillrhudy Heyer love 💕 7y
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howjessicareads
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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I have read and enjoyed this book in print a half dozen times, but loving it on #audiobook this time!

Lreads I love listening to Arabella, The Grand Sophy, and Venetia! 7y
CoffeeK8 I love the abridged ones too... some are read by Richard armitage! 7y
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howjessicareads
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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Georgette Heyer is definitely who I turn to when I want a happy book. I‘ve read all 66 of her books a gazillion times, and they‘re the perfect light, funny thing when I‘m having a bad day! (If you‘re not familiar with her, she basically invented Regency romances. But hers are not bodice rippers - More Jane Austen-esque.) #2018bookbinge

CoverToCoverGirl Lovely stack! 7y
CoffeeK8 Beautiful! I love her! 7y
Dragon When I was a teenager I read all the Georgette Heyer‘s in the library ‘s collection 🧡 7y
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smilingshelves 😍 That stack! 7y
LeahBergen Eeee! 😍😍😍😍 This looks like my Heyer shelf. 😂 7y
mabell My favorites are her mysteries, but I love her romances as well ❤️ 7y
howjessicareads @mabell I love them all! 🙂 7y
howjessicareads @smilingshelves @CoverToCoverGirl @CoffeeK8 @Dragon @LeahBergen one of these days I‘ll have to stack up the whole collection! (66 books... with 2-3 copies of different editions of some of my faves) 😇 #noYOUhaveabookproblem #georgetteheyer 7y
BeckyD I've read a few of hers, and really enjoyed them. 7y
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Jane
Arabella | Georgette Heyer
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One of my favorite Heyers. Maybe because of the dog. 💕

Currently listening to the audiobook - excellent narration by Phyllida Nash.

Heyer first edition covers are so fun.