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Œuvres de Emily Hendrickson
A Regency Christmas V [1993: No Room at the Inn/ Season of Joy/ Under the Kissing Bough/ Christmas Mouse/ Viscount and… (1993) — Contributeur — 79 exemplaires
A Regency Christmas VI [1994: Best Gift/ Dinner at Grillion's/ Christmas Knight/ Christmas Magic/ It Came Upon a… (1994) — Contributeur — 69 exemplaires
Ein Ritter für Alisandra 1 exemplaire
Sie sind durchschaut, Miss Cheney 1 exemplaire
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- Nom légal
- Hendrickson, Doris Emily
- Autres noms
- Johnson, Emily
Harland, Emily - Date de naissance
- 1930-07-11
- Sexe
- female
- Lieux de résidence
- Reno, Nevada, USA
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 51
- Membres
- 1,035
- Popularité
- #24,872
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 15
- ISBN
- 126
- Favoris
- 1
In short, this novel seems deadest on extolling most of the more common Regency Romance tropes. Feisty young heroine, older bored gentleman, meddling sisters, boorish family, heroine becomes an Original, lecherous old suitor, dishonorable younger military suitor—the list goes on. This isn't a bad thing! Harriet is a likable character and you feel instantly for her because of her family's treatment of her (ranging from dutiful neglect from her father, to malicious cruelty from her older, perfect sisters) and she doesn't indulge in fits of resentment.
The true fun in this book is Ferdy's reactions to everything she says and does. The poor man is besotted with her before the third chapter is through, but neither he nor Harriet seem to understand that their friendship is not in the common way of things. Which is refreshing to read. The two of them share a comfortable relationship that allows them to speak their minds to each other, chide each other and be themselves at all times. Moments of discomfort are quickly forgotten until closer to the end when things start to come to a head, but neither seems terribly discontented by this fact. Indeed, even if his two sisters, Diana and Emma (they helped to make her over and introduce her into society), had not interfered, I suspect the outcome would have been the same in the end, just longer to happen.… (plus d'informations)