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The Convenient Marriage
The Convenient Marriage
Author: Georgette Heyer
From a reader's review: The Earl of Rule is looking for a wife and it looks as though he will offer for society beauty, Lizzie Winwood. Lizzie is not enamoured of this idea - she wants to marry some worthy suitor whom she actually loves. Luckily her practical, straight talking younger sister, Horatia (better known as Horry) steps into the fray i...  more »
ISBN: 418167
Publication Date: 1971
Pages: 252
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1.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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catyasdo avatar reviewed The Convenient Marriage on + 33 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
From my review @ http://misscz.wordpress.com

Comments: One of my favorites. I love it! Horry, with her stammer and faults, is still a girl with many good qualities. She loves her family, speaks her mind, and owns up to her mistakes. She's brave and resourceful, too. Marcus, whom I'm madly in love with, is everything a hero aught to be: he did not have to accept Horry's proposal to take her instead of Elizabeth. He's a true gentleman, giving Horry the chance to explain herself and make her choices, even if he knows they aren't the best for her. He gave up his mistress when he took a wife, which many men of the age did not. The supporting cast is exceptional. The villain, Lord Robert Lethbridge, is not-over-the-top. He's a man with a grudge. Lady Massey, the former mistress, behaves like a jilted woman, but she never goes as far as Lethbridge in her revenge. Crosby Drelincourt, provides some comic moments as the dandified heir presumptive who feels his future has slipped away the day Marcus married Horry, though they have no child yet. But the best comedy comes from Viscount Pelham Winwood and his friend, Sir Roland Pommeroy. Their efforts to help Horry is a great piece of comedy. I was laughing so hard, I cried. I could not pick one quote from the entire escapade, so I chose something from earlier.

Favorite Quotes:
"You shouldn't keep the front door open. What's to stop people coming in and hitting you over the head? It's preposterous."
"I wish you would go home."
- Viscount Winwood, Lord Lethbridge
reviewed The Convenient Marriage on + 57 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
My mom loves these books. I'm getting them for her for Christmas. Excellent romance books, funny, interesting. The "Old English" way of speech can be difficult occasionally, but all in all, a very enjoyable read!

Horatia, upon hearing that her sister is being arranged for marriage, to a man she does not love, goes to the Earl, and asks that she be considered instead. Amused, the Earl consents, believing her to be a more lively and interesting match. What follows is a whirlwind of humor, miscommunication, and patience of the Earl with his young new bride.

A great story.
reviewed The Convenient Marriage on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This book was cute and hilarious. Horatia (Horry)is very endearing to the reader. The story made me laugh out loud. The ending was cut a bit short for me but they usually are. I'd love to see this one in a movie!
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eshaunessy avatar reviewed The Convenient Marriage on + 4 more book reviews
Not a fan of the story, the characters or the dialog.
KellyP avatar reviewed The Convenient Marriage on + 143 more book reviews
*Loved* this one!! This is absoultely one of my top three Heyer novels. Lord Rule is absolutely the very best & Heyer is at her all time best with witty & clever dialog. Setting is 1770's; in fact, in the "larger picture," England is trying to tame those rowdy rebels in the American colonies.

In this one, Lord Rule has offered to marry the oldest daughter of a genteel and well-placed, albeit impoverished, family. However, this oldest daughter is madly in love with a young gentleman trying to earn his place in the King's Army. Enter Horatia, the youngest sister, who very bravely offers to marry Lord Rule in place of her sister, strictly as a marriage of convenience, thus, giving Lord Rule the stability his family thingks he needs, the financial support his wife's famiy needs and the freedom for the oldest sister to marry her true love.
reviewed The Convenient Marriage on + 13 more book reviews
Delightful, fun novel about a marriage of convenience that turns into one of true love. One of Heyer's best novels.
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This is one of my favorite and most hilarious Georgette Heyer romances. I read it at least once a year just for the joy of laughing out loud over a beloved cast of nutcase characters. I rate it 5 stars!---MLC
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Not her best work--somewhat formulaic--and rather carelessly characterized. But hey, what do I know?


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