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| Charity Girl | 
 enlarge | Author: Georgette Heyer
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 22269
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 1
ISBN: 1402213506
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9781402213502
ASIN: 1402213506
Publication Date: September 1, 2008
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Product Description
Georgette Heyer, in her inimitable style, explores the lengths to which a gentleman must go to avoid scandal when confronted by a very young runaway lady.
When Viscount Desford encounters Charity Steane walking to London alone, he feels honor bound to assist her. Dashing about the countryside to find Charity's elusive grandfather, the Viscount must somehow prevent his exasperating charge from bringing ruin upon herself-and him.
"This is the most delightful new Georgette Heyer Regency romance in several years. It is witty, full of dashing period slang, and it trifles with the affairs of several maids and men with such style and gentle irony that readers of good 'ton,' as Miss Heyer herself might put it, will find reading it a very 'comfortable cose' indeed." -Publishers Weekly
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Delightful August 13, 2004
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
While not my favorite Georgette Heyer novel (which is "Frederica), "Charity Girl" was a very enjoyable read. In this book, you have a Viscount who saves the young Charity Steane from her life of drudgery in her aunt's household. There's also Henrietta Silverdale, Viscount Desford's best friend who gets involved with protecting Charity. But is Henrietta merely his buddy, or something more?
Plotwise, this book is very similar to another Heyer novel, "Sprig Muslin," in which another gentleman crosses paths with a young lady in a desperate situation, and decides to come to her rescue with the help of a female acquaintance. Between the two books, I would recommend reading "Charity Girl" over "Sprig Muslin" because I prefer Charity's calm innocence to Amanda's immature, childish antics. I usually prefer Heyer's older heroines, like Frederica and Sophy, to her more flighty, younger heroines, like Leonie from "These Old Shades." But if time allows, read both of course! You can't go wrong with a Heyer.
What to do with Charity? April 5, 2000
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
When Viscount Desford comes upon a young lady walking to London, he stops to ask her where she is going. Charity says she is running away to her Grandfather, so the Viscount vows to help her find her eccentric relative and ends up travelling all over England looking for them. The rather funny antics of Charity and the Viscounts difficult search make a funny story. The outcome is filled with fate, but it all ends well. It is all Georgette Heyer!
 amusing January 30, 2003
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
While I'm a fan of almost everything Heyer writes, this one was vastly amusing. It's filled with busy plot where the hero attempts to be just that: a hero to laud, all without compromising Charity or himself in the meantime. And of course, we cannot forget about prior romantic connections, the expected behavior of a gentleman, or the comedic lenghths at which the hero must travel to honor his word. The conflicts and characters all add up to great entertainment.
 Not impressed with this one July 9, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Everything is just average (if not boring) in this one. I found no sparks flying between the hero and heroin. I kept waiting and waiting for the story to take an interesting turn, and it never did. Halfway through, I was almost tempted to put this one down, but for sheer obstinacy. I was quite disappointed when I reached the last line, but also relieved because I can finally go on to the next one in my Heyer list.
pleasant, unexceptional June 15, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is my fourth Heyer. I liked it better than Beauvallet, about the same as Cousin Kate and not quite as well as Sylvester. Although now that I look back at Sylvester, I'm not sure I'm really feeling the Heyer-love. In general, they've been nice, pleasant stories, but I'm not overwhelmed by their wonderfulness. Could be the older style, could be I'm not reading them in the context of when they were written (1970 for this one--I was 9. I'd probably have loved it then, if I'd been allowed to read it.), or could be I just haven't read the best ones.
Viscount Desford's family had intended a match between him and Henrietta Silverdale, but having grown up together, they're instead best friends. And now she has (the very bland) Cary Nethercott as a suitor (who's definitely not good enough for her).
So when Desford rescues Cherry Steane, who's run away from her aunt's cold charity (read: servitude), only to discover that the grandfather to whom she was running is out of town, who better to care for the girl than Hetta?
It's a bit of a comedy of errors with Desford running all over the country chasing after Cherry's grandfather, and friends and family alike assigning him motives for doing so. And there's an interesting and potentially dangerous twist, too.
I really wasn't sure what to expect from this. Perhaps it's obvious to everyone else, but until nearly the very end, I didn't know that the romantic hero and heroine were Desford and Henrietta. Because so much of the story was about Cherry, I thought she must be the heroine, and it just didn't fit. So I spent most of the book slightly confused and wondering what Desford saw in Cherry besides her youth and prettiness.
On the other hand, I liked that it confounded my expectations--yes, I know I'm contrary--I've been told that before. No doubt on a re-read, I'd pick up more on the signs between Desford and Hetta.
I did enjoy all the characters, but it left me feeling a little spoiled or jaded maybe, that I had trouble fully enjoying a story without knowing where it was going. Something to think about.
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