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The Foundling (1948)

di Georgette Heyer

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The Queen of Regency Romance, Georgette Heyer, delights readers with a charming tale of a duke who is tired of playing by the rules.

The Duke of Sale is out to prove himself

The shy, young Duke of Sale has never known his parents. Instead, his Grace Adolphus Gillespie Vernon Ware, Gilly for short, has endured twenty-four years of rigorous mollycoddling from his uncle and valet. But his natural diffidence conceals a rebellious spirit.

A mysterious beauty provides the perfect opportunity

When Gilly hears of Belinda, the beautiful foundling who appears to be blackmailing his cousin, he escapes with glee. But he has no sooner entered this new and dangerous world than he is plunged into a frenzy of intrigue, kidnapping, adventure, and surprises at every turn.

Praise for Georgette Heyer and The Foundling:
"What happens when a many-titled Duke decides to play hooky from his suffocating dignity..."â??Kirkus Reviews
"Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen."â??Publishers Weekl
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Georgette Heyer är mest känd för romantiska komedier, men The foundling är huvudsakligen komedi: huvudpersonen, Adolphus Gillespie Vernon Ware, hertig av Sale, en mycket ompysslad ung man som tidigt blev föräldralös och själv var sjuklig, blir redan tidigt förlovad utan att han knappt får ett ord med i laget. Titelns hittebarn är visserligen den mycket vackra unga Belinda, men Gilly är inte intresserad.

Hans bekymmer med henne är snarare att hålla henne från att hamna i dåligt sällskap: hon har redan utnyttjats av ett par skurkar för att få hans kusin att kompromettera sig så de kunde utpressa honom, och Gilly fick henne på halsen när han bestämde sig för att hjälpa till (mest för att slippa ifrån sina förmyndare och tjänare som annars ständigt oroar sig över honom). Förutom Belinda plockar han också upp den vilde ynglingen Tom, och sedan kommer förvecklingarna.

Gillar man Heyers humor finns här en hel del av varan, men också ett par problem: Belinda är så totalt huvudlös att det bara blir fånigt, och precis när man tänker att det mesta lugnat ner sig så kommer ännu en vända. Men hertigen är en trevlig, lite tafflig figur, hans trolovade trovärdig men ganska frånvarande och skurken fantastisk (speciellt när han åkt fast). Man kan råka ut för betydligt värre. ( )
  andejons | Oct 26, 2023 |
Gilly, the meek Duke of Sale, decides to temporarily ditch his nagging household in exchange for a few days of peace as an anonymous Everyman. Instead, he spends his holiday foiling blackmailers, escaping kidnappers, and rescuing two feckless children.

Gilly makes an amazingly sweet protagonist. His adventures are rollicking, and his broadly drawn household provides the signature Heyer humor. The one false note is probably Belinda, the eponymous foundling, who is less a character and more a punchline. On the other hand, nobody reads Georgette Heyer for her multi-dimensional characters.

(As a side note, Gilly has a cousin, Gideon, who is tall, dark, and handsome. Gideon calls Gilly his "little one." Gideon flies into passionate rages when Gilly's life is threatened. Gideon has no apparent female associates. In another author, I think I would suspect a subtext.) ( )
  proustbot | Jun 19, 2023 |
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  SueJBeard | Feb 14, 2023 |
A diffident young man of 24 years, easily pushed around by his overprotective uncle and the retinue of devoted family retainers who won't let him lift a finger for himself, Adolphus Gillespie Vernon Ware ("Gilly"), the seventh Duke of Sale, sometimes wishes he could be a commoner. One day he decides to set out to discover whether he is "a man, or only a Duke."

Beginning with an incognito journey into the countryside to confront a blackmailer, he encounters a runaway school boy, a beautiful but airheaded orphan, one of literature's most appealing and well-spoken comic villains, and a series of alarming and even life threatening events from which he can extricate himself only with the help of his shy and lovely fiancé… ( )
  Karen74Leigh | Jan 31, 2023 |
Very enjoyable coming of age story with some romance thrown in. My last Heyer romance (tear) and I tried to savor it but I just zoomed right through. *sigh* How sad to be through them all now. ( )
  sgwordy | Dec 31, 2022 |
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Georgette Heyerautore primariotutte le edizionicalcolato
Lux, HannaTraduttoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Nash, PhyllidaNarratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
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When the young gentleman strolling through the park with his gun on his shoulder and an elderly spaniel at his heels came within sight of the house it occurred to him that the hour must be further advanced than he had supposed, for the sun had sunk below the great stone pile, and an autumnal mist was already creeping over the ground.
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"That's the barber," he said cheerfully. "I thought you was backed at one time, guv'nor, but there's nothing like a real rum bub for a cull as has been greased. Not but what you didn't have no more than a lick, but I doubt it done you good. I got some cat-lap here for you, seeing as how you was as sick as a cushion and maybe used to pap. If you was to sit up you could sup it down, couldn't you?"
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Fiction. Romance. Historical Fiction. HTML:

The Queen of Regency Romance, Georgette Heyer, delights readers with a charming tale of a duke who is tired of playing by the rules.

The Duke of Sale is out to prove himself

The shy, young Duke of Sale has never known his parents. Instead, his Grace Adolphus Gillespie Vernon Ware, Gilly for short, has endured twenty-four years of rigorous mollycoddling from his uncle and valet. But his natural diffidence conceals a rebellious spirit.

A mysterious beauty provides the perfect opportunity

When Gilly hears of Belinda, the beautiful foundling who appears to be blackmailing his cousin, he escapes with glee. But he has no sooner entered this new and dangerous world than he is plunged into a frenzy of intrigue, kidnapping, adventure, and surprises at every turn.

Praise for Georgette Heyer and The Foundling:
"What happens when a many-titled Duke decides to play hooky from his suffocating dignity..."â??Kirkus Reviews
"Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen."â??Publishers Weekl

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