On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote:

> Sruthi Krishnan wrote, [on 6/16/2010 5:10 PM]:
>
> > Haha.
> > I picked up Heyer recently, and I think her books =  MandB plot +
> > Overdose of Victorian fashion + lots and lots of prudishness. Swoon.
>
> I read Heyer for basically the same reason I read PGW. The language, the
> semi-to-full-fledged-farce, and the comfort of the same story over and
> over again.
>


Guilty. Georgette Heyer is among my favourites, too, and I agree (bad word
on this list) with Udhay about the reasons why I read it...and I do savour
all the "period" (as in dated, you dirty-minded lot) expressions and
idioms.....

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