Cotillion
Written by Georgette Heyer
Narrated by Clare Wille
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Georgette Heyer
Georgette Heyer's novels have charmed and delighted millions of readers for decades. English Heritage has awarded Georgette Heyer one of their prestigious Blue Plaques, designating her Wimbledon home as the residence of an important figure in British history. She was born in Wimbledon in August 1902. She wrote her first novel, The Black Moth, at the age of seventeen to amuse her convalescent brother; it was published in 1921 and became an instant success. Heyer published 56 books over the next 53 years, until her death from lung cancer in 1974. Her last book, My Lord John, was published posthumously in 1975. A very private woman, she rarely reached out to the public to discuss her works or personal life. Her work included Regency romances, mysteries and historical fiction. Known as the Queen of Regency romance, Heyer was legendary for her research, historical accuracy and her extraordinary plots and characterizations. She was married to George Ronald Rougier, a barrister, and they had one son, Richard.
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Reviews for Cotillion
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is probably my favorite Georgette Heyer novel to date. The characters are incredibly entertaining, and I just loved how everything flowed together in the end.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Not quite your classic Georgette Heyer Regency Romance - in this case the hero is a gentle man as well as a Gentleman and the classic Georgette Heyer hero is the loser in love. The story takes its form from the Cotillion, a dance with four couples, and storyline chronicles the changing partnerships as they move through the dance. Very pleasant re-read. (I was prompted to re read after a nature vs nurtre discussion with my sister and she reminded me of a scene in Cotillion where the heroine learns that her friend, though naturally "good" can't be expected to innately know "proper" behaviour when her upbringing is not in "proper" cricles).
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A fun, light page-turner. Good-hearted and quite funny. Recommended!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I just finished reading Cotillion, by Georgette Heyer. I am not a romance reader. This is as far out of my genre I have read in a LONG time, and I picked it up on recommendation, specifically because I wanted to read more romance. It was a good read, and not at all what I expected.I should say, I've never read a Regency romance before, but I did have some ideas in my head on what to expect. I was expecting a bodice-ripper, with lots of seduction and sex (I'd actually been asking for recommendations on good romance to read some good sex scenes, and writers who handled them well). This wasn't that. It's actually the most sexless romance I've ever read (I'll admit, that isn't out of many). I was expecting lots of detailed descriptions about clothes, and scenery, and society. It still caught me off guard when I read them. The back cover has a quote that calls it a "literary bubble bath." I think that's an accurate description.It did take me a while to get into it. I think that's partially because I'm not used to reading this type of book, and partially because for the first half of the book, I found myself getting annoyed with almost Every. Character. In the. Book. Kitty was annoying, Freddy was annoyingly dumb, Jack was annoying (and a jerk), and pretty much anyone of any importance was annoying. Yes, I could excuse it as being realistic, but honestly, the only character who didn't annoy me was Dolph. Everyone was too busy making fun of his brains. Around halfway through, I think I finally started to really settle into the style, and Kitty and Freddy seemed to finally be showing some spirit, and a little (if not a lot of) thought. I tore through the last half of the book in a couple of days, the last few chapters this morning. It was a good read, and I'm glad I stuck with it. If you look at the Amazon reviews, there are plenty that will tell you this is a good read. I don't know how many of those are romance readers, but here's an opinion from someone venturing out into the genre: Heyer certainly has the language and the art down, and this was a fun read. Definitely a literary bubble bath - with chocolate and champagne. I think I'd even read it again at some point - see if I'm less annoyed with the characters in the first half if I know what to expect.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I felt I had read Cotillion by Georgette Heyer before, but perhaps it's because her rota of characters and situations are similar. That being said, I enjoyed this light and amusing Regency historical novel.As usual, the author does a super job on the language and manners of the time. It's a funny and sweet story with a very satisfying ending, although it takes our Kitty a long time to overcome obstacles and achieve her desired end.Very entertaining and well done.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This was typical Georgette Heyer. You had the dashing rake, the evil uncle, the rich heiress and the scads of relatives. But in typical Heyer style it was put together in an unexpected entertaining way. Have always enjoyed these novels and glad to have a chance to visit an old favorite.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5If one had to be restricted to reading only one Heyer novel, this would be one of the top contenders, along with The Grand Sophy (for sheer fun) and An Infamous Army (for its integration of a first-rate handling of the Battle of Waterloo into its social plot). The characters are appealing, the plot deliberately sets up one conclusion only to veer off to another, and the social exchanges are, as usual, sparkling.It's above all a coming-of-age story for both the primary characters rather than just one (Heyer's heroes are frequently, though not always, fully formed from their first appearance), and this allows the romance plot to proceed without severe problems from implicit inequality of agency.Heyer pretty well defined her own subgenre within comedy of manners, and has never really been matched: every "successor" I have seen fails to manage the same balancing act between comedy of manners, romantic subplot, and (frequently) bildungsroman . This butterfly of a book gets a full five stars for its place within that subgenre.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5So delightful.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It was fun. A bit different than other Heyers, in a positive way. Reminds me most of The Grand Sophie (which is still my favorite).
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Even more delightful listening to a favorite than reading it.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I enjoy Heyer's style of writing, for a short and pleasing story. This tale does not fail to match all the categories of the classic Edwardian-style romances. With love prevailing and the dastardly gentleman getting their just-desserts of a sort.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5abridged audiobooks are so disappointing. it lost all its wit.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lovely narration of a light-hearted story of many lovers.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Heartwarming, funny, and quick! The narrator was excellent! My fav.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Well done, sweetly sophisticated!well read, liked the accompanying music.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is one of my all time favourite books but this version is unfortunately abridged, leaving out many of my favourite passages. The narrator didn't do justice to some of the minor characters' voices, but did the main characters well.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The best of all regency romance with slightly off the beat hero
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Delightful, light, and funny, with satisfying endings for all. I loved the turnabout of the hero, who was NOT the rakish bad boy but the kind-hearted, stylish, and not overly "bookish" Freddy (a Bertie Wooster-like figure).
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/52021 reread via audiobook:I needed something that would take me away from current reality & Georgette Heyer reliably cheers me up. I have this book in paperback (and on my Dad's Kindle) but decided to get the audiobook as well since none of my libraries carried it. Phillida Nash does a very good narration.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Another fun and diverting read from Heyer. Kept me thoroughly amused throughout.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Nobody does it like Heyer. She's Jane Austen 20th century. If ONLY it wasn't abridged.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I loved the music. Nice touch. Lighthearted story with lighthearted characters.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Loved it ! Great storyline , great narrator.
Read/listen to it ! - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Cute historical romance about an heiress who proposes a fake engagement to her guardian’s nephew.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Charming! Positively charming... .... ....
All's well that ends well. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One of my favorite books with amazing narration and the music between the chapters was perfect!!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is a nice subversion of tropes especially considering when this was written, lovely story. The main characters are lovable and not irritating in the slightest. Love how the “bad guy” trope is dismantled to show that in reality a consistent and immeasurable flirt is not the best candidate for your long term affection. Lovely little story.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Cute and entertaining comedy of manners again with a strong and determined heroine as is usually the case with Georgette Heyer.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I enjoyed this audiobook version and the narrator did an excellent job. I've taken off one star because it's an abridged version so doesn't give the full flavour of the novel. If you've read the novel, you'll notice the missing parts. For example, it doesn't explain that Dolph is very good with horses so that's one of the reasons why it's a good idea for him to go to Ireland & breed horses.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I love Georgette Heyer. The narrator was good but the music between chapters was unnecessary and annoying.