pickI love the cover! This book was full of slang I was unfamiliar with but felt more lively and real than some historical fiction, I would be interested in seeing a movie to hear it in conversation. Another fun, silly situation and my first time using Libby.
Gissy Lovely cover!😍👌 2y
StaceGhost I just started reading a collection of her first four novels! I‘d never heard of her until yesterday but Stephen Fry recommended and she doesn‘t disappoint lol 2y
Chrissyreadit @StaceGhost she is a solid comfort read for me 2y
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LeahBergen You get used to the Regency slang as you read more of her books, don‘t you? 😊 2y
Chrissyreadit @LeahBergen yes- but I almost felt like this was written and could be translated- it was fun and I could guess most of it- I‘ve just not read so much at once. And now I wonder how it the slang developed and differed between classes cause in this the servants used it too. I did enjoy it. 2y
LeahBergen I‘ve read that the “sporting men” of the period adopted a lot of slang from the “lower” classes. Do you have this tagged book? It has a small, but fun, glossary of Regency phrases and “cant” (ie; slang)![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
Georgette Heyer's Regency World 2y
Georgette Heyer's Regency WorldChrissyreadit @LeahBergen thank you!!! I just stacked it 😘 2y
