A Civil Contract
by Georgette Heyer
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Author: Georgette HeyerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Import
Published: 2005-07-26
ISBN: 0099474441
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Arrow
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Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my favourite Heyer books because I think it carries a truth about life and people. In this underrated book she goes beyond her genre. It has the Heyer touch of intersting situations and confrontations, but beneath that it is a book about character. The principal characters have to let go of romantic illusions and get on with the realities of life. Viscount Lynton, inheriting mortgaged estates, has to put behind him his hopeless passion for a ravishing debutante who is out of reach because of his impoverished financial circumstances. In this beautifully written story he learns to love and honour the plain girl he marries for her money. Jenny Chawleigh, painfully aware of her lack of beauty, has the good sense to accept the situation and make the best marriage she can. Everybody in the story has lessons to learn and in the end it is through wisdom and generosity that the married couple achieve contentment and the promise of happiness. It is a triumph of accepting what one can have, and letting go of what one can't. I have read this more times than I can count because I always enjoy it.
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