Ok, its a Georgette Heyer novel. (Or atleast I think it is)
Time Period: 18th century.
The story goes, that this guy is kind of forced into marrying this girl, who at the time is not very pleasing to look at. She wears spectacles as her eyesight has deteriorated because of all the books she reads.
Anyhoo, she tries to make herself more attractive, and somehow succeeds and meets her husband at this ball. He doesn't recognize her, but falls in love with her, and asks him to be her mistress. She is shocked but goes along with the charade.
Aparently all is revealed at the end.
Sound familiar? Anything? Anything at all?
2006-07-12 07:45:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
It's not Georgette Heyer - honestly! I've read all her romances several times. No Heyer heroine wears spectacles. There are one or two incidences where one of her younger, high-spirited girls mistakenly goes to a masked ball with a rogue, but all is sorted out in the author's inimitable fashion. "Devil'sCub", following the fortunes of the wild son of the Duke and Duchess of Avon, marries the more refined sister of a low-class girl while drunk, and recklessly whisks her off to France. He comes to love her and all is put to rights at the end. That's the only one that I can think of. Another girl is won in a game of hazard (I think) in one of the short stories. There are many plots and sub-plots in Heyer's books, but this really doesn't ring a bell. Oh, and there is "A Civil Contract", where an impoverished Viscount is reduced to marrying the daughter of a millionaire tradesman (anathema to the "ton" in those days), but the progress of their relationship is described with refinement according to the moral and social mores of the period.
Sorry, I don't recognize the story. But I hope the above helps.
2006-07-12 16:59:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Black Moth (1921), ISBN 0099466198
The Great Roxhythe (1923)
Simon the Coldheart (1925), ISBN 0099490943
These Old Shades (1926), ISBN 0099465825
The Masqueraders (1928), ISBN 0099476436
Beauvallet (1929), ISBN 0099490935
Powder and Patch (1930), ISBN 0099474433 (originally published 1923 as The Transformation of Philip Jettan)
The Conqueror (1931), ISBN 0099490927
Devil's Cub (1932), ISBN 0099465833
The Convenient Marriage (1934), ISBN 0099474425
Regency Buck (1935), ISBN 0099465582
The Talisman Ring (1936), ISBN 0099474395
An Infamous Army (1937), ISBN 0099465760
Royal Escape (1938), ISBN 0099476398
The Spanish Bride (1940), ISBN 009947445X
The Corinthian (1940), ISBN 0099468085
Faro's Daughter (1941), ISBN 0099465590
Friday's Child (1944), ISBN 0099468042
The Reluctant Widow (1946), ISBN 0099468077
The Foundling (1948), ISBN 0099468069
Arabella (1949), ISBN 0099465620
The Grand Sophy (1950), ISBN 0099465639
The Quiet Gentleman (1951), ISBN 0099476371
Cotillion (1953), ISBN 0099474379
The Toll-Gate (1954), ISBN 0099476363
Bath Tangle (1955), ISBN 0099468093
Sprig Muslin (1956), ISBN 0099476355
April Lady (1957), ISBN 0099476347
Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle (1957), ISBN 0099465779
Venetia (1958), ISBN 0099465655
The Unknown Ajax (1959), ISBN 0099474360
Pistols for Two (1960), ISBN 009947638X (short stories)
A Civil Contract (1961), ISBN 0099474441
The Nonesuch (1962), ISBN 0099474387
False Colours (1963), ISBN 0099476339
Frederica (1965), ISBN 0099465647
Black Sheep (1966), ISBN 0099468034
Cousin Kate (1968), ISBN 0099490951
Charity Girl (1970), ISBN 0099468050
Lady of Quality (1972), ISBN 0099474468
My Lord John (1975), ISBN 0099476428
2006-07-12 07:49:03 · answer #2 · answered by gimmieswag 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not "The Masqueraders" I'm not sure which it is though.
2006-07-12 07:59:56 · answer #3 · answered by Hilaire Belloc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea one of those. Thanks for the 2 points.
2006-07-12 08:01:27 · answer #4 · answered by younggb77 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋