{"id":1900,"date":"2010-08-22T17:27:08","date_gmt":"2010-08-22T21:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2023-04-21T16:26:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T20:26:22","slug":"the-grand-sophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/1900","title":{"rendered":"The Grand Sophy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Grand Sophy<\/a><\/em> (1950) Georgette Heyer<\/a><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Horace Stanton-Lacy needs to get his daughter married. He also needs to go to South America on a diplomatic mission, thus he Sophy to stay with her aunt in London, where he hopes she can be introduced to society and find a good match. <\/p>\n

The Ombersley house, however, is in something of an upheaval, and the eldest son, Charles Rivenhall has used his inheritance to pull his father and the rest of the family out of debt, but his control over the house–and the likely control over his fiancee, a well-bred women who seems not to have a sense of humor–has upset the house. Even more distressing is the fact the eldest daughter, Cecily, has fallen in love with a poet and wants to break the match her family has set up for her. The arrival of Sophy and her menagerie pushes everything into a complete upheaval.<\/p>\n

Fun! Fun! Fun!<\/p>\n

Published by Sourcebooks Casablanca<\/p>\n

Rating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Grand Sophy (1950) Georgette Heyer Horace Stanton-Lacy needs to get his daughter married. He also needs to go to South America on a diplomatic mission, thus he Sophy to stay with her aunt in London, where he hopes she can be introduced to society and find a good match. 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