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The Grand Sophy
- Narrated by: Louise Jameson
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!
The charming Sophia Stanton-Lacy is a force to be reckoned with.
When Sophy is sent to stay with her London relatives, she finds her cousins in quite the tangle.
Cecilia is besotted with an attractive but feather-brained poet, Hubert has fallen foul of a money-lender and the ruthlessly handsome Charles is engaged to a pedantic bluestocking who seems to bring out the worst in him....
Fortunately, Sophy has arrived just in time to sort them all out - but Charles is eager to rid his family of her meddlesome ways. Has the grand Sophy finally met her match?
Critic reviews
"A rollicking good read that will be of particular joy to Bridgerton viewers...the permanent glister of scandal [...] ties the whole thing together." (Independent)
"One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's." (Joanne Harris)
"Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes. Utter, immersive escapism." (Sophie Kinsella)
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- 13-06-21
Great story but some key pronunciations need work
A few significant mispronunciations, especially Phaeton (she used something close to the USA version which does not sound right at all, it even has an extra syllable!), a pity as it occurs several times in a single chapter and jolted me every time. This seems to be a common issue with Audible and Georgette Heyer books - a English accent but USA words which are completely wrong.
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-04-24
Story, characters and reader excellent
Dislike the author’s antisemitism. Skip the chapter where Sophy goes to the moneylender! There is also a negative reference earlier but that probably does represent how they used to talk about people.
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- BM
- 13-05-21
Disappointing narration of a delightful comedy
The Grand Sophy is a bubbling comedy and one of my favourites among Georgette Heyer's books. The heroine, Sophy, in particular, has a strong sense of fun. It's read competently by Louise Jameson, but I do miss Phyllida Nash's lightness of touch.
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- Avid reader
- 05-05-21
cXassic Heyer
Great heroine good characters and a very clever storyline.Well read
Highly recommend. You will love it !
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- jen larkin
- 01-06-22
One of Heyer’s best
This is one of my favourite Georgette Heyer books, very nicely read by Louise Jameson. Full of sparkling dialogue and lots of humorous touches. It gets off to a slow start but once Sophy arrives the pace does not slacken to the end. A delight.
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- Rosemary G.
- 27-09-21
Excellent and Enjoyable
Excellent narration by Louise Jameson, her different voices were authentic and the narrative blended well with the voices. This is one of my favourite Georgette Heyer novels
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- JaneM
- 16-07-21
Sophy is grand!
One of my all time favourites from Miss Heyer. Funny and lighthearted. Almost but not quite on a par with A Civil Contract.
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- Rosemary Swords
- 22-06-21
Heyer is marvellous
Georgette Heyer is as always unutterably brilliant, and this story is among her best. the voice performance was reasonable, and didn't detract from the story too much. It wasn't great though, at times accents were misplaced, the servants for example should not have a cockney twang. lady ombersley's character was too commanding, in the book she is written as much more frail. some of the humour was missed by odd word emphases, but all in all a reasonable performance.
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- Amanda Sizeland
- 10-09-21
Georgette at her best
Lovely paced story, thoroughly enjoyable. Narrator OK but not my favourite when it comes to reading Heyer
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- j_miller
- 05-04-21
Top notch
Particularly enjoyed this one - I’ve been waiting for the unabridged version to come available on audible for a while. Great characters, fun lightweight plot, and v well read.
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