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My furrowed-middlebrow-etc shelf

I have read 10 novels from Dean Street Press and I know I will carry on collecting them. (The 'etc' covers other similar novels.)

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As I'm late writing this review, I'm not able to remember all the details. This was my twelfth Georgette Heyer novel in 3 months. There comes a time when using the word favourite becomes nonsensical - if every book is a favourite then none i
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The Toll-Gate
The cover of my old paperback copy published in 1967 by Pan (when I hadn't quite reached my teenage years) reminds me of the reason I avoided Georgette Heyer (GH) novels for over half a century - it shows a couple clasped in an embrace.
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Another late review. In The Nonesuch, Georgette Heyer introduces us to a proud independent woman, Ancilla Trent, and the determined Sir Waldo Hawkridge. Several misunderstandings (the final one hilarious) keep them from what every reader knows will b ...more
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The Spinster's Resolve by Lateefa Harris
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DNF…after a couple chapters, had to flip to the end. Glad I skipped. No thanks. Also didn’t appreciate the plug for Islam. "
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