![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Most people don’t just pick up one of Austen’s novels (and books by Georgette Heyer-another acclaimed novelist who writes about life in 1800s England) and ‘get’ the subtle humor in the same way that watching an I Love Lucy rerun would only be half as funny to someone who had never lived in the 50s and 60s.ĭickerson flawlessly combines her master storytelling skills with the manners and sensibilities of the time period to make the Regency Era accessible and understandable to newcomers to the genre. The humor and pathos of Austen’s books rely on the fact that the manners of society play the part of a silent antagonist and provide the context for the humor and angst the characters experience. The Regency Era’s most famous author-Jane Austen-set the standard for a subgenre that readers either love or don’t care for. My middle and high school students love her previous books, clever retellings of fairy tales, but I worried that they would find a Regency novel inaccessible. Lovers of inspirational historical novels won’t want to miss Melanie Dickerson’s latest offering, A Spy’s Devotion-her first entry in the Regency genre. ![]()
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