The Foundling
by Georgette Heyer
Taste attributes: comedyromancehistoricaldramawholesomerealisticlinearglossyemotive & stirringempowerment/personal growthcoming of ageunlikely connections
Boxlist takeA wholesome comic novel that is moving and stylish. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
The Groom. Enormously wealthy, scrupulously mannered and suffocatingly confined by his title the 24 years old Adolphus Gillespie Ware, the 7th Duke of Sale -- known to friends as Gilly -- is a diffident young, easily pushed around by his overprotective uncle and the retinue of devoted family retainers who won't let him lift a finger for himself.
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- Author
- Georgette Heyer
- Published
- 1948
- Pages
- 400
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- Open Library
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