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The Grand Sophy
- Narrated by: Louise Jameson
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
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Publisher's 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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- NJ
- 03-10-21
Thoroughly enjoyable listen
In a typical Georgette Heyer fashion, you become attached to the characters she brings to life across the chapters.
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- Kathryn @theBookDate
- 31-08-21
Delightful
I laughed out loud often. A lot of fun. Sophy sure is a forthright no holds barred woman. Narrator wonderful.
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- Vrinda
- 22-01-23
brilliant reading!!!
Louise Jameson makes each character pop... bringing them to life just as I had imagined. probably the best Heyer reading on Audible
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- Antsu
- 29-09-22
Should've gotten the abridged version
As usual for Heyer the plot has witty dialogue and is enjoyable. This is however marred by a disgusting anti-semitic paragraph that I wish would've been edited out. There are also some small audio clips that have been recorded in a much lower pitch that are a bit jarring. But really, nothing compares to the shock of the anti-semitism. She wrote this in 1950. I wish I could go back in time and unlearn this about Heyer. And I think it's totally unnecessary to leave it in unedited in a romance book of all places, never mind that it should've never been published like this also in 1950.
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- Nadia
- 14-04-21
Such fun!
This is such a fun and enjoyable book! I am glad I finally started reading Georgette Heyer.
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- TW
- 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.
5 people found this helpful
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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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- FEA12
- 06-03-22
Engaging story, unfortunate narration
Very enjoyable Heyer romance, full of wonderful Regency detail, sophisticated language and a gloriously independent heroine. Sadly ruined by poor narration - words mispronounced or oddly accentuated, and the actor's general voice / accent unsuited to the world of Almacs and debutantes. It deserves to be recorded again.
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- Pamela Kulaszewski
- 19-02-22
A sparkling romantic comedy
One of my favourite Georgette Heyer's delightfully narrated by Louise Jameson. Sophy is a grand heroine who twists every character around her little finger and all for their own good.
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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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- 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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- Karina
- 09-11-22
Excellent
I now understand why this book is usually top of the list of Georgette Heyer's works. Sophy is intelligent, confident, mischievous, full of humour. She is a highly entertaining character. She isn't perfect, but that's part of the fun of it. The narrator was great as well, giving life to all the characters, though I could hardly differentiate much between the voices. The story went so awry, it was great that it wasn't predictable. My only minor gripe was that the lead guy needed anger management therapy lol. But it is mostly a great story and full of so many memorable characters who are caricatures of themselves, much like the characters of the great Jane Austen herself.
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- Rebecca Foster
- 14-09-22
wonderful
wonderful story with great characters. Think it is my favourite of all her books.
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- v j jenkins
- 12-09-22
Thoroughly enjoyable
I thought this was an excellent narration, I felt the narrator got the voices just right
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- ESRN
- 03-09-22
Great - except for the antisemitism
I would have loved this book but for the really ugly antisemitism that is central to the plot regarding the evil money lender. It’s easy to dismiss as “of its time” until I remember how widespread propaganda like this was so accepted that the Holocaust happened. It’s a literary failure if your book relies on such one dimensional characters. I won’t read it again.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-10-22
A grand read
Always an amusing read is a Georgette Heyer novel. Often the Audible reader struggles with male and female readers but this time I think the reader was too old for the younger parts. Sophie sounded middle aged.
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- Jane
- 18-08-22
A grand escapade
The Grand Sophy is a whirlwind which invades the Rivenhall mansion in Berkeley Square and disrupts their ordered existence completely. An amusing story which is beautifully enlivened by Louise Jameson’s performance. I enjoyed this reading thoroughly.
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- Nicchia Schutt-Toleman
- 19-07-21
Grand Story
My favourite Georgette Heyer novel. Great characters, plenty of humour and an excellent heroine. Couldn’t fault the narration by Louise Jameson.
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- Olivia B.
- 28-05-21
Thoroughly enjoyable
One of my very favourite by Georgette Heyer - a joy from start to finish!