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Charity Girl
- Author
- Georgette Heyer
- Narrator
- Hugh Skinner
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 22 April 2021
- Run Time
- 8 hours 34 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
Charity Steane has nothing in the world but hope.
Escaping a miserable life under her tyrannical aunt, she decides to take her chances with her estranged grandfather in London. Now it's just a matter of finding him... And as a 'charity girl', with no dowry and no options, hope can only get her so far.
But with the help of the dashing and kind-hearted Desford and his dearest friend Hetta, it seems like Charity's fortunes might be about to change.
That is, until the surprise appearance of a long-lost relative throws things into chaos, and suddenly the three friends find themselves surrounded by blackmail and scandal.
Will their efforts to do right by each other plunge them all into ruin?
'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes . . . Utter, immersive escapism' SOPHIE KINSELLA
'I could mainline Heyer's Regency romances until the end of time and still not get bored . . . Georgette Heyer is perfect lockdown escapism' INDIA KNIGHT
'One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' JOANNE HARRIS
© Georgette Heyer 1970 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
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Wonderful characters and rapturously romantic
Katie Fforde
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Georgette Heyer is unbeatable
India Knight
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My favourite novelist
Harriet Evans
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
A lovely light-hearted story from Georgette Heyer.
blupip 2026-04-10
Details
- Author
- Georgette Heyer
- Narrator
- Hugh Skinner
- Duration
- 8 hours 34 minutes
- Release Date
- 22 April 2021
- ISBN
- 9781473586086
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Historical romance, Historical fiction, Classic fiction: literary and general
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. Charity Steane has nothing in the world but hope.Escaping a miserable life under her tyrannical aunt, she decides to take her chances with her estranged grandfather in London. Now it's just a matter of finding him... And as a 'charity girl', with no dowry and no options, hope can only get her so far.But with the help of the dashing and kind-hearted Desford and his dearest friend Hetta, it seems like Charity's fortunes might be about to change.That is, until the surprise appearance of a long-lost relative throws things into chaos, and suddenly the three friends find themselves surrounded by blackmail and scandal.Will their efforts to do right by each other plunge them all into ruin?'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes . . . Utter, immersive escapism' SOPHIE KINSELLA'I could mainline Heyer's Regency romances until the end of time and still not get bored . . . Georgette Heyer is perfect lockdown escapism' INDIA KNIGHT'One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' JOANNE HARRIS© Georgette Heyer 1970 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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