Comments on: Review: The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer http://www.loveromancepassion.com/review-the-corinthian-by-georgette-heyer/ Because Books Don't Fall Asleep Afterwards! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:26:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anne http://www.loveromancepassion.com/review-the-corinthian-by-georgette-heyer/#comment-8687 Anne Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:22:05 +0000 http://www.loveromancepassion.com/?p=3828#comment-8687 In reply to your question about why Georgette Heyer tended to pair the hero with girls about ten years the man's junior: I believe it was the fashion of the time for the woman to marry a man considerably older than herself. Eighteen was considered a good age for a woman to marry, and 30 was a good age for a man to marry. Indeed, once a woman reached 27, she was considered "on the shelf": she was too old to expect marriage any more. The relative ages of Heyer's characters isn't bizarre, it's period. Hope this helps! In reply to your question about why Georgette Heyer tended to pair the hero with girls about ten years the man’s junior: I believe it was the fashion of the time for the woman to marry a man considerably older than herself. Eighteen was considered a good age for a woman to marry, and 30 was a good age for a man to marry. Indeed, once a woman reached 27, she was considered “on the shelf”: she was too old to expect marriage any more.

The relative ages of Heyer’s characters isn’t bizarre, it’s period. Hope this helps!

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]]> By: Susan S. http://www.loveromancepassion.com/review-the-corinthian-by-georgette-heyer/#comment-2724 Susan S. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:15:21 +0000 http://www.loveromancepassion.com/?p=3828#comment-2724 Another book to add to my TBR pile & all because you didn't tell us about the kiss scene. Maybe Heyer knows that young ladies actually desire older men. After all, I refuse to say how old I was when I fell in love with Sean Connery. Another book to add to my TBR pile & all because you didn’t tell us about the kiss scene.
Maybe Heyer knows that young ladies actually desire older men. After all, I refuse to say how old I was when I fell in love with Sean Connery.

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