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The Grand Sophy

Name: The Grand Sophy
Author: Georgette Heyer

The Grand Sophy is a Regency romance novel by Georgette Heyer. It was first published in 1950 by Heinemann in the UK and Putnam in the U.S. The story is set in 1816.

“Will you marry me, vile and abominable girl that you are?

Yes, but, mind, it only to save my neck from being wrung!”

Georgette Heyer book The Grand Sophy

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“Is it not unsupportable to be held down to a canter when you long to gallop for miles?”

Georgette Heyer book The Grand Sophy

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