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Instead of the Thorn

by Georgette Heyer · 1971

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A contemporary romance about a naive girl brought up in a Victorian manner, she married very young and is little able to cope with life and marriage in the modern world.

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One of the four "contemporary" novels Georgette Heyer had suppressed.

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Setting
RegencyRegencyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 354 pages

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