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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"You will find it another dead bore, I daresay!” “Possibly, but I shall be upheld by a feeling of virtue.” —Frederica

Cover of 1965 first edition of Frederica, depicting an early hot-air balloon.

Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"I have seen what comes of being patient," Amanda said with a boding look. "And I have no opinion of it." "What does come of it?" inquired Sir Gareth. "Nothing!" — Sprig Muslin

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

“Strange,” mused Sir Richard, “that one’s duty should invariably be so disagreeable." —The Corinthian

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

"It seems to me that if you never do anything that is not quite proper and decorous you will have the wretchedest life, without any adventures, or romance, or anything!" — Sprig Muslin

Cover of the William Heinemann Ltd first edition of Sprig Muslin, 1956

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

“When I choose to be witty I like to receive just acknowledgement.” — Bath Tangle

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

“I like very few people nowadays; in fact, the number of persons whom I cordially dislike increases almost hourly.” —The Foundling

Cover of the 1948 Heinemann edition of The Foundling.

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Bouncer, recognizing a well-wisher, got up, and thrust his cold, wet nose under her hand, assuming as he did so the soulful expression of a dog who takes but a benevolent interest in cats, livestock, and stray visitors. —The Reluctant Widow

Cover of The Reluctant Widow, William Heinemann Ltd., 1960

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

“I shall have a run of luck soon—a man can’t always lose.” — The Black Moth

E.P. Dutton cover, first edition of The Black Moth (1921)

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Probably, Dinah thought, she was the type of woman who shrieked wildly in times of emergency. —The Unfinished Clue

Cover of the Longmans & Co. (London) first edition, 1934.

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

"You would be astonished, I daresay, if you knew what interesting conversations I enjoy with myself." —Venetia

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

“Lord, if we were all to marry our first loves what a plague of ill-assorted marriages there would be!” ―A Civil Contract

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation. —Cotillion

Cover of the E.P. Dutton edition of "Cotillion"

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

“Don't keep on hovering round me, Spiddle! I can't abide hoverers!” —Cotillion

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

“Perhaps,” murmured his lordship, “I yielded to a compassionate impulse.” “A what?” gasped his best friend. “Oh, did you think I never did so?” said his lordship...“You wrong me! I do, sometimes—not frequently, of course, but every now and then!” ―Frederica

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

“Your conversation is always so edifying, Rupert. Yet I believe we can dispense with it.” —These Old Shades

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

"People in love became sloppy, she thought, and they were a nuisance to all their friends, which was a pity." —Footsteps in the Dark

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

“Nevertheless, she did not weep, because, for one thing, it would have made her eyes red, and another, it would be of very little use.” —Powder and Patch

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

“I am not going to stand here and see my husband insulted by your ill-bred notions of what is funny.” “Oh, I wasn’t insulting him...Why shouldn’t he have a mistress? I am inclined to think that in his place—as your spouse, my dear Aunt Gertrude—I should have several.” —Behold, Here's Poison

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

"There is Death in the Pot" — front cover for an early 19th-century book on culinary poisoning. More here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/a…

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

“She read a bit in some evening paper about proper dieting, and she's gone all lettucey. Nuts, too. That's why I'm here. There's a filthy beverage you drink for breakfast instead of coffee. I thought not, so I cleared out.” ―The Unfinished Clue

The American 1937 Doubleday Doran “Crime Club Inc." edition of The Unfinished Clue. Dust jacket shows renderings of characters with names.

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

"'I may have said that I wanted an adventure,' said Miss Thane. 'But I never said I wanted to be murdered in my bed.'" — The Talisman Ring

The Talisman Ring, U.K. first edition, 1936

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

“But it was only in epic tragedies that gloom was unrelieved. In real life, tragedy and comedy were so intermingled that when one was most wretched, ridiculous things happened to make one laugh in spite of oneself." —A Civil Contract

Heinemann first U.K. edition, October 1961

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

" 'Not prejudiced,' said the Sergeant firmly. 'I never let myself get prejudiced. All I say is, that he's a nasty, slimy, double-faced tick who'd murder his own grandmother if he saw a bit of money to be got out of it.' " ―They Found Him Dead

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

" 'I may think of everything,' said Miss Morville, 'but I am not always able to accomplish all I should wish to!' " —The Quiet Gentleman

Cover of first edition of The Quiet Gentleman (1951, pub. William Heinemann Ltd.)

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

"The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see them must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking glass." —The Unknown Ajax

Cover of The Unknown Ajax, first U.K. edition, Heinemann 1959.

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

"Probably, Dinah thought, she was the type of woman who shrieked wildly in times of emergency." —The Unfinished Clue openlibrary.org/works/OL4092...

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The Unfinished Clue by Georgette Heyer | Open Library

The Unfinished Clue by Georgette Heyer, unknown edition,

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

"I do rather feel that it might be exhausting, living for one's art. It's a bit like having a MIssion in Life..." —No Wind of Blame

Cover of the Heinemann first edition of NO WIND OF BLAME.

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

"That’s right: you can’t learn too early how to pass the buck if you want to get on in life." —Detection Unlimited

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

“Tiffany never consciously deviated from the truth, but since she saw everything only as it affected herself the truth was apt to become somewhat distorted.” ― The Nonesuch

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

"Misery had no place in her comfortable existence; and when it obtruded itself on her notice it dimmed the warm sunshine in which she basked, and quite ruined her belief in a world where everyone was contented, and affluent, and cheerful.” —Venetia (Mrs. Hendred)

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

This is a gorgeous description for a glowing c 1817 carriage gown, made of tartan bombazine. Bombazine is a twilled fabric that typically has a silk warp & worsted weft to create a particular type of texture. The sleeve details are especially lovely. Sold via #kerrytaylorauctions #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A side by side image of the back of a high waisted tartan gown with green silk trim next to a close up of the green silk sleeve trim

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

"My dear girl, don't talk nonsense to me! You're lazy, that's all that's wrong with you. Why don't you take up social work?" —They Found Him Dead

Blue, white and black cover of the Heinemann first edition of They Found Him Dead, 1937

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

"Nothing makes one so cross as knowing one is in the wrong, does it?" —Frederica

Cover of the first edition, pub. The Bodley Head, 1965.

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

"Don't waste the brandy on the poet!" —The Grand Sophy

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

"I always agree on trivial points...It saves trouble." ― The Unfinished Clue

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

“You’ve never been in a scrape yet but what it came about by accident. The thing is, no one else has these accidents.” ― The Toll-Gate

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

"He's the nearest thing to a snake I've seen outside of the zoo.” ― Behold, Here's Poison

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

“After all, life was not made up of moments of exaltation, but of quite ordinary, everyday things.” ― A Civil Contract

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

"When Mr Chawleigh arrived, laden with gifts ranging from a tie-pin blazing with diamonds set round a large emerald, which he bestowed upon his stunned son-in-law, to a pound of tea, he found Jenny immersed in preparations for the Christmas dinner..." —A Civil Contract

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

"He bought paper-chains, and festooned them across the ceilings; he pricked himself grievously in countless attempts to fix sprigs of holly all over the pictures; and he hung up bunches of mistletoe at all strategic points." —Envious Casca (aka A Christmas Party)

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

"She suffers from a mysterious complaint, undiscoverable, but apparently past cure. One of its strangest symptoms is to put her quite out of frame whenever she finds herself asked to do anything she doesn’t wish to do." —Lady of Quality

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

"A jaw like a mastiff's, a frame like a giant's, eyes like two daggers, a smile like a tiger's snarl." —Simon the Coldheart

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 29/09/2024

“Of all the questions in the world, I believe 'What are you thinking about?' to be the most impertinent.” ―An Infamous Army

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

"He is clearly unhinging." —Sylvester, or The Wicked Uncle

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 31/08/2024

“You must remember that nothing is more wearisome than to be obliged to listen to stories about a set of persons one has never seen.” ― Arabella

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 07/05/2024

“Sir Tristram was contemplating with grim misgiving the prospect of encountering vivacity at the breakfast-table for the rest of his life.” —The Talisman Ring

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 07/04/2024

"Surprise is the essence of attack!" —The Grand Sophy

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 15/03/2024

"It is in the nature of nine men out of ten that what may be theirs for the picking up, they are much inclined to despise, and what seems to be out of reach, they instantly and fervently desire." —Friday's Child

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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

“The whole pack of them were lying, one way or another, some to shield others, some from fear.” ―Envious Casca

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