bed in the English Piatkus Books (First published in Great Britain in 2008). In Italy the novel was published by Euroclub in 2002 with the title "The melody of the heart."
Warning: spoilers.
BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN is part of the initial production of Julia Quinn and, like the novels that preceded it, can be judged from the opposite perspective: it is irresistible romantic comedy with humorous interludes pink, but also a practical vein, sometimes maybe a little 'repetitive. Each of us, depending on the time, you can get delicious, or suffer from predictability. I divide between the two positions, but the barrage of jokes and comic situations entertains me so much that on some flights over long insistence on the use of characters and very similar to each other.
The style with which Julia Quinn made his debut in the world of romance in the second half of the '90s does not point to the plot or psychological exploration, but specializes in the dialogue crisp and clearly loves to accentuate the ridiculous side whenever he can. This immediately gave a precise position as "heir" by Georgette Heyer and made it, in my opinion, unique in the current and historical romance regency.
In particular, the continuing turmoil and comic incidents which follow in BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN , I recall to mind the films '40s and early '50s with Cary Grant and Catherine Hepburn. Reading this novel, I laughed a lot.
The connection with the previous Everything and the moon is the fact that here we deal with Eleanor Lyndon, the younger sister of Victoria, but Julia Quinn explains that the reason why there peep the protagonists of the first book in the series is that Ellie would have distracted from the surreal relationship with her future husband.
The theme chosen to build this story is a classic regency: the marriage of convenience.
Eleanor, twenty-three years and no particular inclination to marry, has a quick mind, a great practical sense and an amazing acumen for investment in the foreign exchange market. This latter feature is quite unusual for a woman of her time, but adds a further touch of spice to his character.
Charles Wycombe, Earl of Billington, inherited from his father's title and wonderful Wycombe Abbey, but the heritage will definitely be in his hands only if you marry before the age of thirty years, which leaves him only two weeks to find a wife. Otherwise, the wealth of Billington will end up looking like a cousin or another toad rather odious.
Charles, incurable rake, is in dire straits when it enters his life, the inexhaustible Eleanor Lyndon. Or rather, he falls down in hers, literally. Drunk, falls from a tree while it is intent on remembrance carefree times of childhood and comes down on unsuspecting Eleanor, who is to go from there. The girl, always full of resources, does not arise too much trouble to examine the sprained ankle and supports it along the way home. Both beautiful and have a good sense of humor, they immediately find a meeting point in the bickering and flippant, of course, undergo a mutual physical attraction.
Charles, without much hesitation, the girl realizes that intrigued him much more than bland and debutantes in London, if you must marry, for it is rather a brilliant country girl, from the firm and spontaneous ways. Wastes no time in displaying their heredity problem and ask her to give him his hand. Eleanor, horrified, refuses, but a few hours after she is forced to rethink the proposal to Charles. Her future stepmother, in fact, welcomes it on a war footing: Mrs. Foxglove anticipating when it will become the new vicar's wife, father of Eleanor and examine the unfortunate girl a life of harassment and bullying. To escape the virago, Ellie has to do is agree to marry the Earl of Billington. Probably there are fates worse ...
Thus, in the first pages of the novel, the protagonist couple is already formed and you just have to wait and see if love will bloom even the crowning of the union. The two like each other, they exchange hilarious dialogue, nothing precludes their marital bliss. So Julia Quinn devises a daring series of events that disturb the possibility of repetition to achieve domestic peace. Accidents of all kinds, explosions jams, disastrous falls, poisoning with, attempts to murder mystery. Everything always happens at inopportune moments, attempts to dismantle the seriousness of Charles and Ellie, who become heroes of a paradoxical syncopated frenzy of funny moments.
The set is completed by key figures, made by the cousin of Charles, Helen and two daughters of her: the little Judith, and Claire for six years, fourteen. These three family members are regular guests at Wycombe Abbey and their relationship with Charles helps to make the story original and bubbly.
In the midst of all these mishaps, the union between Ellie and her husband turns into love, but before they find the feeling its balance must be killed the usual, inevitable mistakes and misunderstandings. Fortunately, these are minor obstacles, like the whole tone of the novel, and although a bit 'wordy, do not create problems for the smoothness of the whole. Delicious
the gimmick of "lists." Charles is an avid compiler of lists and he hatches a plot for each goal it pursues. "Five ways to seduce Ellie" , for example, and many others that draw all the time and submits to his terrified wife. Which, in turn, gives vent to his verbal exuberance during some hilarious soliloquies expressing its opposition against the elements or other adverse climatic factors negative happen to have the courage to shoot without warning. A girl of great character.
After Splendid , my favorite among the first parts of Julia Quinn.
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