Pastel

By Georgette Heyer

Book Overview

Book annotation not available for this title.Title: PastelAuthor: Heyer, GeorgettePublisher: Buccaneer BooksPublication Date: 1980/04/01Number of Pages: 313Binding Type: HARDCOVERLibrary of Congress:... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0899661211
• ISBN13: 9780899661216
• Release Date: April 1980
• Publisher: Buccaneer Books
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.0" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Charming read

Another of Georgette Heyers surpressed books, this is a charming tale, never saccharine or improbable. It tells the story of a young woman trying to reconcile her ideas of love and happiness with reality, and tells it well, our heroins insecurities making her the more endearing. Well worth the read, especially for hardened Heyer fans, her references to animals being particularly funny.

Excellent novel

I did not appreciate Georgette Heyer's 'modern' novels and mysteries when I first discovered her in my twenties, now in my forties, I have re-read them and realized how wonderful they are. Pastel is the story of an older sister who loves her younger sister dearly but feels totally eclipsed by her personality or 'pastel' in comparison. The way she deals with her feelings and realizes her life is the one she really wants is the crux of the story. The story is very much of it's time period - no liberated women in this book, so it may seem more dated to some, but it's a worthwhile read and beautifully written.

Definitely the best of Heyer's contemporary novels

"Pastel" is not for people who expect the 'usual', lighthearted Heyer. It's a contemporary (1920's) novel about the intense jealousy of one sister towards another, and it deals with it in a fairly realistic manner. As such, "Pastel" is probably one of the most psychologically complex of Heyer's novels, and, in my opinion, it succeeds superbly, in realistically delineating relationships between Siblings. One of my favorite Heyer novels.