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Title: The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer ISBN: 0-373-83558-2 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: It's Not A Series!
Comment: The Black Moth, though a wonderful book, is NOT (I repeat NOT) part of a series with any of Georgette Heyer's other books - certainly not with These Old Shades, Devil's Cub, and The Infamous Army. Devil's Cub is a sequel to These Old Shades, and An Infamous Army is a sequel to Regency Buck! The Black Moth is Georgette Heyer's first novel, and though it is not yet as mature as her later regencies, it is still good, lighthearted fun. Her characters are not greatly developed, and the plot is nothing special, but Heyer's charm and dawning style show through.
Rating: 3
Summary: A great debut - but not a great Heyer
Comment: Let's be rational. Heyer wrote this book when she was only 17. In that case - the book is WONDERFUL, an amazing product for a teenager to have written. But let's consider what the author went on to produce - and how can you compare this debut - awesome though it is - to Heyer's other major swashbuckler - These Old Shades, which is by far the greater novel, widely believed to be a reworking (but NOT a sequel - that is an urban myth) of the themes explored in Black Moth.
Let's take Black Moth. In its favour, we have a good, old fashioned D'Orczy-type swashbuckler, with silk coats and lace ruffles, a scary villain, and a beautiful heroine who doesn't really have very much to do - in marked contrast to Heyer's wonderful female leads in later novels. She is really just there to be rescued. It has moments of Heyer humour too, but Heyer was not at her best when using the stilted "Ecod!" language of the traditional 18th century swashbuckler. The female characters are strangely weak and border upon the two-dimensional, the male characters are not much better. As juvenilia, this is a masterpiece. As a mature novel, it seems faintly mediocre - but it is very readable and amusing. If you love Heyer, you MUST read this book, and see where it all started. You may even fall in love with it! it is not so unknown, after all. But if you, like me, dislike stilted pseudo-18th century language sprinkled with "ecods!", "t'were" and "t'was"; and like more gumption and character in your heroes and heroines, this book may prove slightly disappointing.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Black Moth - one of Heyer's best
Comment: I believe The Black Moth was written by Georgette Heyer to entertain her brother who was ill. It was published in 1929. The Black Moth is a light tale of adventure, honor and love written with humor. Heyer's typically well-developed and charming characters struggle with questions of honor and family loyalty before they can resolve their problems. Georgette Heyer's romances and her mysteries have entertained me for years. I have read and reread this book and am delighted to own it. I hope others enjoy it too!
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Title: These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer ISBN: 0373835590 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Devil's Cub by Georgette Heyer ISBN: 0373835639 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Arabella by Georgette Heyer ISBN: 0373835558 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: The Foundling by Georgette Heyer ISBN: 0373835493 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer ISBN: 0373835485 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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