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The Black Moth - Georgette Heyer

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lazymonkeyface · 30/04/2012 19:08

Is today when we review it?

Is there already a thread? I can't find it. Can someone link if there is?

If there isn't - I just couldn't get on with it. I'm still not passed chapter 5. It's awkwardly written for me and just too much information, like she was trying to be too cleaver iyswim.

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PrematurelyAirconditioned · 21/05/2012 16:14

I reckon it's These Old Shades day today have been counting the hours so I've started a thread.
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/adult_fiction/1477872-These-Old-Shades-Georgette-Heyer-Book-Club-pt2
Hope that's OK.

SilkStalkings · 21/05/2012 11:54

Dolphinton's clearly on the autistic spectrum, poor lamb.

SilkStalkings · 21/05/2012 11:54

Ha! Just posted about Freddie on the other thread! I had the late Sebastian Horlsey in my head the whole way through so a younger version of him would be nice.

IShallWearMidnight · 15/05/2012 15:12

Dolphinton is the really thick one, Freddy isn't as stupid as he appears (according to his father).

Back to where we are though, did we decide to leave These Old Shades till next week, or have we started that on a new thread?

MrsHelsBels74 · 15/05/2012 14:46

Freddy in Cotillion is lovely. Alright so he's a little bit simple (but not so much I don't think) but he's so kind & dependable.

minipie · 14/05/2012 22:56

Oh sorry, Freddy in Cotillion. I was still in Black Moth mode.

Freddy in Cotillion.. hmmm... isn't he the slightly thick seeming one? v good at clothes but can't talk to women?

minipie · 14/05/2012 22:53

Who is Freddy? have I missed a whole character...?

IShallWearMidnight · 14/05/2012 21:02

Dd2 says that RP could be Jack in Cotillion, so long as "someone decent" plays Freddy (she's not much of a twilight fan)

LeonieDeSaintVire · 14/05/2012 18:09

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PrematurelyAirconditioned · 14/05/2012 17:34

True, and Alan Rickman would be a good Devil's Cub Avon even though can't have him in These Old Shades.

Talking of which, are we going to hit These Old Shades today or next week?

MrsHelsBels74 · 14/05/2012 15:23

I think Christopher Walken would make a fab Avon at Devil's Cub age.

LeonieDeSaintVire · 14/05/2012 13:33

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minipie · 14/05/2012 11:16

Mmm not sure about Rpattz as Vidal, he doesn't seem capable of having enough fun or letting go enough to be Vidal. (Though maybe I am just influenced by the vampire character).

I wonder if there is another GH character that would suit him though - there must be a GH book with a silent and brooding hero?

MrsHelsBels74 · 13/05/2012 22:06

I'm watching New Moon right now & there is no way Robert Pattinson should ever be allowed near a Georgette Heyer adaptation!

LeonieDeSaintVire · 13/05/2012 21:57

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LadyDamerel · 13/05/2012 21:53

Duh, wrong place.

Ignore me.

LadyDamerel · 13/05/2012 21:53

::pops by to say jolly well done to Vampette and MlledeSV::

I've also brought a small gift for Massive, just in case her guests are proving tiresome.

LeonieDeSaintVire · 13/05/2012 21:48

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IloveJudgeJudy · 13/05/2012 00:43

I've only ever seen the stills of him, but what about the actor who plays Edward in Twilight as Vidal? He's early 20s, I think, and tall, and dark.

minipie · 12/05/2012 19:27

^JRM not JRL

minipie · 12/05/2012 19:08

I meant JRL for Vidal the son (in Devil's Cub) - he's very young. In fact JRM is probably a bit too old these days...

For the Duke of Avon (in These Old Shades), I would suggest Alan Rickman but he probably is too old. He'd be great though

For Jack (in Black Moth), we just need anyone young and goodlooking with a charming smile really. Off to trawl some internet pics of hot young actors. Oh the hardship Grin

Keira Knightley could be good as Lavinia or Fanny in the later books - she would do a great job of the slightly spoiled personality . But she would need blonde hair and blue contacts which could be weird. Amanda Seyfried might work visually, dunno if she could do the personality.

Thinking of other books - Reese Witherspoon would be fantastic in a lot of GH roles.

LadyDamerel · 12/05/2012 18:34

How about Jamie Bell as one of the dissolute younger brothers or baddies (Leftbridge or Crosby in The Convenient Marriage, maybe?)

LadyDamerel · 12/05/2012 18:32

Mmm, JRM would do very well as Vidal. Is he old enough though, isn't Vidal positively ancient (well, in his 40s anyway)?

LadyDamerel · 12/05/2012 18:30

Duh.

I've just cottoned on to who Holliday Grainger is.

Leonie, you have my permission to point and laugh because you should know exactly who she is too.

minipie · 12/05/2012 17:43

Ooh, Andrea Risborough could be the Grand Sophy I think. I can see her taking charge.

Emily Blunt could do some of the slightly older (eg the ancient age of 27), more independent ladies too.

What about Jonathan Rhys Meyers or Rupert Friend for Vidal?

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