The Convenient Marriage

By: Georgette Heyer

Narrated by: Caroline Hunt

Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's summary

When the most eligible Earl of Rule offers for the hand of the beauty of the Winwood family, he has no notion of the distress he causes his intended. For Miss Lizzie Winwood is promised to the excellent, but impoverished, Mr Edward Heron. Disaster can only be averted by the delightful impetuosity of her youngest sister, Horatia, who conceives her own, distinctly original plans . . .

©1934 Georgette Heyer (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Not interested in the heroine

I don’t like the heroine’s activities (gambling & high fashion) and so it was hard for me to relate and be interested. There are many other Heyer books I enjoy better. But a mediocre Georgette Heyer is still better than most books and there are quite a few fun parts.

Just wonderful!

I felt I was reading early Jane Austin. It was also a wonderful and positive surprise to have a very intelligent heroine with a disability, clearly aged 17, and watch her grow. The other characters were also well developed and flawed without anachronistic psychologizing as to motives, etc. I shall be reading more by Georgette Heyer!

hysterical

I don't normally write reviews but I think it's worth reviewing this one. I loved this story. I found myself laughing out loud so many times... it was very refreshing. The narrator, though her voice is lovely and charming to listen to, missed the mark a bit on the voice of Horatia. It's a shame because everything else was stellar. If you can forgive that bit, you're in for an absolute treat.

Almost stopped reading

The main lady character in this story is rather irritating at times and the beginning seemed slow, so I almost turned it off and listened to another book. I kept at it though and found that I liked it more as the story went on and the plot thickened. Such a cute ending although I would have liked more kissing. 😁

Wonderful narration brings out the best in this preposterous and adorable story

The narrator did such an amazing job I loved every single one of her character voices! She was especially good with Rule and Horry (although I was somewhat surprised that she made Rule’s secretary Irish). This was one of the first Heyer books I read, and I did not fully appreciate it at the time. Therefore, I avoided it on Audible until I basically ran out of other Heyer options. Now that I am much more familiar with Heyer’s style and the social norms she depicts in her Regency era novels, I was thoroughly charmed by this story. Listening to this excellent Audible was a delightful way to fall in love with Rule and Horry. What a romp!

Hmm. Not a favorite

These Regency novels are well beloved by their devouted followers as humorous and interesting i found this one tedious. For me it was a small story that used too much time to tell, so tedious. as an evety-word reader i fought throughout to NOT skip parts. I did stop listening several times to relieve my agony over the way overworked, not very interesting story. The performance was lively and facile w the (many) characterizations h the redeeming feature of this selection. There will be very many who loved this, just not me.

Yeah! They fixed it!

Its another great Georgette Heyer story! I am sooo glad that I kept looking for this, so that I got it almost as soon as it was fixed. (... and it only took them almost 5 months ...)

It is fun, light, and I often just laughed out loud. (Just another crazy lady laughing to herself at the mall...) I enjoyed Caroline Hunt's characterizations, too. If you like Georgette Heyer, you'll love this one!

Disappointing product

Georgette Heyer writes amusing stories--this one being one of her more entertaining ones. But unfortunately, the product is sloppy, unprofessional and incomplete! The bass/treble balance is uneven, making the audio quality rather muffled. The volume dynamics fluctuate too much whenever the narrator took a break. But the must unforgivable criticism is that the book abruptly cuts off before the end. Having come to value Audible.com's reliability of product, I am sorely disappointed in this one.

Great but for one voice

I really liked the story. There are some very humorous scenes that made me laugh. And the voices were all very good except for the one of the heroine which didn't sound very feminine but gruff - somehow not the voice of a girl who likes to dress up and go to parties. It seemed to fit even less toward the end of the story where the reader should get the impression of her growing up. It was almost enough for me to return the book - but I didn't because of the story itself.

Caroline Hunts narration is wonderful

Love Heyer books and this one is an entertaining romp with hilarious characters. Hunts narration took it to another level.