The Corinthian (novel)

The Corinthian (novel)

infobox Book |
name = The Corinthian
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author = Georgette Heyer
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Regency, Romance
publisher = William Heinemann
release_date = 1940
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 240 pp
isbn = NA
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"The Corinthian" is a novel by Georgette Heyer.

Plot summary

Sir Richard Wyndham, an accomplished Corinthian, is being forced into marriage by his family, who want him to have an heir. Depressed by the life laid out before him, he nevertheless agrees to this course. The night before he is to announce his choice he comes across Penelope Creed, a young girl in boys' clothes, hanging helplessly from an upper story window. She is a very wealthy orphan who is running away from her own distasteful marriage plans. The two become allies, leave London in search of Miss Creed's childhood sweetheart, and find themselves in the middle of a dangerous game of mystery, theft, and murder.


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