![]() ![]() The novel explores how a young man in such circumstances could be anything other than arrogant. Darcy, is fully developed, arguably more so than his literary progenitor. Not that this is fan fiction: Sylvester’s character, though clearly inspired by Mr. Set in 1817-18, for Austen aficionados it provides not only engaging characters, period manners, and lively dialogue, but what could be considered an exploration of one of Austen’s most beloved characters: Mr. ![]() Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle is one of Georgette Heyer’s most delightful novels in the genre she invented. He needs an outspoken heroine to teach him a lesson about his self-consequence and pride. ![]() He was given good principles, but left to follow them in pride and conceit but to be fair, he is no more villainous than any other young man of large fortune used to getting his own way. Our hero is 28, wealthy, with vast estates and dependents, and head of his house, having come into his inheritance at a young age. ![]()
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