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A Night Like This

  • 2012 first published
  • 379 pages
  • β˜… 2.7 (3 ratings)
  • 7 editions

Julia Quinn's A Night Like This (2012) is a historical romance and Regency romance novel. The story is set in England and Great Britain, in the 19th century. It features Anne Wynter and Daniel Smith-Smythe Earl of Winstead. Key subjects include manners and customs, man-woman relationships, governesses and seduction.

Open Library readers give it an average of 2.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 35 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 7 editions. It appeared on the New York Times Mass Market Paperback bestseller list in 2012.

At about 379 pages, most readers finish it in 6–7 hours.

About A Night Like This

Anne Wynter, a governess with some dark secrets in her past, is tempted by the dangerously handsome Daniel Smith-Smythe, Earl of Winstead, who relentlessly pursues her despite her social station.
Description from Open Library

Awards & lists

  • πŸ“°New York Times bestseller list β€” Mass Market Paperback, 2012

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Anne Wynter
  • Daniel Smith-Smythe Earl of Winstead

Subjects

  • Regency Historical Romance
  • Great Britain
  • Manners and customs
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Governesses
  • Seduction
  • Social classes
  • Secrecy
  • Nobility
  • Great Britain - History - Regency, 1811-1820 - Fiction
  • Relations entre hommes et femmes
  • Romans"
  • Nouvelles"
  • Gouvernantes
  • MΕ“urs et coutumes
  • SΓ©duction

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote A Night Like This?

A Night Like This was written by Julia Quinn and first published in 2012.

What genre is A Night Like This?

It is usually shelved as Historical Romance and Regency Romance.

How long is A Night Like This?

The median edition has 379 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to A Night Like This?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Toll-Gate, A Civil Contract and I Thee Wed.

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