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Charity Girl

  • 1970 first published
  • 256 pages
  • ★ 4.3 (3 ratings)
  • 33 editions

Charity Girl is a 1970 historical romance and Regency romance novel by Georgette Heyer. The story is set in England, in the 19th century. Characters include Miss Charity /Cherry Steane, Viscount Desford and Henrietta Silverdale. Key subjects include Great Britain.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 42 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 33 editions.

At about 256 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.

About Charity Girl

A young and lovely runaway alone on the road to London Miss Charity Steane is running away from the drudgery of her aunt's household to find her grandfather. Not expecting her visit, the old gentleman is not in London but is away in the country. The first time the young Viscount Desford saw the girl, he thought she was a child. A child in trouble, running away. But she was a girl nearly seventeen and when Viscount encounters her walking to London alone, he feels honor bound to assist her. But after Desford rescued her, everyone assumed that he had run off with her. A scandal broth in the making, and dashing about the countryside together, the Viscount must prevent his exasperating charge from bringing him ruin upon herself... and him. Now in disgrace, Desford had to find the truth behind Cherry's strange behavior--before his own life came apart.... Who else should he turn to in such a scrape but his childhood playmate, Henrietta Silverdale? And although they refused to oblige their parents by marrying, they have always been the best of friends. But as Desford pursues Cherry's grandfather and father around the seedier fringes of society, Hetta is forced to wonder if he might not, at last, have fallen in love. Without the timely intervention of his brother and Hetta's suitor Gary Nethercott, Desford is in danger of making a jumble of his affairs.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Miss Charity /Cherry Steane
  • Viscount Desford
  • Henrietta Silverdale
  • Gary Nethercott

Subjects

  • Regency Historical Romance
  • Aristocracy, Social class
  • Love stories
  • Great Britain
  • Romance fiction
  • Regency & georgian historical romance

Quick answers

Who wrote Charity Girl?

Charity Girl was written by Georgette Heyer and first published in 1970.

What genre is Charity Girl?

It is usually shelved as Historical Romance and Regency Romance.

How long is Charity Girl?

The median edition has 256 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Charity Girl?

Readers who like it often enjoy Romancing Mister Bridgerton, Tempt Me at Twilight and Say You Love Me.

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