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The Toll-Gate

  • 1954 first published
  • 288 pages
  • ★ 4.2 (8 ratings)
  • 45 editions

Published in 1954, The Toll-Gate is a historical romance and Regency romance novel by Georgette Heyer. It takes readers to Derbyshire, England and Great Britain in the Regency era. It features Nell Stornaway and Captain John Staple. Key subjects include England, religious, missing persons and man-woman relationships.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.2 out of 5 from 8 ratings, and 96 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 45 editions.

At about 288 pages, most readers finish it in 5–6 hours.

About The Toll-Gate

A captain who finds a toll gate unattended and solves the mystery of the disappearance of the gate keeper and wins the heroine with the help of an robber.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Nell Stornaway
  • Captain John Staple

Subjects

  • Regency Historical Romance
  • Great Britain
  • England
  • England in fiction
  • Love stories
  • Religious
  • Chicago, Ill.
  • Missing persons
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Abandoned children
  • English Love stories
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Nobility
  • Romans, nouvelles
  • Mœurs et coutumes
  • Manners and customs

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote The Toll-Gate?

The Toll-Gate was written by Georgette Heyer and first published in 1954.

What genre is The Toll-Gate?

It is usually shelved as Historical Romance and Regency Romance.

How long is The Toll-Gate?

The median edition has 288 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Toll-Gate?

Readers who like it often enjoy Mansfield Park, Mischief and I Thee Wed.

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