HEYER, GEORGETTE — Venetia

London, Heimeman. 1958, 1st Australian Edition. 18 Cm. Book, 308 pp, red cloth/gilt (dulled), spine sunned. Gift inscription.Plot- Venetia is for some an even more satisfying combination of comedy and the vein of deeper feeling which counterbalances Heyer's clear-eyed realism and satirical pen. Venetia is one of Heyer's most liberated heroines: she is a great realist about men, and about her own situation as a rich but isolated young woman, nearly too old for marriage, destined to marry a dull farmer or dwindle to aunt-hood, deep in the Yorkshire dales. When bad Lord Damerel returns to his neglected estates, the scene is set for an encounter of true minds. Good/No Jacket.