The Frivol as Romantic Hero
Loving them as I do, I would love to write a romantic hero frivol. (See previous post.) But can it be done? Even the Incomparable Georgette Heyer did not quite bring it off.
Lord Rupert Alastair – ‘Solitude’s the thing. Solitude and a fat ham’ – is undoubtedly a wondrous Frivol. But he is also a resolute bachelor.
Lovely Sherry in Friday’s Child has a touch of the Frivol but marriage sobers him – along with making him a warmer and more wonderful human being, of course, and capable of slugging slimy Sir Montagu.
I love that book – but I’m not sure romance quite takes with Frivols.
I love a frivol, too, Jenny, and think Englishmen are much under rated gems.
Gosh, you’ve made me think now, Jenny (it’s all right, I forgive you). A heroic Frivol… Trouble is, they’re often so useful as light relief and for acting as the hero’s foil. Freddy in ‘Cotillion’?
I was thinking of Freddy too. The thing about a frivol, a point Heyer makes herself, is that they are probably much nicer to live with than your average alpha. The heroine – what an admission, I can’t remember her name – remarks how pleasant it is to have someone who makes sure you are warm and comfortable.
I thought of Freddy, Jan, but since my brain is Swiss cheese, couldn’t think of the book. I adored, Freddy!
Absolutely, Liz. Love him to bits.
And I too thought immediately of Freddy. Is he unique among GH heroes? Lovely blog, by the way.
I keep telling Lucy Gordon that I adore her flippant second sons far more than the sober, upright, responsible older ones. Does that count?