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The Convenient Marriage is a Georgian romance novel by Georgette Heyer published in 1934. The novel is set in 1776 and concerns the relationship between Horatia Winwood and Lord Marcus Drelincourt. [ 1 ]
A sham marriage of this type, sometimes called a lavender marriage, [7] is usually performed to keep the appearance of heterosexuality [clarification needed] to prevent negative consequences of LGBT discrimination. [8] Such marriages may have one heterosexual and one gay partner, or two gay partners: a lesbian and a gay man married to each ...
A Civil Contract is a Regency era novel by Georgette Heyer, first published in October 1961 by Heinemann in the UK and in January 1962 by G. P. Putnam's Sons in the US. [2] Set between 1814–1815, [3] the story centres on a bankrupted viscount who reluctantly enters a marriage of convenience with a wealthy merchant's daughter.
For A. S. Byatt, the situations and characters in April Lady are only "a rehash of the earlier The Convenient Marriage" . [8] And for another commentator, Mari Ness , the sheer volume of carefully researched Regency slang used in the novel has "created a thoroughly artificial world, a world that is not really Regency England, but very much a ...
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He initially refuses but gives in to save his reputation. Before leaving the party, Laura tells Gertrude that her husband will support the canal scheme, which surprises the politician's wife. At the party, Laura reencounters Lord Arthur Goring, to whom she was engaged before her marriage, and is eager to reestablish a romantic relationship with ...
A sham marriage or fake marriage is a marriage of convenience entered into without intending to create a real marital relationship. This is usually for the purpose of gaining an advantage from the marriage. Definitions of sham marriage vary by jurisdiction, but are often related to poverty.
Marriage of Convenience is a 1960 British crime film directed by Clive Donner and starring Harry H. Corbett, John Cairney and John Van Eyssen. [1] The screenplay was by Robert Banks Stewart, based on the 1924 Edgar Wallace novel The Three Oak Mystery. [2] It is part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios from ...