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A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
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really liked it
bookshelves: chicklit, sf

The first time I read it, I liked it. Then I read Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice and returned to it and found to my surprise and pleasure that Bujold had consciously and cleverly incorporated parts of those plots here. Then I read Gaudy Night and all the pieces fit together and I saw that Bujold was celebrating the discovery of love in ways that were newer and excitinger because they built on history.
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January 13, 2009 – Shelved
January 13, 2009 – Shelved as: chicklit
January 13, 2009 – Shelved as: sf

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message 1: by Robin (new) - rated it 5 stars
Nov 21, 2012 08:26AM

Robin Thank you for leading me to Gaudy Night! It was a real pleasure to see Peter as a kind of ancestor to Miles, and made it an even more enjoyable read.


message 2: by Ferret (new) - rated it 4 stars
Nov 21, 2012 09:33AM

Ferret Bujold's acknowledgement thanks Jane (Austen), Charlotte (Bronte), Dorothy (Sayers), and Georgette (Heyer). I've not yet read A Civil Contract, Heyer's contribution to the book's DNA, but A Civil Campaign was much improved in consideration to those literary forebears, and I'm glad to have pointed you in that direction. Though I'm not quite as interested in Peter as ancestor to Miles as I am in Harriet as ancestor to Ekaterin.


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