Regency romance
Bonnets and ballrooms
A Regency romance is a historical romance novel set during England's Regency era (1811–1820), when the Prince Regent ruled in place of his incapacitated father George III.
The genre follows conventions established by Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer: witty dialogue, elaborate social codes, and courtship among the aristocracy.
She devoured Regency romances for the ballroom scenes and brooding dukes.
- witty dialogueClever, humorous conversation
- dowriesWealth given at marriage
- forbidden loveRomance society prohibits
- enemies to loversRomance from mutual hostility
- class distinctionsPerceived divisions between ranks
arranged marriages · happily ever after · debutantes · dance card · inheritance laws · social climbing · aristocracy · Jane Austen · mistaken identities · chaperones · Napoleonic Wars · ton · marriage of convenience · family honor · country estates · carriage ride · love triangles · second chances
- Classic RomancePride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Emma, Romeo and Juliet
- high societygossip, socialites, socialite, aristocrats, aristocrat
Regency romanceerotic romance
Sexually explicit love fiction
erotica · smut · dark romance · steamy romance · sports romance
Regency romancehorror
Extreme fear or disgust
true crime · hard science fiction · literary realism · tragedy · thriller
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