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''Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle'' is a 1957 [[HistoricalFiction historical romance]] novel by Creator/GeorgetteHeyer. It's an AffectionateParody of Gothic novels.
Phoebe Marlow runs away from home because she's afraid her father will force her to marry Sylvester Rayne, Duke of Salford. She writes a book that parodies Sylvester a little ''too'' obviously, leading to a scandal and a series of misunderstandings.
!!Contains examples of:
* AgeGapRomance: Phoebe is nineteen and Sylvester is twenty-eight. TruthInTelevision for the setting.
* AngstySurvivingTwin: Sylvester is one.
* ArrangedMarriage: Played with. Sylvester wants one, but his mother is reluctant to arrange anything for him. When he presses she confesses that she had at one point thought to maybe match him with her deceased friend's daughter. She doesn't actually arrange the thing still, Sylvester merely decides that he will see Phoebe for himself, without knowing that he had, unwittingly, insulted her when he had been introduced to her during the Season. Hilarity ensues.
* BrainlessBeauty: Both Ianthe and Sir Nugent.
* BreakTheHaughty: Sylvester, though a mild example.
* DarkSecret: Phoebe wrote the society novel of the year, featuring an {{Expy}} of Sylvester as the villain.
* [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting Ice King]]: Sylvester.
* EvilEyebrows: The thing that makes Sylvester so easily identifiable as the villain in Phoebe's novel.
* EvilUncle: Subverted: Sylvester is perceived to be this by everyone, but he's actually a far better [[ParentalSubstitute Parental Figure]] than the boy's mother.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Ianthe is convinced that ''The Lost Heir'' was written for the express purpose of warning her about Sylvester.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Phoebe and Tom.
* MouthyKid: Edmund.
* NotSoGreatEscape: Phoebe's attempt to run away from having to submit to Sylvester's courtship. She is found by him, when she and Tom meet an with an accident on the way and are trapped by the snow at an inn on the way to London.
* TheProudElite: Sylvester, especially at the beginning.
* RegencyEngland: The book is set in 1817-1818.
* RomanAClef: Phoebe writes one. See DarkSecret above.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Phoebe, once away from her WickedStepmother.
%%* SlapSlapKiss
%%* SnowedIn
* SpiritedYoungLady: Phoebe.
* TheUnfavourite: Phoebe is this to her stepmother.
* WardrobeWound: Sir Nugent goes into fits when a dog bites the tassels off his boots. Earlier, he is deeply pained at having to cut a button off his coat (thinking it will placate Edmund, who is actually crying for Button, his nurse).
%%* WickedStepmother
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''Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle'' is a 1957 [[HistoricalFiction historical romance]] novel by Creator/GeorgetteHeyer. It's an AffectionateParody of Gothic novels.
Phoebe Marlow runs away from home because she's afraid her father will force her to marry Sylvester Rayne, Duke of Salford. She writes a book that parodies Sylvester a little ''too'' obviously, leading to a scandal and a series of misunderstandings.
!!Contains examples of:
* AgeGapRomance: Phoebe is nineteen and Sylvester is twenty-eight. TruthInTelevision for the setting.
* AngstySurvivingTwin: Sylvester is one.
* ArrangedMarriage: Played with. Sylvester wants one, but his mother is reluctant to arrange anything for him. When he presses she confesses that she had at one point thought to maybe match him with her deceased friend's daughter. She doesn't actually arrange the thing still, Sylvester merely decides that he will see Phoebe for himself, without knowing that he had, unwittingly, insulted her when he had been introduced to her during the Season. Hilarity ensues.
* BrainlessBeauty: Both Ianthe and Sir Nugent.
* BreakTheHaughty: Sylvester, though a mild example.
* DarkSecret: Phoebe wrote the society novel of the year, featuring an {{Expy}} of Sylvester as the villain.
* [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting Ice King]]: Sylvester.
* EvilEyebrows: The thing that makes Sylvester so easily identifiable as the villain in Phoebe's novel.
* EvilUncle: Subverted: Sylvester is perceived to be this by everyone, but he's actually a far better [[ParentalSubstitute Parental Figure]] than the boy's mother.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Ianthe is convinced that ''The Lost Heir'' was written for the express purpose of warning her about Sylvester.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Phoebe and Tom.
* MouthyKid: Edmund.
* NotSoGreatEscape: Phoebe's attempt to run away from having to submit to Sylvester's courtship. She is found by him, when she and Tom meet an with an accident on the way and are trapped by the snow at an inn on the way to London.
* TheProudElite: Sylvester, especially at the beginning.
* RegencyEngland: The book is set in 1817-1818.
* RomanAClef: Phoebe writes one. See DarkSecret above.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Phoebe, once away from her WickedStepmother.
%%* SlapSlapKiss
%%* SnowedIn
* SpiritedYoungLady: Phoebe.
* TheUnfavourite: Phoebe is this to her stepmother.
* WardrobeWound: Sir Nugent goes into fits when a dog bites the tassels off his boots. Earlier, he is deeply pained at having to cut a button off his coat (thinking it will placate Edmund, who is actually crying for Button, his nurse).
%%* WickedStepmother
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