All Comments on 'Lensky's Aria'

Thank you, and nice to see your work again Oggbashan. I hope that your must visits regularly, that we might enjoy more of your writings.

For a few minutes of pleasure

Knowing the aria I was curious what the story would add. Thanks for the good read.

Although Lucia Di Lammermoor would work too. Thanks for the nice private message. I am afraid I have no clue how to answer that one.

The voice and characterization made it a simply lovely story.

A very enjoyable romance, Og. The brevity is good - just about as long to read as to hear an aria in one's mind. I'd have liked a little more of Major Simon's character to ease the unexpected, but that's me, not you. Thanks again for the read.

A nice little story, with the ending that one hoped for. However, although there were plenty of places in Regency London where a woman should not go, I never thought that Vauxhall Gardens would be one of them. Although the company that Emily supposedly kept may have been inappropriate, Georgette Heyer would be mortified to read that one of her favourite romantic settings should be so besmirched.

As for the duel itself, they must have been very brave (or foolish) to stage it within London itself, rather than going out to somewhere like Richmond.

As a competitive fencer and fencing instructor one of my students often mentioned that in sale d’arms in Europe one also had the opportunity to practice with pistols. They were essentially single shot paint guns with short barrels but allowed the practice of pistolry for the duel. Touching story and true to the code duello and life at that time for the Gentry.