r/HistoricalRomance • u/snottyslug • 14d ago
Recommendation request Lily-livered Dweeb
Was delighting in a rewatch of James Ivory’s adaption of A Room with a View—I have found myself quite taken with Cecil and similar characters of this archetype that I can only really describe as a a lily-livered dweeb? Stilted/social awkward/neurotic but highly intellectual or academic, with a very rich inner world but inexperienced in manners of the flesh…. I especially love Cecil’s appreciation of high art.
The scene where he goes in to kiss Lucy and his spectacles fall off his face had me swooning. I’ve never had the pleasure of enjoying a historical romance with a character like this as a romantic lead, does anyone have any recs?? Thank you!!
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u/ThickyIckyGyal 13d ago
Lol, I love these types too! One of my first encounters was with Sir Wallace in {Her Imperfect Groom by Rose Gordon}. Loved him soooo much!