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Post by chitowngirl on Jun 28, 2023 8:38:33 GMT -4
Curious if anyone has read the Bridgerton novels. I heard about the TV series and binge watched it on Netflix over a few days. I was wondering if anyone here has read the novels and would they recommend or not recommend. I have and I do recommend! |
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Post by tabby on Jun 28, 2023 10:31:17 GMT -4
Curious if anyone has read the Bridgerton novels. I heard about the TV series and binge watched it on Netflix over a few days. I was wondering if anyone here has read the novels and would they recommend or not recommend. I have! I enjoyed them very much and would recommend. BTW, there are many differences between the novels and the Netflix series - if you're expecting Queen Charlotte in the books, you'll be disappointed. In many ways, I like the books better. |
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Post by jenna on Jun 28, 2023 15:17:24 GMT -4
Okay then! That's good enough for me! Here I go straight to Amazon or eBay to look around for them. Any excuse, lol, because I am a voracious reader - when I am not busy (which isn't the case too often these days).
Tabby, I know that it is a re-imagined social situation of a more equitable society but beyond that I'm sure there are more differences. For example I love, absolutely love Jane Austen ... have read all her novels at least once. (I view Jane Austen's works less as romance novels but works on the sociology and psychology of coupling). But in the various film/tv adaptations there are usually differences to some degree.
I don't know if the Bridgerton TV series does/will extend beyond the novels but an intriguing re-imagining would be to depict same-sex couples. For example, women in those days would have female "boarders" when in fact they were a couple. I hope they incorporate this if the TV series lasts long enough because it IS an historical fact.
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Post by tabby on Jun 28, 2023 16:16:05 GMT -4
For example I love, absolutely love Jane Austen ... have read all her novels at least once. I'm also a Jane Austen fan. If you haven't done so, you might try Georgette Heyer - she wrote a number of historical novels set in the Regency period. She was renowned for her meticulous research. I can give you a list of my favorites, if you're interested! |
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jenna
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Post by jenna on Jun 28, 2023 16:42:36 GMT -4
For example I love, absolutely love Jane Austen ... have read all her novels at least once. I'm also a Jane Austen fan. If you haven't done so, you might try Georgette Heyer - she wrote a number of historical novels set in the Regency period. She was renowned for her meticulous research. I can give you a list of my favorites, if you're interested! Yes, please do! Thanks! And if you are interested in the history of the British romance novel, Lucy Worsley has documentary, A Very British Romance that's entertaining and informative. I looked and it doesn't appear to be available right now to stream. I originally saw it on PBS. This page has a preview, however - www.pbs.org/show/very-british-romance-lucy-worsley/ |
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Post by tabby on Jun 28, 2023 19:47:08 GMT -4
Oh, I love Lucy Worsley's stuff, thank you! I'll keep an eye out.
My favorite Georgette Heyer books, in no particular order:
- A Civil Contract
- Black Sheep
- Venetia
- Frederica
- The Grand Sophy (warning - there's one scene with a very anti-Semetic protrayal of a minor character)
- Bath Tangle
- Cotillion
- Arabella
- The Nonesuch
- Sylvester or the Wicked Uncle
- The Unknown Ajax (more a mystery than a romance, but has a romantic aspect)
- The Reluctant Widow (also more a mystery than a romance)
I read most of these every year or two. They're comfort reading for me, along with Jane Austen.
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jenna
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Post by jenna on Jun 28, 2023 23:47:50 GMT -4
Thanks tabby!
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Post by Carolinian on Jun 29, 2023 20:09:01 GMT -4
If you read the Bridgerton novels I suggest you do it in order. I was doing that and (full disclosure) lost interest by #4, the Colin/Penelope romance. He treated her very poorly and I couldn't get over it. Love Georgette Heyer! Though some of her books include disagreeable racial language/stereotypes. There's a growing market for m/m Regency romances. KJ Charles; Joanna Chambers; Alexis Hall; Kat Sebastian; Annabelle Green etc. One thing I like about the m/m historical romances I've read is that consent is important to the author and reflected in the way the characters interreact. This is often not true of traditional m/f romance writers- I got an older Johanna Lindley from the library and it became a dnf because of the way the male lead treated his lover, who was also his housekeeper. |
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Post by jenna on Jul 1, 2023 0:06:24 GMT -4
If you read the Bridgerton novels I suggest you do it in order. I was doing that and (full disclosure) lost interest by #4, the Colin/Penelope romance. He treated her very poorly and I couldn't get over it. Love Georgette Heyer! Though some of her books include disagreeable racial language/stereotypes. There's a growing market for m/m Regency romances. KJ Charles; Joanna Chambers; Alexis Hall; Kat Sebastian; Annabelle Green etc. One thing I like about the m/m historical romances I've read is that consent is important to the author and reflected in the way the characters interreact. This is often not true of traditional m/f romance writers- I got an older Johanna Lindley from the library and it became a dnf because of the way the male lead treated his lover, who was also his housekeeper. Thanks for the advice. I tend to plow through a book even if I am no longer enamored with it! To be honest, Charlotte Bronte is a little difficult for me to get through (I much prefer Emily Bronte) but I had to force myself but got through Villette. As far as problematic threads in novels, Mansfield Park by Jane Austen has that (the way slavery is alluded to). But when filmed many of these passages are "modernized". Or better yet modern authors "write back" to address those threads. For example Wide Sargasso Sea is a novel told from the point Jane Eyre. |
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Post by piscessiren on Jul 1, 2023 17:13:30 GMT -4
piscessiren have you read The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne? I recently finished that one and it was super steamy! By the way Ladybug, I have read it and LOVED IT! I need to re-read it because I have all the books in the series now. Thanks so much for the recommendation, you're awesome! |
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