Romancing Mister Bridgerton (2002) (edit title/settings)

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• Penelope Featherington: She is smart and kind and often very funny, but is looked over by most of the Ton as a wallflower and spinster
• Colin Bridgerton: He was witty, dashing, and had a devil-may-care jokester quality that made women swoon but most of all he was NICE.' However, there is more to this charming devil-may-care jokester than meets the eye.
• Lady Whistledown: Author of the thrice-weekly Society Papers; no one knows her identity.
• Eloise Bridgerton: Penelope's closest friend; Colin's younger sister; tenacious and meddlesome.
• Lady Bridgerton: Violet; dowager viscountess; mother to the eight Bridgerton children.
• Geoffrey Albansdale: Felicity's suitor.
• Nigel Berbrooke: Penelope's goodhearted, but dimwitted brother-in-law.
• Felicity Featherington: Youngest of the four Featherington sisters
• Simon Basset: Duke of Hastings.
• Kate Bridgerton: formerly, Kate Sheffield; Viscountess; married to the Viscount Anthony Bridgerton.
• Anthony Bridgerton: seventh Viscount Bridgerton; head of the Bridgerton family.
• Daphne Bassett, Duchess of Hastings: Colin's sister and confidant, wife of Simon Bassett, mother of four
• Hyacinth Bridgerton: the youngest Bridgerton; Felicity Featherington is her close friend; insatiably curious and at times single-minded in her focus.
• Lady Danbury: Elderly opinionated duchess; suspected of being Lady Whistledown.
• Cressida Twombley: Beautiful widow; intelligent in a cruel way; petty and mean; hard up for money; a society leader.
• Mrs. Featherington: Portia; pushy matchmaking mama.
• Robert Huxley: Penelope's brother-in-law, married to Prudence
• Prudence Featherington Huxley: Penelope's eldest sister, married to Robert Huxley
• Phillippa Featherington Berbrooke: Penelope's sister, married to Nigel

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• “Miss Penelope Featherington's unfortunate gown left the unfortunate girl looking like nothing more than an overripe citrus fruit.”

  Lady Whistledown

• “Not a word was heard from Miss Penelope Featherington, and no wonder! The poor girl appeared to have drowned amidst the ruffles of her dress.”

  Lady Whistledown

• “One would think that a vital component of charity and grace is the ability not to draw attention to one's possession of them.”

  Penelope Featherington

• “It's odd how the 'ton' seems to entertain themselves by pointing out how unentertained they are.”

  Penelope Featherington

• “Noun. Verb. Adjective. Sentence. Is. Correct.”

  Colin Bridgerton

• “It's good to have something in your life. Something satisfying--that will fill the hours with a sense of purpose. I've never understood the supposed joys of a lazy life.”

  Penelope Featherington

• “Two of the best parts of travel are the leaving and the coming home. . .”

  Colin Bridgerton

• “Colin decided then and there that the female mind was a strange and incomprehensible organ--one which no man should even attempt to understand. There wasn't a woman alive who could go from point A to B without stopping at C, D, X, and 12 along the way.”

• “I think the planet has shifted on its axis. Or perhaps England has crashed into France. All I know is this in not the same world I inhabited just this morning.”

  Eloise Bridgerton

• “No one swoons like a ballet dancer. Not even ballet dancers.”

  Hyacinth Bridgerton

• “. . .if you can speak your mind to me, you can speak it to anyone. Half the grown men in this room run cowering into corners the minute they see me coming.”

  Lady Danbury

• “Men are never good for gossip. I want exact words.”

  Hyacinth Bridgerton

• “I do want it. It is my dream. But it's a dream you gave me. . . And getting my work published, well, it doesn't hold a candle to my real dream, which is spending the rest of my life with you.”

  Colin Bridgerton

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• “Isn’t it nice,” the older lady said, leaning in so that only Penelope could hear her words, “to discover that we’re not exactly what we thought we were?”

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• “I love you with everything I am, everything I’ve been, and everything I hope to be.” “Colin…” “I love you with my past, and I love you for my future.” He bent forward and kissed her, once, softly, on the lips. “I love you for the children we’ll have and for the years we’ll have together. I love you for every one of my smiles, and even more, for every one of your smiles.”

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• “For God’s sake, Penelope,” he said, grabbing her hand and yanking her down. “Are you going to marry me or not?”

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• Isn’t it nice to discover that we’re not exactly what we thought we were?

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• “Actually, I’m an excellent liar. But what I’m really good at is appearing appropriately sheepish and adorable after I’m caught.”

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• And so, on an otherwise unremarkable Friday afternoon, in the heart of Mayfair, in a quiet drawing room on Mount Street, Colin Bridgerton kissed Penelope Featherington. And it was glorious.

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• Really, what was the use of being a gentleman when ladies insisted upon doing things for themselves?

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• People are like fine wines. If they start off good, they only get better with age.”

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• He wanted her to love this, to love him, and to know, when they were lying in each other’s arms, sweaty and spent, that she belonged to him. Because he already knew that he belonged to her.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Bridgerton House: the Bridgertons' official London residence; occupied by Viscount Anthony Bridgerton, his wife Kate, and their children.
• Berkeley Square: Between the Featherington's home and Lady Bridgerton's home.

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Preceded by An Offer from a Gentleman, and followed by To Sir Phillip, With Love.

Preceded by Mr. Impossible, and followed by Paradise.

Preceded by Lord Perfect , and followed by The Bride.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Julia Quinn (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: CPB Box no. 2101 vol. 2 FT MEADE
• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Sexual content.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Authors, A-Z › ( Q ) › Quinn, Julia
• Books › Romance › Regency
• Books › Romance › Historical › Regency
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Julia Quinn: Author's website

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