The Duke and I (2000) (edit title/settings)

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• Daphne Bridgerton: (1792- ) Eldest Bridgerton daughter; fourth of the eight Bridgertons.
• Simon Basset: the irresistible Duke of Hastings.
• Anthony Bridgerton: (1784- ) Eldest Bridgerton.
• Colin Bridgerton: (1791- ) Third of the eight Bridgertons.
• Lady Whistledown: gossip columnist of the scandal sheet: Lady Whistledown's Society Papers. True identity unknown.
• Nigel Berbrooke: Daphne's erstwhile suitor.
• Gregory Bridgerton: (1801- ) Seventh of the eight Bridgertons.
• Lady Bridgerton: (1766- ) Formerly Violet Ledger, married Edmund Bridgerton (1764-1803); viscountess and mother of eight Bridgerton children.
• Mrs. Featherington: mother to Prudence, Philipa, Penelope, and Felicity.
• Francesca Bridgerton: (1797- ) Sixth of the eight Bridgertons.
• Hyacinth Bridgerton: Youngest Bridgerton.
• Duke of Middlethorpe: Add a description of this character.
• Penelope Featherington: one of Mrs. Featherington's daughter; out for her first season.
• Lady Trowbridge
• Lady Danbury: outspoken elderly hostess.
• Benedict Bridgerton: Second eldest of the Bridgertons

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• “"It's the truth," he vowed. "Before I met you I was only half-alive."”

  Simon Basset

• “There were rules among friends, commandments, really, and the most important one was Thou Shalt Not Lust After Thy Friend's Sister.”

• “Yes, well, I do have four brothers. A better education I cannot imagine.”

  Daphne Bridgerton

• “I want a husband. I want a family. It's not so silly when you think about it. I'm fourth of eight children. All I know are large families. I shouldn't know how to exist outside of one.”

  Daphne Bridgerton

• “None of her children seemed to be on to any of her tricks. Just blather on about nothing in particular, and she could be rid of any of them in a trice.”

• “A rake's humor is essentially cruel.”

  Daphne Bridgerton

• “Reformed rakes make the best husbands.”

  Lady Bridgerton

• “Men are sheep. Where one goes, the rest will soon follow.”

  Lady Whistledown

• “If you're not smiling, then you're either about to suffer a seizure or sneeze.”

  Simon Basset

• “To say that men can be bullheaded would be insulting to the bull.”

  Lady Whistledown

• “. . .after all, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of an heir.”

  Lady Whistledown

• “Good, God, I know exactly what is going on in his brain right now, and it has nothing to do with poetry and roses." Simon pictured Daphne down on a bed of rose petals. "Well, maybe roses," he murmured. "I'm going to kill him," Anthony announced.”

  Anthony and Simon

• “He is not fit to lick Daphne's boots."  Simon's head filled with more erotic images, this time of himself licking her toes. He decided not to comment.”

  Anthony and Simon

• “Anthony here has said such insulting things about you that I know we're sure to be great friends.”

  Colin

• “"Surely you're not going to force me to call you Ms. Bridgerton. After all that we've been through.""We've been through nothing, you ridiculous man, but I suppose you may call me Daphne.""Excellent. You may call me 'Your Grace'."”

  Simon and Daphne

• “"Those flowers are quite lovely.""Yes, they are, aren't they?""I adore them.""They're not for you. They're for your mother."”

  Daphne and Simon

• “You are the sort of female me write poetry about. It was just bad poetry.”

  Simon

• “He whispered her name, touched her cheek.Her eyes widened, lips parted.And in the end, it was inevitable.”

• “He hated that he felt so nervous around her when they'd been such easy friends for the past few weeks. He hated that there were silences in their conversations, when before she'd been the only person with whom he never felt the need to pause and take stock of his words.”

  Simon

• “"Heavens above, why did you have to go out and get so drunk?""I wanted you back."”

  Daphne and Simon

• “Heartache, she eventually realized, never really went away; it just dulled. The sharp, stabbing pain that one felt with each breath eventually gave way to a blunter, lower ache -the kind that one could almost - but never quite - ignore.”

  Daphne

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• To say that men can be bullheaded would be insulting to the bull.

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• “Any man, you'll soon learn, has an insurmountable need to blame someone else when he is made to look a fool.”

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• “And if you say that's because you lot barged into her home like a herd of mentally deficient sheep, I'm disowning all three of you.”

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• “It's the curse of motherhood. You're required to love us even when we vex you.”

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• Anthony, Benedict, Colin, Daphne, Eloise, Francesca, Gregory, and Hyacinth—orderliness

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• nefarious.” “I'd like to be up to something nefarious,” he

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Royal Observatory
• Hampstead Heath
• Greenwich Meridian
• Mayfair
• Bridgerton House

First Sentence edit see section history

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by The Viscount Who Loved Me.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Julia Quinn (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.54

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Authors, A-Z › ( Q ) › Quinn, Julia
• 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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