A modern makeover for costume dramas
Bridgerton - a costume drama is a ânarrative of matrimony and money, of honour and deceit, of love and strategy, of aristocracy and nouveaux riches, with handsome mansions, beautiful dresses and diamond tiaras worn with ostrich feathersâ. Â
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Riding her horse through a London park in 1813, Daphne Bridgerton, heroine of the Netflix series
Bridgerton, turns to her brother, Anthony, and shares her woes. Her complaint echoes the predicament that confronts many heroines of costume dramas, from Elizabeth Bennet in Jane Austenâs
Pride and Prejudice (published that year) to Lady Mary Crawley in