[Editor’s note: This post was originally published on July 19, 2024. It has been updated to include the “ Bridgerton ” prequel stories.] The “ Bridgerton” Netflix TV series is about a family with eight siblings, all either horny rakes or attracted to horny rakes, looking for love on the Regency marriage mart.
Based on a beloved bestselling series of books by Julia Quinn that began in 2000, each season of the show is a loose adaptation of one of the books about the Bridgerton family, highlighting one specific sibling. So far, that includes Book No. 1, “The Duke and I,” which became Season 1 of “Bridgerton,” focusing on Simon and Daphne; Book.
No. 2, “The Viscount Who Loves Me,” which became the second season centering Anthony and Kate; and “Romancing Mister Bridgerton,” Book No. 4 ( twist !), which became Season 3 of the Netflix smash, which saw Penelope Featherington and Colin finding love.
What’s next? Clues at the end of Season 3 suggested that Season 4 will center on Benedict Bridgerton’s story (Benedict’s book is “An Offer from a Gentleman”), which Netflix soon confirmed. Fans of both know that the show takes creative liberties with the 20-year-old books, making the tale a more diverse treat as well as softening up some of the historically accurate but not exactly romance-inducing behavior from the reformed rakes that populate the novels. Even if one has never seen the show, each book is a standalone that doesn’t require any previous .