35. Don’t Hate the Player

What Would Danbury Do?

Kate [f26] and Edwina [f21] Sharma are freshly arrived from India to launch Edwina into society and land her a wealthy and doting husband. Just so happens that Anthony [m30ish] is both wealthy and wanting - though the ‘doting’ will have to take a backseat to the practical, pleasant marriage that he has planned. Still, no reason why he and Edwina can’t make a real go of it…if only Kate will offer her approval.

It’s Bridgerton S2, and Anthony is about to be handed his ass…

This episode of What Would Danbury Do? is brought to you by Unstable, the latest romantic suspense from Alexandra Ivy, from Kensington Books. You can find out more about Unstable and the rest of the series on Alexandra’s website here: alexandraivy.com

Featuring:

• A somewhat disastrous debut

• Anthony making plans

• *The* diamond

• A tiny, little, very miniscule, basically token nod to class consciousness

• The growth and evolution of Penelope Featherington

• The growth and evolution of Anthony Bridgerton

• Lady Danbury making plans

• Kate making plans

• We’re making art, we’re getting high, and we’re fucking

Here are is the media we talk about in this episode:

• Bridgerton, Season One

• Bridgerton Prequel show

• Stay Away, by Nirvana

• A Vindication of the Rights of Women, by Mary Wollstonecraft

• Ever After, a film

• Pride & Prejudice, 1995 television mini-series

• Pride & Prejudice, 2005 film

• Material Girl, by Madonna

• Debrett’s many publications, including Debrett’s Peerage and Baronetage

• The Viscount Who Loved Me, by Julia Quinn

• An Offer from a Gentleman, by Julia Quinn

• Diamonds, by Rihanna

• Twilight, a film

• A Spark of White Fire, by Sangu Mandanna

• Clueless, a film

This episode in What Would Danbury Do, Lady Danbury receives a missive from Esmae, the protagonist of A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna. You can find out more about A Spark of White Fire here.

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This episode was recorded on the traditional and unceded land of the Gadigal, Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people and edited by Rudi Bremer on Gadigal country.

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