Bridgerton has been renewed for a second season, which means the Sheffields are coming and The Viscount Who Loved Me is about to be adapted on screen. And we’ve got thoughts. Naturally in a TV adaptation, changes will take place, inner thoughts need to come out on screen differently without the presence of the omniscient narrator–but that said, why not at least take apart some of our favorite moments in the book? In this case, at least if there are changes, we’ve discussed in length, some the scenes that have shaped this novel gorgeously.
Naturally, this will not cover every single scene–with a 200+ page book, we’d have a 500+ page analysis if that were the case, with these, we’ve decided to take apart our top moments, mostly between Kate Sheffield and Anthony Bridgerton, but some with their respective family members as this is the one book where we care just as deeply about the main characters as we do with everyone else involved. We teased out what this article would look like in our Scene Breakdown for Chapter 12: The Library, and that will also be included in here as well to flow this analysis chronologically.
Whoever said that romance novels could not be analyzed with great length has not met this English Lit major who will absolutely take apart everything because these novels, and Quinn’s language especially features an incredible balance that is bound to leave a lasting impression. One that it already has.