Bridgerton Season 2 Easter Eggs & Jane Austen References Explained
Warning: Article contains spoilers for Bridgerton season 2.
Bridgerton season 2 is absolutely packed with smart Easter eggs, especially to Jane Austen and Pride & Prejudice. Although Netflix's Bridgerton series is inspired by a series of popular novels by Julia Quinn, in truth Bridgertonchanges — and usually improves — the story. In part it achieves this by connecting with popular culture, not only through its stunning modern/period soundtrack but also by a greater awareness of romantic period fiction.
The first season of Bridgerton was praised for being like a raunchier version of a Jane Austen story, and Bridgerton season 2 doubles down on the comparison. The overarching narrative is lifted straight from Pride & Prejudice, with some scenes feeling as though they're lifted straight from that famous tale. But the story of Bridgerton season 2 is no mere carbon-copy, with themes and concepts incorporated from other classics, and everything given its own fresh twist.
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All that means there's something timeless to Bridgerton season 2. It is at once brand new and hauntingly familiar, because it plays on tropes modern viewers are intimately familiar with. Here are all the Easter eggs and references in Bridgerton season 2, including to the works of Jane Austen.
In Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, Mr. Darcy (in)famously presented a list of what makes an "accomplished" woman. She should have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, all the modern languages, and even a love of reading to boot. Darcy's exacting list prompted a sarcastic quip from Elizabeth Bennet; "I am no longer surprised at your knowing only six accomplished women," she observed. "I rather
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