Show Notes
What if Caroline Bingley was the main character and we learn what happens to her after Pride & Prejudice? What if she ends up embroiled in a murder case alongside Georgiana Darcy in London? What if she discovers she is pretty good at solving crimes?
Melinda and Stefanie discuss murder mysteries, characters changing for sequels and flying wombs in Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective by Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar.
Links & Mentions
You can read more about the East India Company at Britannica.com [https://www.britannica.com/topic/East-India-Company]. This Guardian article from 2015 also explains the company's unpleasant history [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/04/east-india-company-original-corporate-raiders].
And if you want to learn more about the White Saviour trope as it appears in literature and film, you can do so here. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_savior]
You can also read more about Devoney Looser's book Wild for Austen [https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250361332/wildforausten/] and where to buy it here.
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