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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it Pamela or Cinderella? A hybrid, I guess.

I didn't note the titles if the books Eloise mentions. Did anyone else, and were they real books?

And what happens if she is a spinster? She's just supported by her family indefinitely and gets to live in bridgerton house forever?[/quote]

Yah, since her family is super rich, they'd probably just support her. She'd be expected to become the caretaker to Violet in her old age and she'd need to stay on good terms with Anthony, who controls the family's money and could allocate an allowance for her. They aren't obligated to do so, though, and if they had a falling out she could be on the street. They are super rich though, so as long as Anthony agrees to support her, she could probably live pretty well. Especially since all she cares about are books and not clothes or parties. They have lots of houses too (like Benedict's random "country cottage" with two full time caretakers that just sits around unused) and she could easily stay in one of them.

But it's interesting to see her chaffing a bit at the loss in social status that would come from being a spinster. It's the kind of thing that a natural contrarian like Eloise might not realize is important to her until she sees herself on the edge of losing. Being relegated to spinster status takes her out of the social mix. That's great for avoiding dancing at parties, not great if you are the sort of person who likes discussing politics and ideas. It's hard for any woman to gain access to those conversations in that time period, but a married woman would have a lot more options than a spinster because she could leverage her role as hostess to bring interesting people into her house and get invites to others. All of this is dawning on Eloise for the first time, that marriage is a form of social currency for women and not just about wearing pretty gowns and giggling over gentlemen.[/quote]

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