The world first met the Bridgerton family in Julia Quinn's best-selling book series. Over two decades later, Shonda Rhimes brought the novels to the small screen in an adaptation for Netflix.
Season one of "Bridgerton" closely follows the series' first book,"The Duke and I," which was published in 2000.
While Quinn served as a consultant to share her input, the author said she respected the changes that show creator Chris Van Dusen implemented.
"It's not a word for word adaptation, and it shouldn't be. I never expected that. I didn't want that. It's not what television should be about," she told Oprah Magazine. "There's so many new things you can do with a different medium, and it's just really exciting to see what those things are and how they are achieved."
From the show's original characters to the diverse cast, here at 18 differences between Netflix's "Bridgerton" and Quinn's novels.