An Offer From a Gentleman
- 416
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 6 weeks on the list, peaked at #7
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Our view
“An Offer From a Gentleman” is the Bridgerton novel that plays openly at being Cinderella, and the fairy-tale frame suits its light touch. The question of who the heroine really is gives Benedict’s love story a small mystery to run on, which some readers count among its pleasures. Some who arrive from the television series find the Benedict of the page quite unlike the one on screen.
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About the book
An Offer from a Gentleman is a 2001 Regency-era romance novel written by Julia Quinn. It is the third novel in her Bridgerton series about the eponymous family. It tells the love story of Benedict, the second child and second son of the family. Different from the rest of the series, it is modeled on a fairy tale, specifically Cinderella. A deluxe collector's edition was released on November 25, 2025. The book was adapted into the fourth season of the Netflix series Bridgerton which premiered on January 29, 2026.
Reading order · The Bridgerton Series
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.3 across 414 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 74% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Romance average of 7.6. That is how 7.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.2 | 23 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 7.3 | 391 | 94% |
Frequently asked
How long is An Offer From a Gentleman?
It has 416 pages — longer than 56% of the ranked books in Romance.
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