Penelope Featherington !? What a joke ! How could a not particularly well connected teenager be the worldly wise finger-on-the-pulse knowing all the secrets of Society Lady Whistledown ? Utterly ridiculous. The only thing Penelope was expert at was stuffing her mouth with sweets and pouting.
Well, I guess we’re supposed to believe that she had access to the gossip of the ton because her family was part of it. Plus she was out and attending all the balls and events with her two sisters who were also out. Plus her mother openly gossiped and whinged about the ton at home. Plus she talked with Eloise about a lot of things.
shareIn the first half of the series I thought it was Penelope, but then I abandoned that idea because Penelope was so whiny and distracted. I thought it had to be someone older. Turns out so was right all along.
shareAnd she threw her own family under the bus and the family of her best friend.
shareYeah, Penelope was a selfish brat.
shareBecause she was in love with Colin and wanted to protect him from her selfish best friend.
Her family treated her like garbage.
That doesn’t explain throwing Daphne under the bus long before her cousin came to visit.
shareTrue. But, Daphne ended up with the Duke because of it. How about Eloise protecting Miss Whistledown even though her own sister was thrown under the bus by her?
shareAll of Lady Whistledown’s clever quips are at someone else’s expense, including the queen.
At a time when a lady’s reputation was of the utmost importance, it’s unconscionable.
Penelope has anger issues. Her family and others treat her like garbage and she says nothing to them directly. Lady Whistledown is her payback.
shareWhy is Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music Julie Andrews, listed as Lady Whistledown in the cast list when Googling the cast of this show? Maybe Penelope is helping her.
(Edit) Ok, so she is the narrator but why is the narrator and Lady Whistledown one and the same? Back to my original question...
Meek Penelope takes on a different persona as the confident Lady Whistledown (Julie Andrews), therefore her voice changes.
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