2016年5月24日 星期二

The enduring appeal of Pride and Prejudice's Mr Darcy

Love & Friendship, a new Jane Austen adaptation, is a satire of the tropes and narratives that the novelist has become known for—not least the kind of romance between Elizabeth Bennet and "the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world", Mr Darcy, in Pride and Prejudice. What is it about his character that has lingered so long in the public imagination? From The Economist’s 1843 magazine archive

It appears Mr Darcy is for life, not just for the 1800s
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