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Originally Posted by issybird
Not if Lizzy's smart, she won't. What were her alternatives? She hit the jackpot with Darcy. Think of living wih her mother in very reduced circumstances after her father died. *shudder* Even living with Darcy would be preferable. That said, no matter how Austen sugar-coats it, there is no forgiving him for his appalling rudeness at that first ball.
Jane, yes, she had enough money to be independent. Run, Jane, run. And not to the missions with her cousin, either.
I agree with you about Romeo and Juliet. Romeo would have moved on in another week or so and Juliet was just an addlepated 13-year old girl in love with love.
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OK, fair enough, if the choice is between living with Darcy and living with her mother, then MAYBE Darcy is better. (Except, you know, that a key member of Darcy's family hates her.) But I still think Lizzy could have taken a third option. Somehow. There HAS to be something better on offer than being a Bennett or being a Darcy.
And, yes, his behavior at the ball was inexcusable. You don't get to be a rude jerk to everybody just because you're richer than everyone else. I get that Austen had low tolerance for "silly" people, but there's a reason why it's not considered appropriate to be rude to people, silly or not.
I liked Sense and Sensibility a bit, but is it odd that one of my favorite characters is another of Austen's "silly" women, Mrs. Palmer. Austen suggests feeling sorry for Mr. Palmer for marrying such a silly woman, but I admire the courage of a woman who can be perpetually cheerful when her husband is such a rude and unsociable person all the time (honorable though he may be).
I LOVE the voice acting for Mrs. Palmer on the Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters recording. "Do you know, Mr. Palmer, that you are quite RUDE?"