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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
I am quite well aware of that. However, taking a narrow view of originality means taking an overly broad view of the works involved. I.e., any story about a boy meeting a girl is "unoriginal" because thousands if not millions of stories with this basic plot have been written.
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Bill
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I wouldn't call this a broad view of the works involved, but that is just semantics.
Even past the boy meets girl setting, the other elements of the story have been used in most configurations. One is rich/both are rich/both are poor, only one is in love/both are in love/they both hate each other until the last chapter, etc.