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Re: Were Lizzie or Darcy really good catches?

April 30, 2016 07:40AM
OK, Jim. If the question is,
"Could either D or E fall in love with someone other suitable before they were definitely in love with each other? (and in Darcy's part, I'd put it at Hunsford, on Elizabeth's, sometime afterneading the letter butnat the latest, their Pemberley meeting) - the answer is, yes. I haven't read Peter's story only the beginning, but yes, it's a plausible story.
If the question is what the topic title says, "would it be an advantageous marriage in the material sense, would everyone leap at the chance to marry each of them?", then Darcy is a catch inspite of his faults (most women would overlook them, and in the end, Darcy would not treat a wife of his badly), and Elizabeth is not (her beauty is nothing out of the ordinary, her intelligence and wit aren't primary values in a wife according to the ideas of the era, and her unconventional behavior is a liability - and she has nothing to compensate for it in the material area).
But if the question is, "are they really so great together, with all the faults they bring into the bargain?" - then my answer is an emphatic Yes! The reason (one of them, anyway) why I love P&P so much is exactly the fact that they complement each other, bring out the best in each other, are equals in spite of the social/fortune difference.
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Were Lizzie or Darcy really good catches?

Jim G.MApril 28, 2016 03:14PM

Please, the character's name was Lizzy, not Lizzie (nfm)

Margaret FMay 04, 2016 09:47PM

It was Elizabeth actually, but hey-ho..(-: N.F.M

Jim G.MMay 04, 2016 10:23PM

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AmytatApril 30, 2016 06:26AM

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Jim G.MApril 30, 2016 12:42PM

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AmytatMay 01, 2016 04:16AM

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Jim G.MMay 01, 2016 12:32PM

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AmytatMay 02, 2016 05:07AM

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Jim G.MMay 02, 2016 02:05PM

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AmytatMay 03, 2016 01:44AM

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Jim G.MMay 03, 2016 07:48PM

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AmytatMay 03, 2016 10:02PM

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PeterMay 04, 2016 01:39AM

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AmytatMay 04, 2016 10:35PM

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Jim G.MMay 04, 2016 01:02PM

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PeterMay 04, 2016 03:21PM

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Jim G.MMay 04, 2016 06:49PM

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PeterMay 03, 2016 11:37AM

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Agnes BeatrixMay 01, 2016 04:32PM

Just a thought

PeterMay 01, 2016 08:58PM

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Deb PMay 02, 2016 03:25AM

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Jim G.MMay 02, 2016 01:26PM

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AmytatMay 03, 2016 01:51AM

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Sarah WaldockMay 02, 2016 04:13PM

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PeterMay 02, 2016 04:57PM

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Jim G.MMay 02, 2016 06:49PM

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AmytatMay 03, 2016 01:46AM

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Sarah WaldockMay 02, 2016 09:33PM

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Jim G.MMay 02, 2016 10:58PM

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Sarah WaldockMay 02, 2016 09:30PM

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Jim G.MMay 02, 2016 04:48PM

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Sarah WaldockMay 03, 2016 07:54PM

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Jim G.MMay 01, 2016 11:52PM

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AmytatMay 02, 2016 05:14AM

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Agnes BeatrixApril 30, 2016 01:31PM

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Jim G.MApril 30, 2016 03:12PM

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Agnes BeatrixApril 30, 2016 08:12PM

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Jim G.MApril 30, 2016 10:29PM

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Agnes BeatrixApril 29, 2016 10:09PM

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Jim G.MApril 30, 2016 12:08AM

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Agnes BeatrixApril 30, 2016 07:40AM

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PeterApril 28, 2016 11:09PM

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Jim G.MApril 29, 2016 12:04AM

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PeterApril 29, 2016 01:04AM

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Jim G.MApril 29, 2016 11:44AM

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PeterApril 29, 2016 01:40PM

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Jim G.MApril 29, 2016 02:20PM

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Rae ElaineApril 28, 2016 09:28PM

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Jim G.MApril 28, 2016 10:41PM

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AmytatApril 30, 2016 06:19AM

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DorotheeApril 28, 2016 06:06PM

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Jim G.MApril 28, 2016 06:17PM

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Sarah WaldockApril 29, 2016 02:20PM

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Jim G.MApril 29, 2016 06:35PM

The entire point of P&P

Femme MalheureuseApril 29, 2016 08:26PM

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Jim G.MApril 29, 2016 08:42PM

Want, Need, Love

Femme MalheureuseApril 29, 2016 10:05PM

Where Mr. Collins says anything about holding hands or kissing?

GracielaApril 29, 2016 07:18PM

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Jim G.MApril 29, 2016 08:17PM



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