Pride and Prejudice and its consequences have been a disaster for the literary conscience
>>2524914150 Shades of Mr Darcy
>>25249141Are there any other chuds like Darcy who actually gets the girl?
>>25249141This literally never happens in the book, not even in any of the adaptions. This looks like a rendition made by someone who is resentful for whatever reason.
>>25249569You're telling me Mr. Darcy's 20-mile homoerotic radiation zone isn't in the book?! I would have never guessed...
>>25249569>A Fan Fictionno way...
>>25249569It didn't happen but it should have.
>>25249569It's a joke about Jane Austen stereotypes that don't match her actual books.
>>25249596>auras and metaphorical radiation zonesIs there any books whose plots revolve around such things?
>>25249669Roadside Picnic.
Mr Darcy is one of the largest landholders i.e. wealthiest men in the realm. It's literally billionaire romance
>>25249141darcy was just trump in a different era
>>25249667It sounds more like modern Harlequin shit
>>25249372Rich chuds? Yes, lots. In fiction and real life.
>>25249702>heroine vows to marry for love, not money>marries for love and gets money anywayThis is the essence of all chick-lit: whoring with a clear conscience.
>>25249850They'd rather have a poor Darcy than that beta rich guy in it
>>25249850Not really contradicting herself. In fact, she still refused him well after learning he was rich. The only reason they got together, as Nabokov pointed out, is that because she coincidentally had family near his place. Otherwise, they would've never seen each other again.
>>25249894But Darcy happens to be rich. Lucky Lizzie, eh?>>25250353Uh, you realise this was just a plot point contrived by the author, right?