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cimorenestultiloquentia posted: How Conservative is P&P?There's a great question lurking behind these grumbles! What purpose does Darcy serve in Austen's canon outside of "giving her deserving heroine a fairy-tale ending"? Because he's not just a fantasy of a romantic lead, kids. He's social commentary.
I said YES! and EXACTLY! through the first half of this, then learned things and thought about new things that I hadn't thought of before throughout the second half, which is one of the best ways to read an essay about one of your lifelong favorite writers.
