As far as proposals go, Mr Darcy's first one was really pretty awful.
(2005 BBC Version) "In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. In declaring myself thus I’m fully aware that I will be going expressly against the wishes of my family, my friends, and, I hardly need add, my own better judgement. The relative situation of our families is such that any alliance between us must be regarded as a highly reprehensible connection. Indeed, as a rational man I cannot but regard it as such myself, but it cannot be helped."
But still - there is something so wonderfully romantic about such a pathetic attempt at declaring his love for the wonderful Miss Elizabeth Bennett! While daydreaming about all the wonderful things that I could buy on Etsy last week, I stumbled across Brookish's shop. Mr Darcy's proposal on your coffee mug, or tea towel. Almost too much for a Pride and Prejudice lover to bear!
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How funny that you have posted twice this week about Pride and Prejudice, Clare - after many years on my "Must Do Before I Die" list, I am finally reading it and have read the exact passage you have quoted just last night!
What a great present for a sister who likes Jane Austen, is probably a romantic and may move out of home soon! But not a surprise as she will probably read this! How poor the world without romance, however misguided.
Christie, so glad that you're reading Pride and Prejudice. I'm currently reading "A Scarlet Letter" after many years of having it on my list and am really enjoying it too. Although I think I still prefer the slightly light-hearted English 'chick-lit' classics to the more puritanical New England stuff.
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