> Jane Austen herself lived her life unwed, and the character whom shared her name in P&P also finishes the novel unwed.
Doesn't Jane marry Charles Bingley at the end of the novel?
Doesn't Jane marry Charles Bingley at the end of the novel?
Bingley and Jane do wed though in a way largely in contrast to the rest of novels depictions of “the game”.
In the eleventh hour of the novel and in a more impulsive ceremony as a sort of ‘double marriage’ with Elizabeth and mr Darcy.
The bingley relationship is another example of the interpretation though because it appears the only one in the novel exhibiting “true love” and compatibility between both parties and is met with opposition from just about everyone else.
It’s pretty commonplace now that traditional audiences, studio execs, editors, and even other creators push creators in to tropey “they got together in the end” endings. Is it possible that was true then as well?
Jane's marriage is also by far the least impulsive of the four marriages depicted in the novel. It is the culmination of the longest arc, and the fulfillment of the longest-held hopes.