One of my favorite people posed a question today to her family and friends that I think is worth answering here: What is the greatest love story of all time?
I am going to change the question a little bit, however to what is my favorite fictional love story of all time. That seems much easier and less dangerous to answer. For me, the answer undoubtedly is the love story of Elizabeth Bennett and Fitzwilliam Darcy in Pride and Prejudice.
Elizabeth and Darcy are highly principled, moral people before they meet, but are also mutually improved throughout the book due to their association with one another. Their relationship and interactions force them both to take a more careful look at their character and behavior and to correct some of their flaws. At the same time, they both learn to turn a blind eye to the other one’s shortcomings, which is surely a key ingredient to enduring love. Darcy also sacrifices his own comfort, pride and material possessions in order to save Elizabeth from disgrace, without any intention of letting her know that it was he who had done so. His act was completely selfless, done solely for Elizabeth’s benefit. The icing on the cake is that the book is one of the most joyfully fun reads in the English language.
So what do you think is the greatest love story of all time?
2 comments:
I think that this very story you just wrote about is the greatest love story of ALL time!
Pride and Predjudice is my absolute favorite book and the A&E movie is great! I saw the recent Hollywood installment of the book and I still liked A&E's version better!
btw: I really like your blog. You bring up so many interesting points.
You know I'll be back!
I think Broke Back Mountain is the greatest love story ever told
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