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[anghraine]

In response to this, cosmonauthill said:

They’re also just… super compatible! I don’t understand the mystery here!

I replied:

Hah, yeah. Almost like

he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, would most suit her. His understanding and temper, though unlike her own, would have answered all her wishes. It was an union that must have been to the advantage of both.
 

But even if people quibble with Elizabeth’s POV there, it is explicitly stated that they were always grateful for their marriage! There is no ambiguity! And it is literally the last line of the book.

#some of austen's novels end on... other notes #but pride and prejudice's is a straight up HEA #focused on the couple themselves