Posted on Sunday, 8 September 2002
Pride and Predjudice: Boy meets Girl. Boy loves Girl. Boy is proud. Girl is prejudiced. Boy gets un-proud. Girl gets un-prejudiced. Girl loves Boy. Girl marries Boy.
Emma: Boy loves Girl. Girl deludes herself. Girl realizes she loves Boy. Girl marries Boy.
Sense and Sensibility: Boy meets Girl. Boy and Girl fall in love. Boy engaged to Witch. Colonel loves Girl's Sister. Girl's Sister loves Rake. Rake jilts Girl's Sister. Witch jilts Boy. Girl marries Boy. Colonel marries Girl's Sister.
Northanger Abbey: Boy meets Girl. Girl loves Boy. Girl reads too many horrid novels. Boy is clever and witty. Boy loves Girl. Boy's father objects, then doesn't. Girl marries Boy.
Mansfield Park: Boy Cousin meets Girl Cousin. Girl Cousin loves Boy Cousin. Boy Cousin loves tart. Boy Cousin is stupid, idiotic, oblivious, and in need of a slap upside the head- *ahem* Rake courts Girl Cousin. Rake elopes with Boy Cousin's Married Sister. Boy Cousin realizes Girl Cousin's worth. Girl Cousin marries Boy Cousin (*Note: During the Regency period it was not gross to marry one's cousin.)
Persuasion: Boy meets Girl. Boy and Girl fall in love. Girl is persuaded by Friend. Boy meets Girl again eight years later. Girl still loves Boy. Boy still loves Girl. Girl marries Boy.