Thursday, March 16, 2006

Pride, prejudice and happiness - readers choose happy endings

“· 41% prefer novels that make them feel better · Young people most likely to welcome sad finale
A truth which has the downside of keeping many true artists poor in garrets and many false ones rich in mansions was universally acknowledged yesterday. It is that most of us crave overwhelmingly a happy ending to a novel; and that Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice - in which Elizabeth and Mr Darcy ride off to Pemberley in the sunset and live happily ever after - is our runaway favourite of a perfect ending.”

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