Pulling off a marriage proposal is a tricky thing. Some women have terribly high expectations, and men are trying to step up to the plate, but it’s tough! Skywriting? A diamond ring hidden in a cake? It can be hard to pull off something that is surprising, romantic, and unique. Frankly, any woman who must be courted by such extravagant gestures may be not quite fully baked, but I digress.
For a romance writer, there is similar pressure to come up with something that will surprise and delight the reader. The writer can always go for stunningly romantic, but there is a charm in the bungled proposal, too. The Rose of Winslow Street will have seen a world-class botched proposal, but for your viewing pleasure, I give you a clip from Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice. This is surely one of the most wretched proposals in literary and cinematic history!
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You did a great job with the botched proposal! I’m almost to the end of the book. I nearly killed me to put it down and go to sleep last night, but I knew I had to if I wanted to get any of my writing done today! 🙂
I agree, it was a poor proposal. Thankfully, he makes up for it later. 🙂
Yes, it was a botched proposal but it sure was a lovely setting! It’s been awhile since I watched the movie; I may have to check it out again soon. The Rose of Winslow Street is in my “to read” pile; hopefully I can get to it before too much longer.
Darcy may have royally botched that proposal but there’s still a part of me that would have said yes! Granted… this is coming from a girl who named her car Mr. Darcy.
Oh, and I loved the proposal in your book, Elizabeth. I enjoyed Libby’s response it to… such a 180 from where she had just been. You go girl!
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Yeah….. I probably would have given Darcy a second shot, too!