Pride and Prejudice
What evidence of reconciliation does Austen present at the end of her novel?
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I think there is reconciliation among all the characters in some way. Mr. Darcy certainly understands that there is more to love than his pride and Elizabeth learns that there is more to love than prejudice. I think Elizabeth also learns that Jane can have a successful marriage despite not being totally in romantic love. The Bennet parents really don’t have to reconcile that much except for perhaps Lydia. Charlotte, who gives in to the temptation of marrying simply for pragmatic financial reasons, will have to bear with the insufferable formality and long-windedness of Mr. Collins for the rest of her life. Ironically, precisely through their refusal to turn marriage into a business transaction, Elizabeth and Jane end up with husbands who are both very wealthy and perfectly suited to their characters.