Some P&P fan fiction is so melodramatic–or trashy–that I can’t get past the first few pages, but a few are really great reads, including Unequal Affections by Lara S. Many people consider Pride & Prejudice the greatest love story of all time, and as such it has inspired numerous retellings, sequels, and spinoffs. This beautiful story shows Anne deciding to finally fight for what she wants, and the final scene or two are absolutely swoon-worthy! Jane Eyre Captain Wentworth’s proximity in the neighborhood stirs up the heartbreak and love she’s kept secret all these years, even as she watches him falling for the young and beautiful Louisa Musgrove. Always shy, she’s soon humiliated when she finds out that their new tenants are related to Captain Frederick Wentworth, the man whose proposal of marriage she was forced to refuse years ago because her parents didn’t think him worthy of her. And that’s saying something, because Jane Austen can pack more romance into a simple look or touch than any other author I’ve ever read! In Persuasion, Anne Elliot is approaching spinsterhood–or maybe already firmly entrenched in it, depending on whom you ask–when she learns that her father’s years of overspending mean they must rent out their family home and go live somewhere cheaper.
So Pride & Prejudice is probably the most famous of the romantic classics, but I actually think the lesser known Persuasion is the better love story.
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