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Twenty-five years on, we’re all still looking for Mr Darcy – Sydney Morning Herald
Decades after BBC’s adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, we still can’t get enough of Jane Austen’s hero, a man born in a time without indoor plumbing – or equality.
But Murphy was far from alone, in experiencing a tricky social interaction that is potentially about as appealing as eating a sand toastie: watching your mother get hot and bothered.
Oh yeah, my mum loved Darcy, says University of Wollongong lecturer Dr Sarah Ailwood, who was 17 when the BBC series came out, adding that she too thought of him as an ideal partner, at the time.
And here’s the kicker we’re still in love, and lust, with Mr Darcy. (And the mother and daughter lustathon endures, too…
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