Willoughby's Romantic Entrance

From Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Willoughby's introduction is staged as a literal Romantic rescue, complete with rain, a fall, and a handsome stranger sweeping the heroine into his arms.
Chapter 9

Willoughby carries the injured Marianne home through the rain—a parody and embodiment of the Gothic-Romantic hero's entrance.

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Chapter 44

Willoughby's late-night confession to Elinor at Cleveland—one of Austen's most morally complex scenes, often debated for the sympathy it extracts from both Elinor and the reader.

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