If there’s one factor Jane Austen understood, it’s the artwork of the sluggish burn. Her novels — and the various, many display screen diversifications they’ve impressed — have delivered a number of the most unforgettable, breath-stealing love confessions in all of romantic storytelling. Whether or not it’s a smoldering Mr. Darcy lastly cracking or a flustered Hugh Grant combating via his stammer, Austen’s main males at all times discover a strategy to say exactly what we need to hear (ultimately).
In the meantime, we’re answering the identical three questions on Hinge and setting a timer to keep away from trying too keen. To distract us from the fashionable hellscape of courting and have fun the thirtieth anniversary of Clueless, Swooon is rating the 12 biggest love confessions in Jane Austen diversifications by their swoon issue, emotional payoff, and the way doubtless we have been to shout “KISS!” on the display screen.