Why do heroines die in classic fiction? BBC had doctors analyse the death of Sense and Sensibility’s Marianne, Wuthering Heights’s Catherine, and Bleak House’s Lady Dedlock. Fun!
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Great article, thanks for pointing that out. Btw, Marianne didn’t die, but very nearly did. She got well and married Colonel Brandon. The other two most certainly did die, and in a big way!