Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray

By luckyHammer

I always wonder about these stories where the “happy ending” shows up and then the author sort of shuts the curtain. Like, shouldn’t the couple still have doubts or struggle a bit? It feels like once they cross into marriage-land everything is just supposed to be smooth and sunny, and they can only stroll off toward old age all content. But with Amelia, she doesn’t seem so settled yet—she’s right there on the other side and still looking back, worried, like she’s leaving behind those people waving goodbye from the far shore.