Love, Victorious

Love, Victorious

Ada and Arindalmortal and fairy permitted to stay together. [Ger. Opera: Wagner, The Fairies, Westerman, 202]Babbiegypsy wins clergyman despite opposition of town. [Br. Lit.: The Little Minister]Beatrice and Benedickwitty rebels against love; become enamored. [Br. Lit.: Much Ado About Nothing]Bell, Laurawins Pendennis’s love despite his slavish admiration for wealth. [Br. Lit.: Pendennis, Magill I, 726–728]Bennet, Elizabethneither pride nor prejudice can cover up love for Darcy. [Br. Lit.: Pride and Prejudice, Magill I, 180–183]Berling, Gosta, and Countess Elizabethmarry after many years of misunderstanding and misadventure. [Swed. Lit.: Lagerlof Gosta Berling’s Saga in Benét, 412]Bezuhov, Pierrelong in love with Natasha Rostov; united after the deaths of his wife and her lover. [Russ. Lit.: Tolstoy War and Peace in Magill I, 1085]Castlewood, Lady and Henry Esmondboth undergo many trials before he realizes their love and they marry. [Br. Lit.: Henry Esmond]Cellini and Teresatheir love prevails, despite jealous suitors and duels. [Fr. Opera: Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini, Westerman, 169–170]di Ripafratta, Cavalieravowed woman-hater falls to innkeeper’s feminine charms. [Ital. Lit.: The Mistress of the Inn]Dodsworth, Samfinally leaves hypocritical wife for true love. [Am. Lit.: Dodsworth]Doone, LornaJohn and Lorna’s love wins over many obstacles. [Br. Lit.: Lorna Doone, Magill I, 524–526]Elliott, Annenine years after her family made her give up her fiancé, they meet again and are united. [Br. Lit.: Persuasion in Magill I, 734]Ernesto and Norinatheir schemes permit love to conquer. [Ital. Opera: Donizetti, Don Pasquale, Westerman, 123–124]Frithiof and Ingeborgchildhood lovers separated for years by court intrigue, finally reunited [Nor. Lit.: Haydn & Fuller, 275]Ione and Glaucusthough threatened by jealous rivals, a murder plot, and volcanic eruption, they eventually attain happiness. [Br. Lit.: The Last Days of Pompeii]Jones, Tomeventually marries Sophia Western, his sweetheart from early childhood, after they have been kept apart by his adventurousness and unknown antecedents. [Br. Lit.: Fielding Tom Jones]Ladislaw, Willfinally marries Dorothea, despite her family’s protests. [Br. Lit.: Middlemarch, Magill I, 588–591]Laviniaafter war, affianced to Aeneas. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid]Levin and Kittylong kept apart by her early refusal, their pride, and misunderstanding, they are eventually united. [Russ. Lit.: Tolstoy Anna Karenina]Lucia and Renzopeasants whose marriage, long thwarted by the machinations of a local baron, is eventually consummated. [Ital. Lit.: Manzoni The Betrothed in Magill II, 88]Nanki-Poowins Yum-Yum despite his self-exile to defy his father’s commands. [Br. Opera: Gilbert and Sullivan The Mikado]Nikulaussön, Erlenddespite social convention, he wins Kris-tin’s hand. [Nor. Lit.: Kristin Lavransdatter, Magill I, 483–486]Peer GyntSolveig loves Peer Gynt, despite his life of wandering, and finally wins him. [Nor. Drama: Ibsen Peer Gynt in Sobel, 531]pierced heartRenaissance emblem, with motto, “Love conquers all.” [Art: Hall, 146]Pontmercy, Mariusdespite grandfather’s forbiddance, marries Cosette. [Fr. Lit.: Les Misérables]Prince Charminghandsome suitor fulfills a maiden’s dreams. [Fr. Fairy Tale: Cinderella]Rowenaloved by Ivanhoe, who finally claims her hand. [Br. Lit.: Ivanhoe]Taming of the Shrew, TheLucentio wins Bianca despite the machinations of his rivals and the objections of her father. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew]Tamino and Paminaundergo trials and confinement before being united. [Ger. Opera: Mozart The Magic Flute in Benét, 619]Western, JasperBumppo relinquishes his claim on Mabel to Jasper, whom Mabel loves. [Am. Lit.: The Pathfinder, Magill I, 715–717]Wickfield, Agnesher love for David, long concealed, is fulfilled after his first wife dies. [Br. Lit.: Dickens David Copperfield]