Colin Firth as Darcy following the 1995 BBC pond scene

I like to consider myself a pretty enthusiastic Pride and Prejudice fan (I’m re-re-re-reading my Austen collection at the moment to celebrate 250 years since her birth).

And among fans of the book, it is a truth (almost) universally acknowledged that the 1995 BBC adaptation is the best. Sorry, Kiera Knightley.

But a recent YouGov poll has shaken me to my core. Researching common Mandela effects – a name given to what seem to be collective memories or inaccurate happenings, like a common misconception that Nelson Mandela died in prison in the ’80s – I found Colin Firth’s Darcy implicated.

His character, famous for THAT pond scene, never actually emerges, sodden-shirted,........

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