I’ve notice a number of situations in S&S which crop up the later books and probably better handled.
Among others I note these. Any other suggestions?
A female tyrant imposing a marriage – Mrs Ferrers – Lady Catherine
A mother with daughters in straitened circumstances – Mrs Dashwood – it is what Mrs Bennet fears will happen after Mr Bennet’s death
A last minute off stage and unlooked for elopement which leads the hero to marry the heroine – Lucy Steele and Robert Ferrers –Maria Rushworth and Henry Crawford.
A woman having to keep quiet about her love while very unsure of it – Elinor – Fanny Price, Jane Fairfax, Anne Elliot
A charming cad who has seduced, or tried to seduce, a young woman –Willoughby- Wickham
A young woman coming to marry a man she had initially dismissed – Marianne and Colonel Brandon – Lizzie and Darcy.
A doting mother and noisy children – Lady Middleton – Mary Musgrave, Isabella Knightly (whose kids are far better behaved.)
A heroine marrying a clergyman - Edward - Henry Tilney, Edmund Bertram
A silly young woman going on about men - Nancy Steele - Isabella Thorpe, Lydia Bennett (who are both considerably younger)