珍.奥斯汀(Jane Austen, 1775–1817),英国女作家,作品诠释英国十八世纪末的乡绅生活,反映女性的追求与社会婚姻观,但本身却一生小姑独处。珍.奥斯汀着作丰富,皆以匿名方式出版,代表作品包括《理性与感性》(Sense and Sensibility, 1811)、《傲慢与偏见》(Pride and Prejudice, 1813)、《艾玛》(Emma, 1815)、《曼斯菲尔德庄园》(Mansfield Park, 1814)等。
珍.奥斯汀的第二部小说《傲慢与偏见》,是最获盛誉之作,在撰写时年仅二十一岁。故事的时空背景为十八世纪末、十九世纪初的英国,描绘班奈特(Bennet)一家人和五名待嫁女儿的故事,传达英国地主乡绅贵族的情感和婚姻问题。
班奈特太太人生中最大的心愿,就是见到五个女儿们出阁,故事从女儿伊莉莎白(Elizabeth)和达西先生(Mr. Darcy)之间的爱情开展出来,为了这段爱情,男方要克服自己的傲慢,女方要抛开自己的偏见。珍.奥斯汀曾经在一封信中写到了她对伊莉莎白的看法:「我得承认,她是文学作品中一个最令人赞赏的角色,我不知道该如何容忍那些无法欣赏她的人。」
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Pride and Prejudice was first written between October 1796 and August 1797 and it was called First Impressions. It wasn’t published, however, until 1813. It was Jane Austen’s second novel. She was twenty-one years old when she first wrote it. It is still one of the most popular novels in English literature and it has sold more than 20 million copies. Pride and Prejudice was published anonymously and was credited to the author of Sense and Sensibility.
Pride and Prejudice is a story of life and love in England in the 1800s. The story is about Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their five unmarried daughters. Mrs. Bennet’s main purpose in life is to see her five daughters married. Consequently, she is very happy when a handsome rich gentleman arrives in the neighborhood, and he falls in love with her eldest daughter Jane. However, when her sister, the clever and witty Elizabeth Bennet first meets his handsome and wealthier friend, Mr. Darcy, she dislikes him. And that is the beginning of their wonderful love story. In order for them to fall in love, his pride and her prejudice must be overcome.
About Elizabeth, Jane Austen wrote in a letter: “I must confess that I think her as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print, and how I shall be able to tolerate those who do not like her at least I do not know.”
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