pride and prejudice

Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
Jane Austen
Jane Austen was born at Steventon Parsonage, Hampshire, England, on December 16, 1775, the seventh of eight children. She was educated, in the main, by her ministerfather, and began her literary career by writing parodies and sketches for the amusement of her family. Her first twenty-six years were spent in the quiet of the rectory. In 1801 the Austen family moved to Bath in an attempt to restore the health of the father. Upon his death in 1817 .
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Mr. Darcy
Fitzwilliam Darcy is the central male character and Elizabeth's second love interest in the novel. He is an intelligent, wealthy, extremely handsome and reserved 28-year-old man, who often appears haughty or proud to strangers but possesses an honest and kind nature underneath. Initially, he considers Elizabeth his social inferior, unworthy of his attention, but he finds that, despite his inclinations, he cannot deny his feelings for Elizabeth. His initial proposal of marriage is rejected because of his pride and Elizabeth's prejudice against him; however, at the end of the novel, after their relationship has blossomed, he is happily engaged to a loving Elizabeth.

名著选读COLONEL Fitzwilliam ’s manners were very much admired at the parsonage ，and the ladies all felt that he must add considerably to the pleasure of their engage-ments at Rosings.It was some days ，however ，before they received any invitation thither ，for while there were visitors in the house they could not be necessary ；and it was not till Easter-day ，almost a week after the gentlemen ’s arrival ，that they were honoured by such an attention ，and then they were merely asked on leav-ing church to come there in the evening.For the last week they had seen very little of either Lady Catherine or her daughter.Colonel Fitzwilliam had called at the parsonage more than once during the time ，but Mr.Dar-cy they had only seen at church.The invitation was accepted of course ，and at a proper hour they joined the party in Lady Catherine ’s drawing room.Her ladyship received them civilly ，but it was plain that their company was by no means so ac-ceptable as when she could get nobody else ；and she was ，in fact ，almost engrossed by her nephews ，speak-ing to them ，especially to Darcy ，much more than to any other person in the room.Colonel Fitzwilliam seemed really glad to see them ；any thing was a welcome relief to him at Ros-ings ；and Mrs.Collins ’s pretty friend had moreover caught his fancy very much.He now seated himself by her ，and talked so agreeably of Kent and Hertfordshire ，of travelling and staying at home ，of new books and《傲慢与偏见》（Pride and Prejudice ）是英国女小说家简·奥斯汀的长篇小说。

Charlotte Lucas
--世俗利益型或现实功利型
“ It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. ”This is the first sentence in this novel ,Charlotte and Collins’ marriage demonstrated it completely .She takes life as it comes ,when she decide to make a big commitment to Collins , her life turn over a new leaf . I think their mating together is right to their social states and realm of thought. Mercenary marriage .
Pride and Prejudice focuses on the importance of marriage to the lives of women of the gentry in the late eighteenthand early nineteenth-century England. When we focus exclusively on the issue of marriage in the novel, however,the fact that many women of Austen’s time never married is often overlooked. Life for women without husbands was very different form life for those with living mates

MR.BENNET had very often wished ，before this period of his life ，that ，instead of spending his whole income ，he had laid by an annual sum for the better provision of his children ，and of his wife ，if she survived him.He now wished it more than ever.Had he done his duty in that respect ，Lydia need not have been indebted to her uncle for whatever of honour or credit could now be purchased for her.The satisfaction of prevailing on one of the most worthless young men in Great Britain to be her husband might then have rested in its proper place.He was seriously concerned that a cause of so little advantage to any one should be forwarded at the sole expence of his brother-in-law ，and he was determined ，if possible ，to find out the extent of his assistance ，and to discharge the obligation as soon as he could.When first Mr.Bennet had married ，economy was held to be perfectly useless ；for ，of course ，they were to have a son.This son was to join in cutting off the entail ，as soon as he should be of age ，and the widow and younger children would by《傲慢与偏见》（Pride and Prejudice ）是英国女小说家简·奥斯汀的长篇小说。