1、Pride and Prejudice,Jane Austen (1775-1817),English writer, who first gave the novel its modern character through the treatment of everyday life. Although Austen was widely read in her lifetime, she published her works anonymously. The most urgent preoccupation of her bright, young heroines is court
2、ship and finally marriage. Austen herself never married. Her best-known books include PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (1813) and EMMA (1816). Virginia Woolf called Austen “the most perfect artist among women.“,Pride and Prejudice 傲慢与偏见 Persuasion 劝导 Mansfield Park 曼斯菲尔德庄园 Emma 爱玛 Sense and Sensibility 理智与情感 Nor
3、thanger Abbey 诺桑觉寺,It is a truth well known to all the world that an unmarried man in possession of a large fortune must be in need of a wife. 家产万贯而又尚未婚配的男人一定需要一位贤内助，这是一条世界上尽人皆知的真理。,It is universally acknowledged that the eternal theme of Jane Austens novels is the choice people make for marriage pa
4、rtners, so is in Pride and Prejudice. Mrs. Bennet had no other wishes if her five daughters could get married as soon as possible with someone wealthy. At a dancing ball, it is obvious that Mr. Bingley could not help falling in love with Miss Jane at the first sight because of her stunning beauty. M
5、rs. Bennet was so excited that she could not hold her manner and declared publicly she would have a daughter married soon, which frightened Mr. Bingley away.,Mr. Collins, a distance nephew of Mr. Bennet, came to ask a marriage to one of his cousins before Mrs. Bennet was able to get clear why Mr. Bi
6、ngley left suddenly. After receiving the hint from Mrs. Bennet that Jane already had an admirer, Mr. Collins turned to Elizabeth without wasting a minute and to Miss Charlotte Lucas two days later after being refused by Elizabeth. It was difficult for Mrs. Bennet to recover herself as a result of th
7、e“deadly stupid” decision made by Elizabeth until she got the news that Lydia finally married Mr. Wickham, though the marriage was built on the basis of ten thousand pounds.,Mr. Darcy offered the money and did everything departing from his will just because he loved Elizabeth so much. He could not h
8、ide his feelings any more and showed his affection to Elizabeth at last, who, because of a series of misunderstandings towards him, rejected him without hesitation. This plot is the climax of the novel as the prejudice of Elizabeth to Mr. Darcy was exposed and removed since then. And the combination
9、 of the two young couples, Jane and Bingley, Elizabeth and Darcy came at last.,views on romance and marriage,Charlotte：If she dosent show her feelings at all, even to the man she loves, she may lose the opportunity of catching him. Jane should use every moment she gets with Bingley to attract and en
10、courage him. Elizabeth：I consider a man should try to discover a womans feelings, not wait for her encouragement!,Charlotte：I think shed have as much chance of happiness if she married him tomorrow, as if she studied his character for a whole year. Happiness in marriage is simply a question of chance. I think its better to know as little as possible about the person youre going to spend your life with.,Thank you!,
