Pride-and-Prejudice傲慢与偏见

Mr. Bennet's wife ,a woman whose main concern in life is seeing her daughters married She is her father's favorite daughter and inherits well. Querulous( 易怒的 ) and vain . Jane Bennet —— the one considered the Fitzwilliam Darcy an intelligent, wealthy and his intelligence and — wit. She is clever ，beautiful and Charles Bingley An outgoing, wealthy most beautiful. She has a reserved Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman reserved man, who often appears haughty Independent . Disgusting class differences .withor young man who leases property near the personality and tends to hide her feelings. an to estate in Hertfordshire. He has five Bennets' estate. proud strangers. She is incapable of suspecting the worst of unmarried daughters but no sons while people, preferring to see only the good.
The cottage in Chawton where Jane Austen lived during the last eight years of her life, now Jane Austen's House Museum
Social Background
O Few middle-class women could choose not to marry or to marry simply for love. O Women could not enter occupations and earn their own living; one might become a governess, but this job paid little and was similar to a servant in status. A few middle class women did write, like Jane Austen, but they seldom made enough money to live on, and few women inherited wealth. (Property and money were passed down through men.) Marriage was the only path to financial security.
O Women devoted themselves to attracting a husband. A wellrounded education was not essential, since women would spend their time in the home.
Plot Summary
In 1783 ,Jane was sent to Oxford to be educated by Mrs. Ann Cawley In 1786, returned home , educated by their father
In 1801,because her father was retired, Jane moved to Bath with her family 1805, her father was dead, and in 1806 Jane moved to Southampton with her mother and sister
Just at this point, news reaches Elizabeth that her youngest sister Lydia has eloped with Wickham. By Darcy’s help, their marriage is finally brought about. And through his influence, the former tie between Bingley and Jane is renewed, which leads to their engagement.
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Jane Austen
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Jane Austen (December16th , 1775 –July18th ,1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction set among the gentry(上流社会人士) have earned her a place as one of the most beloved writers in English literature. Among scholars（学者） and critics（评论家）, Austen‘s realism（现实主义） and biting(辛辣的)social commentary（评论） have cemented her historical importance as a writer.
However, Darcy continues to be attracted to her, in spite of himself, till he proposes to her but is rejected indignantly. Later on, on a trip to north of England with her uncle and aunt, Elizabeth chances to meet Darcy, who receives them very warmly and shows greatly improved manners. Thus pride and prejudice is removed.
In 1809, move to a large cottage in the village of Chawton
Characteristics of Pride and Prejudice
O The most remarkable character of Austen‟s work is the accurate descriptions of the details of daily life. Austen focuses on daily life of middle-class with humor and understanding. She observes every small matters and every ordinary person in her own life and tries to describe them in her novel. What are important for her are those little matters. In her time marriage mainly determined women's social status. It is obviously reflected in Pride and Prejudice. The characters of Pride and Prejudice are all ordinary people and the dialogues and events may happen in everyone’s daily life O In Pride and Prejudice she describes the middle class, with which she is familiar and the part of the country with which she was acquainted. She puts her first-hand observation and experience into this novel to tell us stories about the Bennet sisters.
Mr and Mrs Bennet live with their five daughters at Longbourn near London. Because they have no son, their property will have to pass, according to the law at that time, to a cousin, William Collins. Hoping to secure their daughters’ position in society, they both want to marry them to some wealthy gentlemen. It so happens that Charles Bingley, a single man in possession of a good fortune, comes to settle in the neighborhood with his two sisters and his friend Fitzwilliam Darcy, who is also rich and unmarried. Bingley and Jane fall in love with each other almost at first sight. And Darcy is attracted to Jane’s sister Elizabeth, but he offends her by his insolent behavior and rude remarks at a ball. The dislike and repulsion(反感) is increased by the pride of the one and the prejudice of the other.