英文书评

When Pride Encounters Prejudice, Everything is Different

—the report of Pride and Prejudice

张文莹Nancy 外汉一班0091114047 Ⅰ:

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 –18 July 1817), one of the most famous novelists in Britain, was born in Hampshire. She lived in the villages throughout her life. Although there were 2 suitors, she never married. She finished her first novel when she was only 21 years old. This work’s name was First Impressions (After amending, it had a new name: Pride and Prejudice).

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Pride and Prejudice is a humorous story of love and marriage. Mr. Bennet was an English gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his wife. He had five daughters: the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Because of the law, after the death of Mr. Bennet, their house would be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met. This family's future happiness and security dependent on the 5 daughters’ marriages. One day, a rich gentleman Mr. Bingley came and rented a large house in this country. His sisters and his best friend Mr. Darcy came together. Love was soon in the air for one of the 5 sisters, while another had a prejudice against Mr. Darcy.

Then they experienced many things, but at last, Mr. Bingley married the oldest sister Jane, and Elizabeth overcame the prejudice and married to Mr. Darcy. It’s a happy ending.

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Although Mr. Song said the book report should be objective，but I had to say this book touched my heart deeply.

The women written by Jane Austen still live in our world.

Some like Charlotte Lucas, they choose a marriage without love just for money and a stable life.

Some like Lydia, they are so frivolous and foolish that they flatter themselves that they can do anything well.

Some like Mary, they are not good-looking but think themselves are the best ones. They look down every man while they are eager for a man’s love in their hearts.

Some like Jane, they are kind and beautiful, but they are also reserved and feminine。They don’t have courage to fight for the love of their own but wait here in vain.

And there are also some girls like innocent Ms Darcy or like vainglorious and superficially clever Bingley sisters.

Of course, some girls like Elizabeth, they are clever, gentle, open-minded, and they know their own hearts. They never give in even facing a difficult situation.

They are good ladies who are worth loving and cherishing.

Jane Austen’s wisdom always appeals to me, which makes me smile through the whole reading.

In fact, the life of Jane Austen was unremarkable，she nearly didn’t leave the villages where she lived. Therefore, in her books, you can’t find any historical plots or any abstruse things making you feel bored. She just wrote some common peopl e about their happiness, littl e troubl e, sorrow and perpl exity again and again by her keen observation and her out standing ability of writing. Although those stories happened in the vill ages of Britain 200 years ago, they are vivid today. Maybe she was not really a great writer in the worl d, but she is the cl everest and cutest woman in my heart. However, reality is not the novel. It is always cruel. Jane Austen never married throughout her life, her best friend was her sister. She was such a cl ever and naughty girl, whose gentl eness and beauty were ignored. It’s a pity that there was no one like Mr. Darcy to appreciate and l ove her.

Jane Austen and Eil een Chang were very like. Their works had many things in common. For exampl e, both of their works focused on the life which they were familiar with, and they both had the sharp observation. Although they liked to write some satires, Austen was gentl er than Eil een Chang.

In Pride and Prejudice,you can find some very interesting dial ogues. Such as in the CHAPTER 1, Mrs. Bonnet said: “Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own chil dren in such a way? Y ou take d elight in vexing me. You have no compassion on my poor nerves.” “You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my ol d friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these 20 years at l east.” the Mr. Bennet answered with a forced smil e.

What sarcastic humor it contained! She successfully depicted Mrs. Bennet as a woman of mean understanding, littl e information, and uncertain temper by few words. And the two of them l eft a d eep and cl ear imprison on the readers.

Love is the eternal theme of novel s. Pride and Prejudice was no exception, but it not only talked about “love”, al so mentioned “marriage”. The novel s about l ove or marriage are countl ess in the worl d. So standing out among them is not an easy thing. Pride and Prejudice can be one of the masterpieces and be loved by thousands upon thousands people from different countries, which proves that it does have its special glamour.

I mainly want to talk about Elizabeth’s 2 rejections. As readers or outsiders，we can easily reject anyone and don’t accept a marriage without love just for respecting our own hearts. But if you think it over and read the book again, you will find it needs great courage to reject a man who can support you a life without worrying about clothes and food. Rejecting her cousin Mr. Collins, an unpleasant person, seemed easy, however, her best friend Charlotte chose to marry him. This contrast shows very clearly that this rejection is difficult for a woman in those days.