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Views on Marriage of Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice

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Views on Marriage of Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice 论《傲慢与偏见》中简奥斯丁的婚姻观

Abstract:Jane Austen was one of the distinguished realistic novelists in the nineteenth- century in English literature．Pride and Prejudice is a world- wide popular novel published in 1813．Austen set the story in the first decade of the nineteenth century．At that time，marriage was the only way for women to gain social status and recognition. From the description of four different marriages, the novel explore the important role that money and love plays in marriage. Austen fully expresses her original views on marriage：property, social status and love are three indispensable elements in a marriage．It is wrong to marry for money，but it is unwise to marry without money. Austen’s views on marriage emphasi ze love and economic condition, and a happy marriage should be based on mutual love ,mutual understanding .The thesis tries to draw some inspiration from Austen and provide some hints for modern women in their view of marriage。

Key words: Love;Marriage; Money; social status

摘要：简·奥斯汀是十九世纪英国文学史上最伟大的现实主义小说家之一。她的《傲慢与偏见》于1813年问世，是一部享誉世界的著名小说。小说将故事情节置于十九世纪初，十九世纪的英国，婚姻是女性获得社会地位和社会认知的唯一途径。小说通过对四种不同婚姻的描写，探讨金钱与爱情在婚姻中的重要作用，从而得出作者简·奥斯汀的婚姻观：财产、社会地位和爱情是婚姻中必不可少的三个因素，为了金钱而结婚是错误的，然而缺少金钱的婚姻也是不明智的。奥斯汀的婚姻观强调爱情和经济条件，认为幸福的婚姻应该建立在相互爱慕和相互理解上。本文作者意在借用奥斯汀的一些进步观点为现代女性在婚姻观方面提供一些借鉴

关键词：爱情；婚姻；金钱；社会地位

Contents Abstract (2)

Ke ywords (2)

Chapter1 Introduction (4)

1.1Jane Austen (4)

1.2 Background of Pride and Prejudice (4)

Chapter2Four Marriages in Pride and Prejudice (6)

2.1 Collins and Char lotte’s marriage (6)

2.2. Lydia and Wickham’s Marriage (7)

2.3. Jane and M r. Bingley’s Marriage (7)

2.4. Darcy and Elizabeth’s Marriage (8)

Chapter3 Views on four Marriages of Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice (11)

3.1. Marriage based on true love and mutual understanding (11)

3.1.1. Jane and Mr. Bingley’s marriage (11)

3.1.2. Darcy and Elizabeth’s marriage (11)

3.2. Marriage based on money and social status (12)

3.2.1. Collins and Charlotte’s marriage (12)

3.2.2. L ydia and Wickham’s Marriage (13)

Chapter4 The practical importance of Jane Austen's views (15)

4.1.At Jane Austen time (15)

4.2 .In modern society (16)

Chapter5 Conclusion (18)

Chapter1 Introduction

1.1 Jane Austin

“Jane Austen (1775-1817) was born in Hampshire, a country priest family located in Hants, the village of Kingston, Sidemen in north England. She was a beautiful, talented middle class woman with extraordinary temperament and good cultivation.”Her six novels－Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield, Emma, Persuasion“all describe more than marriage” (Wang, 2005: 64). However, her marriage is in blank within her 42 years lifetime. Going through the best time of the life, she ulti mately doesn’t meet the right person in her life and finally gives up her love. With these sweet and bitter experiences she writes the great work Pride and Prejudice.

Jane Austen was mostly tutored at home, and irregularly at school, but she received a broader education than many women of her time. She started to write for family amusement as a child. Her parents were avid readers; Austen's own favorite poet was Cowper. Her earliest-known writings date from about 1787. Very shy about her writing, she wrote on small pieces of paper that she slipped under the desk plotter if anyone came into the room. In her letters she observed the daily life of her family and friends in an intimate and gossipy manner: “James danced with Alethea, and cut up the turkey last night with great perseverance. You say nothing of the silk stockings; I flatter myself, therefore, that Charles has not purchased any, as I cannot very well afford to pay for them; all my money is spent in buying white gloves and pink pe rsian.” (Austen in a letter to her sister Cassandra in 1796)

1.2 Background of Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice, the book about commonplace things and ordinary people, is one of Jane Austen’s famous books, being the representative of realistic lite rature. In portrays, with special sensitive characteristic of female writers, the life and ideas of middle class who live in countryside. This novel makes an analysis of human nature and then stick up readers to think over social relations.