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读书报告

I. Introduction

The English author Jane Austen lived from

1775 to

1817. Born on December 16th,

1775 at

Steventon,

Hampshire,

England.

Austen

was

one

of

eight

children

of

an

English

clergyman,

and

given the accomplishments of her novels. She was educated mainly at home. At an early age she

began

writing

sketches

and

satires

of

popular

novels

for

her

family's

entertainment.

As

a

clergyman's daughter from a well-connected family, she had ample opportunity to study the habits

of the middle class, the gentry, and the aristocracy. She lived a remarkably quiet and domestic life

in the rural south of England. She never married and was only 41 when she died.

Jane Austen's novels were witty, warm and ironic portraits of the privileged classes of 18th-

and 19th-century England. Her novels are highly prized not only for their light irony, humor, and

depiction of contemporary English country life, but also for their underlying serious qualities.

Novels

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Sense and Sensibility

(1811)

Pride and Prejudice

(1813)

Mansfield Park

(1814)

Emma

(1815)

Northanger Abbey

(1817) (posthumous)

Persuasion

(1817) (posthumous)

Short fiction

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Lady Susan

(1794, 1805)

Unfinished fiction

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The Watsons

(1804)

Sanditon

(1817)

Other works

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Sir Charles Grandison

(1793, 1800)

Plan of a Novel

(1815)

Poems

Prayers

Letters

II. Summary

The

story

shows

the

British

society's

life

at

that

time

by

describing

the

marriage

problems.

It

mainly

describes the love story of Bennet ’s several daughters. Mr. Bingley is newly from London and falls in love with

the

biggest

daughter,

Jane.

His

friend

Darcy

is

sweet

upon

the

second

daughter

Elizabeth,

but

their

marriage

moves slowly for some reasons. After a range of interesting troubles, the misunderstandings are finally removed.

With Darcy overcomes his pride, and Elizabeth overcomes her prejudice, they get together finally. By describing

different marriages, Austin expresses her opinions of the marriage which insist on the understanding to each other.

To a certain extent, this novel also reflects the wish for the independent marriage for women at that time.

Mr.

Bennet

is

an

English

gentleman

living

in

Hertfordshire

with

his

overbearing

wife.

The

Bennets 5 daughters: the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty

and the wild Lydia. Unfortunately for the Bennets, if Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited

by a distant

cousin whom

they have never met, so the family's

future happiness and security

are

dependent on the daughters making good marriages.

Life is uneventful until the arrival in the neighborhood of the rich gentleman Mr. Bingley, who

rents a large house so he can spend the summer in the country. Mr. Bingley brings with him his

sister and his friend Mr. Darcy.

One night, at a dancing party,

Mr. Bingley is well- received in the community; but Mr. Darcy is

very proud and indifferent to other people.

Mr. Bingley falls in love with Jane immediately, and

so does Jane. Mr. Bingley and Jane Bennet begin to grow close relationship despite Mrs. Bennet's

interference and the opposition of Bingley's sister. Beca

use of Mr. Darcy’s pride,

Elizabeth

is stung

by his haughty rejection of her and decides to match his coldness with her own wit. Sometime later,

Mr.

Darcy

begins

to

develop

interests

in

Elizabeth.

At

another

dancing

party,

Mr.

Darcy

invites

Elizabeth

to

dance

only

to

be

refused.

Mr.

Darcy

is

in

a

difficult

position.

At

the

same

time