《傲慢与偏见》书评-中英互译

Book review of

“

Pride and Prejudice

”

Pride

and

Prejudice

a famous

novel written

by the

British

writer

Jane

Austen. It is mainly about a

marriage story that

Darcy who is considered of very pride

and Lizzy

has

prejudice

against him

at

the

beginning

overcame

a

variety

of

misunderstandings and difficulties. At the same time, the novel also portrays

beautiful

scenery

and

traditional

custom

in

eighteenth

Century

England. In

this

novel, the

words

of

Characters

sometimes

sound humorous

and

sometimes

rational deep. The

plots

of

the

story are

also

so ups

and

downs

that the

readers

are

caught

in

them,

taste joys

and

sorrows

of the characters. Then, I

mainly

analyze the different

marriages

of

eight

characters in

the

novel to

feel

the

author's

view on

love

and

marriage.

tte and Collins

Charlotte,

one

of

Lizzy’s

close

friends, finally

married Reverend Collins. Lizzy

felt confused and

also tried to persuade her friends because Collins wanted to propose

to Lizzy just a few days ago. There is no love between them: for Collins, a wife just

means

the

priest’s

house

in

a

certain

area will

has

a

mistress, and

this

is Mrs.

Catherine wants

him

to

do;

for

Charlotte,

she married

to a

steady

income

person

just for

pursuing

a steady life of the future days.

Certainly

, Lizzy always thought that

there

can

be

no happiness

of

them. However,

Lizzie suddenly found

their fade

life

may also

be

regarded

as

a

kind

of happiness,

when she

visited

to

Charlotte. In

my

opinion, this is marriage with no love based, appeared firstly in the novel, is the most

disagreed marriage mode to the author.

2. Lydia and Wickham

Wickham is so

handsome and good

at pleasing people

that

Lizzie even also

had

feelings for him at start.

Actually,

he is exaggerated and

avaricious, and has a life full

of

luxury

and

waste. Lydia,

the

favorite

girl

to

mother,

is

a youngest daughter

of

Bennet’s

family.

She

loves communication,

and meets

a

lot of young

militiamen stationed

in

Meriton.

Certainly,

Wickham

is

also

included. She

is

too young to

dare,

and never

care

others'

tattle

and

prate about

the

elopement

with

Wickham. It

seems

to

be

an

certain

event

reflected

at

their

personalities.

People all

hold the

contemptuous

attitude to their marriage, in addition to her mother. But, it is

really

a

surprise

to

everyone

that

the

marriage

comes

such

fast.

Lydia

fall

in

love,

forgotten about herself, lacked of intelligence; and Wickham is driven by money even

he is

treacherous and cunning.

But the author seems to more appreciate this marriage

than the previous one, probably because this marriage is based from love to a certain

extent.

3. Bingley and Jane

The marriage

of

Bentley

and

Jane earns

not

easily. They

fall

in

love

at

first

sight

in

the

first party.

But

Bentley

is not confident

of this

love,

because

of Jane's introverted

temperament

which emotions are

not

exposed

on

the face. Then,

Bentley, with

no

independent,

is

persuaded

by

Darcy and

his sisters to

intend

to

put

down

this

feeling.

After

Bentley left Netherfield, Jane went

to London

to

hope

to meet

him

in

there.

But

she meets his

sister instead. Miss Bentley visits to her later, but do not talk the news to Bentley about the meet

and

never

plans

to

tell him. Jane feels

very

sad

after

she

comes

back.

Jane

keeps

silence

to others, may

because

she

has

the

responsibility

of

the

eldest in

family. One

day after

the

winter, neighbors heard Bentley will

go

back

to Netherfield

soon.

It’s

certainly

good

news

to

Jane, because she

will

be

related

to

it

largely

. When Lizzy told

her

about it, Jane

strongly denies and hides,

but

was

very happy

and

excited

inwardly

. Bentley goes

to Longbourn

immediately after

he

comes

to

Netherfield.

The

feeling

is

firmed

on

this

this

Bennett’s

visit,

although another help him to make this decision.

Bentley is a

very

modest, acclaimed

man

whose

personality

lacks

opinions

and

his

decisions are always influenced by other people. Jane often ascribes

all the people and things

to

the good side because of her kind-hearted and meekness. But, she is

not so clever and intelligent,

and

lack

the

emotion

filled

with

enthusiasm.

Their

marriage

is

easily

interrupted

by

external

factors, although

It has the true love. The

author

speaks highly of this marriage that she may not

be going to pursue.

4. Lizzy and Darcy

They have a marriage capable of evoking praises and tears. It not only breaks the

senses

of

hierarchy,

but

also

is

a

typical

moving

love

story

with

path

winds

along

mountain

ridges.

By

all

counts,

the

author

tends

to

this

kind

of

marriage

which

let

them fall in love after knowing each other increasingly.

Darcy

is

mature,

wisdom

and

full

of

sympathy,

but

doesn't

have

the

talent

of

conversing

easily

with

strangers

because

of

his

family

education

and

personal

character.

Then,

it

let

him

hardly

make

a

good

first

impression

to

others,

such

as

mentioned in the novel, all the people in

Netherfield

think Darcy is a pride person. The

truth will always be covering under surface. Lizzy conceives prejudices to Darcy at

the beginning and against him everywhere, although she is a smart and well observing

girl. What unexpected is Darcy slow begins to love Lizzy

，

no other than because of

her incoordination. Influenced by the social values, Darcy strenuously suppresses this

feeling. Before long, he leaves

Netherfield.

Darcy may be sure he will never meet Lizzy. Accidentally, they finally meet each

other

at

Hednesford.

At

this

moment,

Darcy

can’t

control

his

love

at

all.

He

confidently

makes

a

proposal

of

marriage,

while

Lizzy

refuses

completely.

After

knowing her attitude to himself, Darcy writes a long letter to her to explain the reason

to persuade Bingley to leave and the conflict with

Wickham. Lizzy is shocked when

she has read the letter and starts slow to generate favorable impression. Darcy begin

to change his pride

character after being refused, as well. Then, Darcy does

Bennet

some great services, such as he gives money to Wickham to ask him to marry Lydia

and

encourages

Bingley

to

propose

to

Jane.

Lizzy

appreciates

him

too

much

after

kowning everything from her aunt. At this time, love already takes root among them.

After going

to

Longbourn to hope Lizzy make a promise not marrying Darcy,

Mrs. Catherine

finds her nephew to

retell

Lizzy’s words and ask him to

make the same

promise. But her

words produce a contrary effects that Darcy retrieve the confidence to propose. It is no doubt to

success this time.