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1、LiteratureReviewPrideandPrejudiceisconsideredJaneAusten?smostfamousandsuccessfulnovel.Andinmanypeople?sopinionitisalsooneofthegreatestfictionswritteninEnglish.Itcontainsalltheelementsnecessaryforgreatliterature:anattractiveplot,aconcisestyle,propersetting,andfascinatingcharacters.Manyliteraturecriti

2、cswriteessaystoanalyzethisbookandIarrangetheminthefollowinglogicalway.1. TheMostRemarkableCharacterofAustenWorkThemostremarkablecharacterofAusten?workistheaccuratedescriptionsofthedetailsofdailylife.AsW.F.Pollock(1860)said“MissAustenneverattemptstodescribeasceneoraclassofsocietywithwhichshewasnother

3、selfthoroughlyacquainted.Theconversationsofladieswithladies,orofladiesandgentlementogether,aregiven,butnoinstanceoccursofasceneinwhichmenonlyarepresent.Austenfocusesondailylifeofmiddle-classwithhumorandunderstanding.Sheobserveseverysmallmattersandeveryordinarypersoninherownlifeandtriestodescribethem

4、inhernovel.Whatareimportantforherarethoselittlematters,asEmmasays,“onwhichthedailyhappinessofprivatelifedepends.Inhertimemarriagemainlydeterminedwomenssocialstatus.ItisobviouslyreflectedinPrideandPrejudice.ThecharactersofPrideandPrejudiceareallordinarypeopleandthedialoguesandeventsmayhappenineveryon

5、e?sdailylife.ManyliterarycriticshavethesameideaasW.F.Pollock,suchasW.A.N.andSirWalterScott.W.A.N.(1815)said,ThemostremarkablecharacteristicofJaneAustenasanovelistisherrecognitionofthelimitsofherknowledgeoflifeandherdeterminationnevertogobeyondtheselimitsinherbooks?.InPrideandPrejudiceshedescribesthe

6、middleclass,withwhichsheisfamiliarandthepartofthecountrywithwhichshewasacquainted.Sheputsherfirst-handobservationandexperienceintothisnoveltotellusstoriesabouttheBennetsisters.Sheherselfspeaksofthelittlebit(twoincheswide)ofivoryonwhichIwork.WecantakeanydialoguefromPrideandPrejudice,andyouwillfinditi

7、sjustliketalksineverynormaldayofthattime.SirWalterScott(1826)alsoevaluatedPrideandPrejudiceinhisjournal:Readagain,andforthethirdtimeatleast,MissAustensveryfinelywrittennovelofPrideandPrejudice.Thatyoungladyhasatalentfordescribingtheinvolvementsandfeelingsandcharactersofordinarylifewhichistomethemost

8、wonderfulIevermetwith.Thebigbow-wowstrainIcandomyselflikeanynowgoing;butthedelicatetouch,whichofferordinarythingsandcharactersinteresting,fromthetruthofthedescriptionandthefeeling,isdeniedtome.2. TheQualityofAustensWorkW.F.Pollock(I860)alsotalkedaboutthequalityofthenovel“Theuniformqualityofherworkis

9、oneofthemostremarkablepointtobeobservedinit.Letaliteraturebeopenedatanyplace:thereisthesamegoodEnglish,thesamerefinedstyle,thesamesimplicityandtruthV/henwereadPrideandPrejudicewecanfeelthedialogueshumorousandfannyanditshowsAusten?sspecialabilityinwording.ThecharactersofPrideandPrejudicearealldistinc

10、tive.Elizabethisintelligent,wittyandlively.Janealwaysseesthegoodofothers.SoyouwillfindthatAustenissoskillfulinmanaginghercharacters.ItwillthenbefoundhowgreathasbeenthediscriminationofMissAustenintheselectionofhercharacters,andhowskillfulishertreatmentinthemanagementofthem.Itistruethattheeventsarefor

11、themostpartthoseofdailylife,andthefeelingsarethoseconnectedwiththeusualjoys;butthesearetheveryeventsandfeelingsuponwhichthehappinessormiseryofmostofusdepends;andthefieldwhichembracesthem,totherejectionofthewonderful,theemotionalandthehistorical,issurelylargeenough,asitcertainlyadmitsofthemostprofita

12、blecultivation.Intheend,too,thenovelofdailyreallifeisthatofwhichweareleasteasytotired:aroundoffancyballswouldtirethemostvigorousadmirersofvarietyinclothing,andthereturntoplainclotheswouldbehailedwithgreaterdelightthantheiraccidentalabandonmentevergives.3. TheWeaknessofAusterisWorkAusten?saccuratedes

13、criptionofthedetailsofdailyisalsoconsideredaweaknessofherwork,andevenanobjectiontoher.Andshehasbeenaccusedofwritingdullstoriesaboutordinarypeople,especiallywhenherworkiscomparedwiththosedescribingthechangingtimesandhistoricalevents.ButinPollock?s(1860)viewitisjusttheuniquecharacterofAusten?swork.She

14、showsreadersarealandvividpictureofhererathroughthesesmallmattersinordinarypeople?ordinarylife.Thereisnograndnarrative,butreaderscanfeelitfromthedialoguescharactersmake.Thedescriptionofordinarypeopleandlifeiseasiertounderstand.4. ConclusionofThisPaperThispaperisfocusedonviewsofJaneandBingleyRmarriageinAusten?popularnovels.Thestudyfallsintotwocategories,JaneandBingley?smarriageandothers?marriagesinherviewpoints,embodiedinChapterThreealthougher.Austenblendsh