Prideandprejudice读书笔记

Book reportof Pride and prejudicePride and prejudiceis afamous novelthroughout theworld.The authorofPride and Prejudice isa Britishnovelist,Jane Austin.Austin wasborn inamid-class family.Her fatherwas alocal vicar.Although herfamily wasnotvery rich,her fatherattached greatimportance toher education.Influencedby herfather,Jane readmany literaryworks whenshe wasyoung.Jane wasunmarriedall herlife and her novelsdid notearned hergreat fameswhenshe was alive.After herdeath in1817,Jane/s novelbecame popularacrossthe world.Jane Austinwas knownfor herexcellent writingskills ofnarrating thecountrylove storiessince shelived ina smallcountry townall herlife.Herother novelsSense andSensibility,Mansfield Park,Emma wereall aboutthemarriage andlove betweengentleman andladies incountryside.Austinauthentically andintimately describesthe quiet,day-to-day countrylife oftheupper-middle-class English.The novelis namedPrideand Prejudice becausethe principalmalecharacter Mr.Darcy waspride atfirst and the principalfemale characterElizabethhad prejudiceagainst Mr.Darcy.Elizabeth firstmet Mr.Darcy atanassembly.Soon Mr.Darcy fell in love with Elizabethbut ElizabethdislikedMr.Darcy becauseof hishaughtiness.When Elizabethmet Mr.Wickham whowas Darcyschildhood playmate,she wastold thatMr.Darcytreated Wickhambadly.Later Elizabethdiscovered thatDarcy urgedhisfriend Mr.Bingley toleave hersister Jane.Elizabeth prejudicedagainstDarcy deeperand deeper.As aresult whenMr.Darcy proposedto Elizabeth,she refuseddirectly.Mr.Darcy wrotea letterto Elizabethin ordertoexplain hisrelationship withWickham.From thenon,both ofthem havechangedtheir attitudesandthemisunderstandings graduallyeliminated.When Mr.Darcy savedher littlesister Lydiaandherfamilys reputation,Elizabeth losther heartto Mr.Darcy.Darcys auntLady Catherineis adomineeringwoman whotried tomake herdaughter marryDarcy.One dayLady Catherine wentto Elizabethshouse andasked herto breakup withDarcy.To LadyCatherines surprised,Elizabeth refusedto obey.Angry anddispleased,LadyCatherinetold Mr.Darcy whatElizabeth said.Few dayslater,Mr.Darcy proposedto Elizabethagain andthis timeElizabethaccepted hisproposal immediately.They marriedsoon andlived togetherhappily.I readChinese versionof PrideandPrejudicewhen Iwas inmiddle school.At thattime Ithought the story wasall aboutElizabeth andDarcys lovestory.But whenI readit againin collegeI findthe booktells usmore thanlovestory,but themarriage andfamily.In myopinions,there arelittlesimilarities betweencourtship andmarriage.Not everyonecan marrysomeonewho theylove deeply.One caneasily fallin lovewith ahandsomeperson butthey havelittle chanceto getmarried ifthey havecompletelydifferent socialstatues andeducation background.Elizabeth isa luckywomansince shefellinlovewith Mr.Darcy whois intelligentand wealthy.Mr.Darcy canbe asweet loveras wellasaresponsible husband.Bur ifElizabethis notpretty enoughand smart,it israther difficultfor herto findanideal husband.I dontlike Elizabethscriticizes onCharlotte.I personallylikeCharlotte bestbecause shetreated Elizabethas her best friendfrombeginning toend.She neverenvy towardElizabeth.When Elizabethmarriedwith Mr.Darcy,Charlotte gaveherbestwishes sincerely.Some peoplethinkCharlotte/s marryingwithMr.Collins isa thoughtlessdecision butI canunderstandCharlottes decision.In asociety wherewomen arenot allowedtowork,its acceptableto treatensuring fundamentalmaterial needsas theprimaryobject ofmarrying aman.Charlotte wasalready27years old.If sheinsistson seekingfor aman sheloves,she maybe anold maidtill herdying.Comparing tothe maincharacter Elizabeth,Km moreinteresting inhersister Jane,a verygentle andkind girlin thisbook.She neversee afault inanybody.I havenever metsuch awonderful girlin mylife.I cantunderstandthat Janebe sokind thatshe neverdoubt peoplearound her.She ignoredMrs.Bingleys unkindbehavior andmade upexcuse forMr.Wickham whenshe heardof Mr.Wickhams shamefulpast.I don/t particularlylike themain charactersin PrideandPrejudiceas wellasthe authorsidea onmarriage butI doappreciate hersatire.ApparentlyJane Austinis goodat portrayingcomic figureswithin afew detailsandlanguage.For example,Mr.Collins isone ofthe comicfigures.Its quitesufferingfor meto readMs Collinsletters;he usedlots ofbig words,wrotelong complicatedsentences.He wasself-conceit andvain.Mrs.Bennet isawoman oflittle informationand uncertaintemper.She iseager tomarry offherfive daughters.To sumup,PrideandPrejudice isa bookworth reading.It expressedseveraldifferent ideasof marriagethrough thestory ofElizabeth andDarcy,thestory ofJane andBingley,thestoryof Lydiaand Wickhamand soon.Sincethe novelwas writtenmore than200years agoso someideas init maybehard tounderstand now.But thereis stillsomething thatwe canlearn fromthenovel.。