Jane Austen, An English novelwoman, was born in 1775 and died in 1817.
Austin was born in the English rural town of Steventon to the son of a local parish priest.
Austin never went to formal school, but at the age of 9 she was sent to her sister's school, but she read a lot of literature under the guidance of her parents and took pleasure in writing around the age of 20.
Austin published a total of 6 novels during his lifetime. Reason and Sensibility, published in 1811, was her debut novel.
With the delicate and keen observation unique to women, Austen has a nuanced insight into the daily life of middle-class families in rural England, truly depicts the small world around her, especially the marriage and love turmoil between gentlemen and ladies, and creates a group of new women with personality and independent thinking.
Austin was under the reactionary reign of the British Regent (later George IV), whose brutal rule was known throughout history.
During this period, many major events and changes occurred at home and abroad, such as the French Revolution, the rise of British industry, the spontaneous movement of workers, the outflow of rural population, the withering of agriculture, and the democratic movement of intellectuals in full swing.
At that time, vulgar and boring "sentimental novels" and "Gothic novels" filled the British literary scene, while Austen's novels were dilapidated and new, unconventionally showing the daily life and idyllic scenery of the British rural middle class that had not yet been affected by the capitalist industrial revolution, which had a significance in the history of the development of the British novel.
The squire Bennett's family has five thousands of dollars to be said, and Mrs. Bennet has been worrying about finding a suitable husband for her daughter all day.
When the young, wealthy bachelor, Mr. Bingley, rented a nearby manor house, the Nigerfi Gardens, the frivolous Mrs. Bennett became agitated and began to plan which daughter to marry Bingley.
At a ball, the Bennett daughters met Mr. Bingley. But Bingley's good friend Darcy seems to be extremely arrogant to the family, believing that none of them deserves to be his dance partner.
Elizabeth, who has a strong sense of self-esteem, immediately becomes prejudiced against him and even publicly refuses his invitation at another ball, which makes Darcy embarrassed.
But this only made the handsome and wealthy Darcy have a good feeling for her.
Bingley and Jaying Bennett became friends, but when his sister discovered that Darcy was interested in Elizabeth, the lady who was bent on pursuing Darcy, out of jealousy, tried to persuade Bingley to leave the country with Darcy, who looked down on Mrs. Bennett and several of the younger girls of Bennett's family, but Jessin was still affectionate to him.
At this time, Collins, the heir of Mr. Bennet, came to visit. The ignorant cousin, who had become a priest by virtue of his inflamed powers, proposed to Elizabeth, but she repeatedly refused.
Mr. Collins was not ashamed and immediately became engaged to Elizabeth's girlfriend, Charlotte Lucas.
One of Darcy's acquaintances was a young officer from a nearby town named George Wickham.
Elizabeth was very fond of him, so Wickham took the opportunity to slander Darcy as a person, saying that a large amount of his deserving property had been embezzled by Darcy, and Elizabeth's ill feelings toward Darcy were added to the layer.
The Collins invite Elizabeth to their house, where Elizabeth meets Darcy's aunt, Catherine, and soon after, darcy again.
Darcy was once again attracted to Elizabeth. He proposed to her, but was rejected because of his arrogant attitude.
He began to recognize the consequences of pride and conceit, so he wrote to Elizabeth, admitting that he had blocked Bingley's contact with Jieying, and firmly denied doing anything to apologize to Wickham.
Elizabeth regretted reading the letter and began to eliminate her prejudice against Darcy.
The following summer, Elizabeth came to Visit Darcy's manor, where she learned more about Darcy's personality.
Soon she heard that her little sister had eloped with Wickham and began to worry that Darcy would look down on her because of this. But to his surprise, Darcy not only paid off Wickham's gambling debts, but also gave him a huge sum of money to complete his marriage to Lydia.
Since then, Elizabeth's past prejudices against Darcy have all been transformed into sincere love.
Darcy's aunt, the arrogant Lady Catherine, arbitrarily demanded that Elizabeth give up Darcy, but this unreasonable request was rejected by Elizabeth.
Inspired by this, Darcy once again sincerely proposed to Elizabeth.
At this point, a pair of lovers who had postponed their marriage because of arrogance and prejudice finally became dependents. And Mr. Bingley and Jie Ying finally reconciled after some twists and turns.
This novel has a continuing significance in the history of the development of the British novel.
In this novel, Austin shows us the different attitudes of young girls from middle-class families in the township to the issue of marital love through the elizabethan sisters' different treatment of life events, thus clarifying the author's ethics and morality of love and marriage:
Marriage must not be based solely on the cornerstone of money, property, or status, and it cannot be lasting without sincere feelings.
But the author's attitude towards money and status is not an absolute rejection, which is obviously related to her own position and family life experience.
Elizabeth is resourceful and intelligent, and is a figure with a spirit of rebellion. She challenged the upper class who looked down on her with her ingenuity and superior spiritual realm, and eventually achieved success and happiness in love.
This kind of action was rare at that time, so this character image also had a certain progressive significance.
From the perspective of artistic achievements, Austin can write "ordinary things of daily life" with strong artistic appeal, and is known for shaping a distinct character image.
She is good at using comedic satire to reflect real social life, often able to expose the essence of things to the point, so that the story reaches a high artistic depth in the relaxed and humorous drama style, giving people a deep impression, and is deeply loved by the majority of readers, especially young female readers, becoming their "love treasure book".