傲慢与偏见 作者简介及写作背景(英文版)

PARTTWOSETTING——LIBINGContents1BriefIntroductionToTheAuthor2SocialContextOfTheNovelAboutTheAuthorJaneAusten(16December1775–18July1817)wasanEnglishnovelist.Shewasborninamid-classfamilyandwasbroughtupinacomfortableenvironment.Shewastheyoungestoneoftheeightchildren.Althoughshedidn’treceivehereducationataregularschool,shehadagoodfamilyeducation,andshelearnedFrenchandsomeItalian.Herprimarytextwasherfather’sliteraturecollection.Commonthelifeis,italsosuppliesherwithmaterialtocreatetheclassicalnovels.Whenshewasstillayounggirl,shewasskilledatvariousstylesofwriting,andwhenshefinishedtheclassicalnovelPrideandPrejudice,shewasjusttwenty-twoyearsold.Anditwasclearthatshehadfoundherappropriateform.AlthoughinthenovelPrideandPrejudicetheheroandheroinefinallyhasahappyending,JaneAustenwasunmarriedallherlife.Maybeshedidn’tfindherprincecharming.Whatapity!PartofAusten’sWorks12PrideandPrejudice1813SenseandSensibility18113MansfieldPark18144Emma1815Inhernovels,sheusesrealism,bitingsocialcommentaryandmasterfuluseofindirectspeech,funnyandironylanguagewhichhelpsherearnthemostwidelyandmostbelovedwritersinEnglishliterature.AndinthenovelPrideandPrejudice,shetakesthethemeofloveandmarriageinamildlyhumorouswayofexpression.SocialContextOfTheNovelInlateeighteenthcentury,Britainwasexperiencinggreatchangesinhistory,Capitalist（资本主义）Agriculture、AngloFrenchwar（英法战争）、industrialrevolutionwhichmakeBritainthemostpowerfulcapitalistempire.Butunderthesocialconditionsthen,women’ssocialpositionisprettylow.Thereisnoequalitybetweenmenandwomen.Atthattime,manyyoungwomenofthemiddleclasshasthreechoices:getmarried、stayathomeasanoldmaidorbecomeagoverness（家庭女教师）.Nobodywantstobecomeamaidorgovernesswhichhaslowincomeaswellaslowsocialposition.So,gettingmarriedwastheironlywaytogetrespect、wealthyandsocialposition.Atthattime,theonlywayforthewomenwithnoEconomiccapacitytoliveacomfortablelifeistowaitingforawealthymantomarryher.Althoughthereisnothingtodowithlove.AswhatIsaidbefore,BritainwasthenthemostpowerfulcountryintheEurope,sothereisnosignificantsocialcontradiction.Asaresult,JaneAustenfocusedmoreattentiononthelifearound,Shedescribestheruralmiddle-classlifewhichwasnotinfluencedbytheindustrialrevolutionyet.JaneAusten,asafemalewriter,showsdifferentattitudetowardsthemarriagebydepictingseveralyoungwomenofdifferenteconomicpositionandhorizonknowledge.ThroughthenovelPrideandPrejudice，sheshowsthemarriagewhatsheislookingfor.Thanksforlistening!