ImpressionsofPrideandPrejudiceItisatruthwellknowntoalltheworldthatanunmarriedmaninpossessionofalargefortunemustinneedofawife.TheopeningsentenceofPrideandPrejudiceleftdeepimpressiononreadersalmosttwocenturiesago.JaneAusten'staleofloveandeconomicsreachesusoncemorewiththeenergyofathoroughnovelty.PrideandPrejudicehasbeenafavoritenovelofminesinceIfirstreaditandI'veseenLaurenceOlivierandGreerGarson,ColinFirthandJenniferEhleandnowMatthewMacFadyenandKieraKnightly.Thatmoviehassuchastrongappealtome,Iwastotallyobsessedbyit.AmazinglyenoughI'veneverbeendisappointed.Thematerialseemstobefullproof.ColinFirth'sDarcy,inmanyways,istheDarcyI'vealwaysimagined.He'sbeenanactorI'vefollowedfeverishlysincehisgloriousAdrianLeDucinApartmentZero,MatthewMacFadyenwastotallynewtomebuthemanagedtocreatethatsenseoflongingthatmakesthatfinalpayoffsosatisfying.KieraKnightlyisaravishingrevelation.Imustconfess,Ididn'tremotelyimaginedthatshewascapableofthepowerfulrangeshebrilliantlyshowshere.TheotherbigsurpriseisJoeWright,thedirector,inhisfeaturefilmdebutwhichismorethanpromising,it'sextraordinary.Thephotography,theartdirectionandthespectacularsupportingcast,inparticularDonaldSutherlandandBrendaBlethyn,makesthisnewversionofaperennialclassicamemorableeveningatthemoviesThenIfindthebook“PrideandPrejudice”immediatelyandreaditoverandoveragain.It’soneofmyfavoritebooks.AndIjustcan’twaitaminutetoexpressmyfeelingaboutit.IsearchedtheInternetandfoundsomethingabouttheauthorJaneAusten.AstheauthorofPrideandPrejudice,JaneAustenwasoneofthefamousrealisticwritersintheEnglishliteratureinnineteenthcentury.Hernovelswerewitty,warmandironicportraitsoftheprivilegeclassesof18th-and19th-centuryEngland.Herbest-knownworksareEmma(1815),PrideandPrejudice(1813)andSenseandSensibility(1811).PrideandPrejudiceisoneoftherepresentativeworksofJaneAusten,firstpublishedin1813.Thoughthestory'ssettingischaracteristicallyturn-of-the-19th-century,itretainsafascinationformodernreaders,continuingnearthetopoflistsof'mostlovedbooks.Icouldn'tforgethoweagerMrs.Bennetwantstomarryoffherdaughters.Ifyouwanttoknowwhysheissocrazyaboutthesethings,ImustmentionthesituationinBritainatthattime.Onlytheeldestsonhadtheprivilegeofinheritinghisfather'spossessions.Youngersonsanddaughterswhoareusedtoluxuriousliveshavenochoicebutmarryamanorwomaninpossessionofalargefortunetocontinuetheircomfortablelives.Thus,wecanseethatgettingmarriedisawaytobecomewealthier,particularlyforwomenwithoutmanypossessions.JaneAustentoldusthatmoneyandpossessiondeterminedeverything,includingmarriageandloveinhercentury.In“PrideandPrejudice”,thesisterofMr.BingleystronglyopposedhisplanofmarryingJanebecausetheBennetsdon'thavemanypossessionsandtheirsocialpositionsaremuchlowerthanthem.Fromthis,wecanseetherearealotofobstaclesforanotveryrichwomantomarryawealthyhusband.Thesociety,therelativeswouldnotallowthemtogetmarriage.Inmodernsociety,althoughthemarriagesofeconomicneedshavedecreasedrapidly,theconceptof“moneydetermineseverything”isstildinsomepeople'smind.Alotofparentstryhardtointerferetheirchildren'smarriages.Educationbackground,possessions,jobsremainsthemainreasonthatmayinfluenceone'smarriage.Marryformoneyisstillabigprobleminoursociety.Wecan'thelpthinking:canmoneydetermineeverything?Thenlet’scometotalkaboutthemeaningfultopicofthislovestory:Prideandprejudiceareourcommonproblemsandweaknesses.Infact,everyoneisveryeasytobedrivenbyhisownsubjectiveimpressionandthuseasytomakeincorrectcommentsonothers,andthenledtomisunderstandbetweenpeople.One’sfirstimpressioncanaffectalotofthingsforsure,butitdoesn’tmeanitcouldn’tbechanged.Thedeeperyougettounderstandsomeone,themoreobjectivepointsyouwillhaveonhimorher.ThechangingofElizabeth’spointofviewtowardsDarcyjustprovedthisperfectly:nopride,noprejudice,andthesetwomarriedjustbecausetheyloveeachother,justbecausetheyneedeachotherinsteadofneedeachother’spossessions.Austenissmart,becauseElizabethgotbeautyandintelligencewhileDarcyishandsomeandrich.Ievenwonderifsuchaperfectmarriagecouldtakeplaceinmodernsociety.Inbrief,afterreadingthisstory,manyfeelingscometome.Atthesametime,Istronglyrecommendeveryuniversitystudentstoreadthisclassicalbookandthenthinktwiceaboutthiseternalsubject:onlove,whichfactoristhatshouldbeinthefirstplace?InPrideandPrejudice,JaneAustenwrotefourtypesofmarriage:dealElizabethandDarcy,realizableCharlotteandCollins,felicitousJaneandBingley,unhappyLydiaandWickham.Shepointedoutemphaticallyeconomicconsiderationisthebondsofwedlockandlove.Shesaidmarriageisnotdeterminedbypropertyandfamilystatus;it’sunwisetomarrywithoutmoney,butitiswrongtomarryformoney;themarriagesettledbyloveishappyandideal.