Lecture 6 Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice SHUPL6讲简奥斯丁傲慢与偏见shupl.pptVIP

Lecture 6 of Book Two Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen ( 1775-1817) lived and worked at the turn of the century. the daughter of a country clergyman, and passed all her life in doing small domestic duties in the countryside. educated at home and began to write at an early age. When a visitor entered, she would throw a sheet of paper or a piece of sewing over her work, and she modestly refused to acknowledge that she was the author of her novels which were published anonymously owing to the prejudice prevailing at the time concerning the writing of novels by a lady. During he