读书报告《傲慢与偏见》prideandprejudice.doc

Pride and Prejudice I. Introduction Part One: About the Book. Name: Pride and Prejudice Author: Jane Austen Main characters: Mr. and Mrs. Bennet Elizabeth Bennet Mr. Darcy Mr. Bingley Jane Bennet Mary Bennet Catherine Bennet Lydia Bennet Mr. Wickham Mr. Collins Narrations: First and third person narration Time: Pride and Prejudice was first written in 1796 as First Impressions. It was rewritten (and retitled) in 1812 and published in 1813. Part Two: About the Author. Jane Austen (1775-1817) was born at Steventon rectory in Hampshire, England. Austen was the youngest daughter of the large family, with six brothers and one sister. Her father is a clergyman. When Austen was eight years old, she was sent to Oxford to be educated. Because of some accident, she returned home to continue her education. From 1785 to 1786, Austen and her sister attended the Reading Ladies Boarding School, where they studied French, spelling, needlework, music, and dancing. Forced to return home for economic reasons, Austen continued to develop her literary mind under the guidance of her father. Beginning in her teen years, Austen wrote poems, stories, and comic pieces for the amusement of her family. She compiled several of the pieces written between 1787 and 1793 into three bound notebooks, which are now referred as Austen’s Juvenilia. Austen was also exposed to drama and comedy. Austen also became to sketch out ideas for the novel that would later become Sense and Sensibility. In 1795, Austen met Tom Lefroy, the nephew of their neighbors at Steventon. Austen spent a great deal of time with Tom Lefroy and had romantic feelings with him. Unfortunately, a marriage between the two was impractical, and Lefroy’s family soon sent him away. After her brief romance with Lefroy, Austen began work on a second novel called First Impressions, which would later become Pride and Prejudice. While living at Chawton, Austen saw the anonymous publication of four of her novels: Sense and Sensibility in 1811