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LECTURE 4;;;Jane Austen(16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) ;Although widely read in her lifetime, she published her works anonymously. her works brought her little personal fame and only a few positive reviews. ;Jane Austen;;Jane Austen;;Austens plots, though fundamentally comic, highlight the dependence of women on marriage to secure social standing and economic security. ;Pride and Prejudice, originally called First Impressions ;Their relationship starts from dislike, but Darcy becomes intrigued by her mind and spirit. At last they fall in love and are happily united.;The five daughters of the Bennets; Charles Bingley, handsome, good-natured, and wealthy and more popular than his friend Darcy ,who is more intelligent and wealthier but more arrogant;Mr Bennet A bookish and intelligent gentleman somewhat withdrawn from society dislikes the frivolity of his wife and three younger daughters Love and respect Jane and Elizabeth, two eldest daughters ;;The interrelated issues of financial security and marriage are at the heart of the novel.;;Social position tended to be established in terms of families, not individuals.;;;It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.凡是有钱的单身汉，总想娶位太太，这已经成了一条举世公认的真理 However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters. ;The title pride and prejudice refers to the ways in which Elizabeth and Darcy first view each other. ;Here comes the conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Bennet;;;;;Charles John Huffam Dickens7 February 1812–9 June 1870 ;;Oliver Twist 1837-39Old Curiosity Shop 1840-41A Christmas Carol 1843Dombey and Son 1846-48;Major works;;;In Little Dorrit Dickens describes a London rain storm: ;;;Many of his characters names provide the reader with a