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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 读书报告 I. Introduction The English author Jane Austen lived from 1775 to 1817. Born on December 16th, 1775 at Steventon, Hampshire, England. Austen was one of eight children of an English clergyman, and given the accomplishments of her novels. She was educated mainly at home. At an early age she began writing sketches and satires of popular novels for her familys entertainment. As a clergymans daughter from a well-connected family, she had ample opportunity to study the habits of the middle class, the gentry, and the aristocracy. She lived a remarkably quiet and domestic life in the rural south of England. She never married and was only 41 when she died. Jane Austens novels were witty, warm and ironic portraits of the privileged classes of 18th- and 19th-century England. Her novels are highly prized not only for their light irony, humor, and depiction of contemporary English country life, but also for their underlying serious qualities. Novels Sense and Sensibility (1811) Pride and Prejudice (1813) Mansfield Park (1814) Emma (1815) Northanger Abbey (1817) (posthumous) Persuasion (1817) (posthumous) Short fiction Lady Susan (1794, 1805) Unfinished fiction The Watsons (1804) Sanditon (1817) Other works ? ? ? ? ? Sir Charles Grandison (1793, 1800) Plan of a Novel (1815) Poems Prayers Letters II. Summary The story shows the British societys life at that time by describing the marriage problems. It mainly describes the love story of Bennet ’s several daughters. Mr. Bingley is newly from London and falls in love with the biggest daughter, Jane. His friend Darcy is sweet upon the second daughter Elizabeth, but their marriage moves slowly for some reasons. After a range of interesting troubles, the misunderstandings are finally removed. With Darcy overcomes his pride, and Elizabeth overcomes her prejudice, they get together finally. By describing different marriages, Austin expresses her