Book Review --Pride and Prejudice

Rational or Emotional

Doris Guo 38

Would you like to travel back to the 18th century? Not to visit the busiest Chinese emperor YongZheng but to discover the fantastic story of Elizabeth Bennet--a beautiful girl who has been through a both romantic and rational love story.

This is what you will experience if you read Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen,one of the most famous British female writers. Jane put her own story into the novel, so the emotions of the characters seem more realistic. Unfortunately,the happy ending of the novel was not from Jane’s real life. She has never married and died at her forties.

However, the content of the novel is the story of how Elizabeth and Darcy arrive at nuptial happiness by an improbable and circuitous route.Mr. Darcy is a haughty nobleman who is very rich and handsome. The story Austen has written is that of Darcy’s wooing and winning of Elizabeth.To win the love of such a woman is not easy but Darcy believes it to be well worthwhile- she will love him.

Many people simply regard Pride and Prejudice as a love story, but actually, this book is an illustration of the society at that time.It tells us what a key role money plays in the marriage market and how marriage becomes an economic rather than social activity.In addition, much of the pride and prejudice in the novel exists because of class divisions.

Above all, the novel has a great influence on our vision of love and life.Teenagers today usually have puppy love at a very young age and many of them are always confused at it. By reading this novel, we can have a more thorough understanding of love. What actually affects us tends to be sense and sensibility. Are we going to be more rational or emotional? Try to read this book or you can go and watch the movie.Then you’ll have your own answer of this question.

Quotes from Pride and Prejudice

Darcy's first impressions on Elizabeth are colored by his snobbery. He cannot acknowledge his love for her even in his own heart because of his pride. His first proposal clearly reflects this attitude: "In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."

And this is how Elizabeth turned him

down:”And those are the words of a gentleman. From the first moment I met you, your arrogance and conceit, your selfish disdain for the feelings of others made me realize that you were the last man in the world I could ever be prevailed upon to marry. ”

第二篇：英文读后《感傲慢与偏见》Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

Many people simply regard Pride and Prejudice as a love story, but in my opinion, this book is an illustration of the society at that time. She perfectly reflected the relation between money and marriage at her time and gave the people in her works vivid characters. The characters have their own personalities.

In “Pride and Prejudice”, the sister of Mr. Bingley strongly opposed his plan of marrying Jane because the Bennets don’t have many possessions and their social positions are much lower than them. From this, we can see there are a lot of obstacles for a not very rich woman to marry a wealthy husband. The society, the relatives would not allow them to get married.

In modern society, although the marriages of economic needs have decreased rapidly, the concept of “money determines everything” is still rooted in some people’s mind. A lot of parents try hard to interfere their children’s marriages. Education background, possessions, jobs remains the main reason that may influence one’s marriage. Marry for money is still a big problem in our society. We can’t help thinking: can money determine everything?

Although Austen was only 21 when she wrote “Pride and Prejudice”, her sharp observation of social lives makes the style of this book surprisingly mature and lively. The plots in her works are always very natural. I think the depth of Pride and Prejudice is the reason that makes this book prominent and classic.Today, her book still can be the guide telling us the economic relationships both at her time and in modern time.