This is a novel imitating Jane Austen's work. The story takes place in England at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. In that era, the only career for every girl from a gentry family starting from the age of 16 was to get married. Many women are very realistic. When they are still young and beautiful, they want to catch a man as soon as possible. No matter whether he is smart, stupid or attractive, as long as he can provide her with a stable life, they can easily sacrifice the so-called love.
The protagonist of this story, Flora, has a dowry of 3,000 pounds, which is not much, but it is better than nothing, just like her appearance. Since she is obviously not realistic enough and has no intention of considering marriage issues with a realistic attitude, at the beginning of the story, she is destined to be an old aunt who cannot get married. But something good happened. She had four suitors at once, each of whom seemed to have their own ideals, and she said "no" to them all. In the end, she actually got happiness. It was really strange. Generally speaking, this is the story.
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I was really touched and encouraged to find out that there were so many comments and people who liked this story. Because there are too many comments, I won't reply to them one by one. There is only this sentence: "Thank you very much! Special thanks to the classmates who recommended my novels in the forum.
I have always been embarrassed to come up because the story I promised about the Viscount has not been written yet. I'm very sorry.
But I am writing a new novel, and I hope the new novel can atone for my sins.
Thanks again! Ten million thanks! (6.21)
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I am 26 years old this year, and my peers around me are slowly getting engaged and married one after another. In fact, I have always wanted to be single, but when I am alone in a foreign country and so lonely, I wonder if getting married will make me less lonely? But when it comes to marriage, where in the world can you find people who are equally qualified and love each other? The blind date market is nothing more than treating people as if they are goods. I have loved watching romantic works since I was a child. I yearn for love, but I cannot find love in real life. Since there is no such thing, I don't want it, I don't want to get married. Marriage is a choice, being single is also a choice. At the same time, there is no shame in yearning for love at any time.
The postscript touched me more than the novel itself. There is no shame in yearning for love, and it is indeed a pity to meet bad people. It is a pity that nowadays, in the world above material desires, we are more accustomed to using symbols to summarize overly complex people and human nature. Reason encourages more women to lower the priority of love, pure love is like a miracle
I even think the postscript is better than the full text
After reading the postscript, I somewhat regret my previous comments. If the author will come back to check the comments, my previous cynicism is because I am mean by nature. I wanted to be mean and sneer through the ending, but your postscript was so sincere. Even people of the same age and in the same region can have completely different hobbies and interests, so it is understandable that we like different things. Even so, this is still a wonderful story, a novel that can be read freely, and the author's writing style is really good. Love is not something to be ashamed of. When I was a teenager, I would blush if anyone saw the word "love" in the lyrics I copied. But now I have loved real male stars (faces) and I still love two-dimensional men and women. And true worldly love, I think it is a luxury, and it may require courage and more blindness to achieve it. Being unable to love and being unable to be loved are both status quos. This is nothing. It does not affect my reading of novels.
The story is over, I really like this story. Although the male protagonist does have many things that make people want to complain. But this story is a love story, and the inspiration for everything is love. Among the four male guests, only the male protagonist has that kind of love with the female protagonist. Love is not a trade-off, it is not a long-term attachment and never letting go. The love between them was so instant. The male protagonist did not discover the goodness and existence of the female protagonist after more than ten years of companionship. It can be said that the male protagonist was the first person to immediately turn his attention to the female protagonist for no reason. Except for the more than ten years of companionship that made Henry attached, the rest of the people in the town treated the female protagonist as dispensable and came as soon as possible. Go if you have nothing to do, even the old lady only realized how good she was after the heroine left, and the male protagonist knew the heroine the first time he saw her [ burst into tears ][ burst into tears ] and felt sorry for the heroine. The heroine can feel the existence of the hero here, which is a different existence from the past, and even feel pain and happiness. This is something that life and people in the past did not bring to her. And all of this just meets the heroine's requirements for marital love.
I really like this novel, the author writes it so well! After reading Zuo Huan, I agree very much and clearly understand the reality. At the same time, I also have illusions about love and marriage. I loved it after reading Pride and Prejudice. I learned about Austen's life after reading The Great Story, and I plan to read her other novels. I still have to praise DaDa for his talent and writing style, and wish DaDa all the best!
The older I get, the more I understand that you don't have to like the person who sings to like a song, and you don't have to like the person who writes poetry to like a poem. You don't have to have love to long for love. It's enough to stand on the hill and watch the moon hang brightly in the night sky. The moonlight is also beautiful tonight.
From the fairy tales I read before going to bed as a child to the various artistic creations I came into contact with when I grew up, the "love" I described in my heart was "pure" and had nothing to do with money, age or gender. It transcended classes and could not be blocked by life or death. Because of this... As we grow older, "pure love" seems more and more out of reach. Although I still firmly believe that "pure love" must exist, just like fairy tales that end when a princess and a prince get married, I began to have doubts about whether "pure love" can come to me. When the passion is exhausted and the pheromones of love begin to dissipate, are the remaining things that have been polished by life still the "love" that I longed for at the beginning?
I saw some comments in the comments, felt aggrieved after reading them, and cried several times. I felt the same way. I couldn't stop reading the author's message at the end. I can't explain why, but I like this story very much. Thank you for reading this story to me. I like it very much.
I like this novel very much
Nice to meet it, after all these years
Thank you very much to the author for bringing this story. It is very well written. We are already wallowing in reality and there is nothing we can do about it. What does it matter if we retain a little ideal romanticism? Although I am at an age that the public thinks is why I am not married yet, and although I know very clearly that the probability of meeting ideal love again is very low, fortunately the world has developed to the point where it allows you to live a good life and keep your expectations. You will receive some criticism, but the harm may not be that great.
It's so interesting. It was written many years ago. I regret meeting you so late.
Postscript, it's really touching.
It was a pleasure to read this novel. I read Pride and Prejudice for the first time in high school, and I didn't make much of an impression at the time. I reread it last winter, and I don't know if that version of the translation was very interesting. I deeply felt the charm of this book. It turns out that everyone likes Mr. Darcy so much! The one that accompanied me growing up should be Jane Eyre. I have read it over and over again since junior high school. I even brought it to school and put it next to my pillow in high school. How can I put it, I love it very much, but obviously there is no one like Mr. Darcy in Jane Eyre, hahaha, but there is love. It's great to see so many sincere feelings. Hiss, when I think about it carefully, I seem to have read a lot of famous works. Could it be that they have also inspired me a little bit? It's a pity that I haven't read Gone with the Wind, because I heard that it is a sad story (Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice are both without a doubt), which is a bit regretful. Maybe I should find time to read this one! So good, words, literature, love. Although I have never longed for this kind of pure emotion in reality (it feels too difficult and I still have high requirements for this), it is great to be able to see it in the work!
Prefer the author's analysis in the last chapter, toast?
It has been ten years since the book was finished. The characters written by the author all have the endings they want, and I hope the author can have the life he wants!
This article is really well written. Jane Austen was my favorite writer of that era. This article really has her style.
Like like. I love Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion, but I also love Mansfield Park [crying with laughter]. I don't have any big feelings, and I don't think deeply about it. Maybe it's the mentality of people watching the excitement. I like to read the story if it's good, and I don't care about the deeper meaning.
I'm really glad I discovered this novel
After reading this article, it made me think about love and marriage. The moods of women in different eras are even different. We cannot just evaluate the connotation of literary creation from a modern perspective.
After reading it, the author's writing style is very good, and the imitation of the translation is fluent and not embarrassing. Although the characters are very romantic, the dialogue between the characters is meaningful. It is much better than other Western-style novels in Jinjiang. I may not be able to write well because of my age. I don't know how the author is doing now. I wish you well.
Recently I read two novels written more than ten years ago [Prick-Eared Rabbit Head]. It is not the current impetuous style of writing. Pure love as beautiful as poetry will always be an irreplaceable spice in life. I am so happy to watch it. Every time I watch it, I feel as if the characters have lived a happy life for more than ten years in ordinary time and space.
I like your work very much. I am very lucky to read this work. I don't know what to say at the moment. I am happy and sad at the same time.
Came here because of it [ burst into tears ] stayed up all night to watch it
Thank you for creating such a good novel [Red Heart] I hope you will be happy in this life
I quite like the author. I also quite dislike the male protagonist. I hate infidelity.
Although I don't really like the male protagonist, I still feel that it's best if the female protagonist likes it [hugging thighs]
What kind of world is this? A lot of beloved articles are sealed [cracked] [cracked]
I want to ask if the middle chapters will still be unlocked🥹 I am very interested in this subject and the beautiful words of the author and teacher, and I am especially looking forward to reading this story in full
I am 26 years old this year, and my peers around me are slowly getting engaged and married one after another. In fact, I have always wanted to be single, but when I am alone in a foreign country and so lonely, I wonder if getting married will make me less lonely? But when it comes to marriage, where in the world can you find people who are equally qualified and love each other? The blind date market is nothing more than treating people as if they are goods. I have loved watching romantic works since I was a child. I yearn for love, but I cannot find love in real life. Since there is no such thing, I don't want it, I don't want to get married. Marriage is a choice, being single is also a choice. At the same time, there is no shame in yearning for love at any time.
The postscript touched me more than the novel itself. There is no shame in yearning for love, and it is indeed a pity to meet bad people. It is a pity that nowadays, in the world above material desires, we are more accustomed to using symbols to summarize overly complex people and human nature. Reason encourages more women to lower the priority of love, pure love is like a miracle
I even think the postscript is better than the full text
After reading the postscript, I somewhat regret my previous comments. If the author will come back to check the comments, my previous cynicism is because I am mean by nature. I wanted to be mean and sneer through the ending, but your postscript was so sincere. Even people of the same age and in the same region can have completely different hobbies and interests, so it is understandable that we like different things. Even so, this is still a wonderful story, a novel that can be read freely, and the author's writing style is really good. Love is not something to be ashamed of. When I was a teenager, I would blush if anyone saw the word "love" in the lyrics I copied. But now I have loved real male stars (faces) and I still love two-dimensional men and women. And true worldly love, I think it is a luxury, and it may require courage and more blindness to achieve it. Being unable to love and being unable to be loved are both status quos. This is nothing. It does not affect my reading of novels.
The story is over, I really like this story. Although the male protagonist does have many things that make people want to complain. But this story is a love story, and the inspiration for everything is love. Among the four male guests, only the male protagonist has that kind of love with the female protagonist. Love is not a trade-off, it is not a long-term attachment and never letting go. The love between them was so instant. The male protagonist did not discover the goodness and existence of the female protagonist after more than ten years of companionship. It can be said that the male protagonist was the first person to immediately turn his attention to the female protagonist for no reason. Except for the more than ten years of companionship that made Henry attached, the rest of the people in the town treated the female protagonist as dispensable and came as soon as possible. Go if you have nothing to do, even the old lady only realized how good she was after the heroine left, and the male protagonist knew the heroine the first time he saw her [ burst into tears ][ burst into tears ] and felt sorry for the heroine. The heroine can feel the existence of the hero here, which is a different existence from the past, and even feel pain and happiness. This is something that life and people in the past did not bring to her. And all of this just meets the heroine's requirements for marital love.
I really like this novel, the author writes it so well! After reading Zuo Huan, I agree very much and clearly understand the reality. At the same time, I also have illusions about love and marriage. I loved it after reading Pride and Prejudice. I learned about Austen's life after reading The Great Story, and I plan to read her other novels. I still have to praise DaDa for his talent and writing style, and wish DaDa all the best!
The older I get, the more I understand that you don't have to like the person who sings to like a song, and you don't have to like the person who writes poetry to like a poem. You don't have to have love to long for love. It's enough to stand on the hill and watch the moon hang brightly in the night sky. The moonlight is also beautiful tonight.
From the fairy tales I read before going to bed as a child to the various artistic creations I came into contact with when I grew up, the "love" I described in my heart was "pure" and had nothing to do with money, age or gender. It transcended classes and could not be blocked by life or death. Because of this... As we grow older, "pure love" seems more and more out of reach. Although I still firmly believe that "pure love" must exist, just like fairy tales that end when a princess and a prince get married, I began to have doubts about whether "pure love" can come to me. When the passion is exhausted and the pheromones of love begin to dissipate, are the remaining things that have been polished by life still the "love" that I longed for at the beginning?
I saw some comments in the comments, felt aggrieved after reading them, and cried several times. I felt the same way. I couldn't stop reading the author's message at the end. I can't explain why, but I like this story very much. Thank you for reading this story to me. I like it very much.
I like this novel very much Nice to meet it, after all these years
Thank you very much to the author for bringing this story. It is very well written. We are already wallowing in reality and there is nothing we can do about it. What does it matter if we retain a little ideal romanticism? Although I am at an age that the public thinks is why I am not married yet, and although I know very clearly that the probability of meeting ideal love again is very low, fortunately the world has developed to the point where it allows you to live a good life and keep your expectations. You will receive some criticism, but the harm may not be that great.
It's so interesting. It was written many years ago. I regret meeting you so late.
Postscript, it's really touching.
It was a pleasure to read this novel. I read Pride and Prejudice for the first time in high school, and I didn't make much of an impression at the time. I reread it last winter, and I don't know if that version of the translation was very interesting. I deeply felt the charm of this book. It turns out that everyone likes Mr. Darcy so much! The one that accompanied me growing up should be Jane Eyre. I have read it over and over again since junior high school. I even brought it to school and put it next to my pillow in high school. How can I put it, I love it very much, but obviously there is no one like Mr. Darcy in Jane Eyre, hahaha, but there is love. It's great to see so many sincere feelings. Hiss, when I think about it carefully, I seem to have read a lot of famous works. Could it be that they have also inspired me a little bit? It's a pity that I haven't read Gone with the Wind, because I heard that it is a sad story (Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice are both without a doubt), which is a bit regretful. Maybe I should find time to read this one! So good, words, literature, love. Although I have never longed for this kind of pure emotion in reality (it feels too difficult and I still have high requirements for this), it is great to be able to see it in the work!
Prefer the author's analysis in the last chapter, toast?
It has been ten years since the book was finished. The characters written by the author all have the endings they want, and I hope the author can have the life he wants!
This article is really well written. Jane Austen was my favorite writer of that era. This article really has her style.
Like like. I love Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion, but I also love Mansfield Park [crying with laughter]. I don't have any big feelings, and I don't think deeply about it. Maybe it's the mentality of people watching the excitement. I like to read the story if it's good, and I don't care about the deeper meaning.
I'm really glad I discovered this novel
After reading this article, it made me think about love and marriage. The moods of women in different eras are even different. We cannot just evaluate the connotation of literary creation from a modern perspective.
After reading it, the author's writing style is very good, and the imitation of the translation is fluent and not embarrassing. Although the characters are very romantic, the dialogue between the characters is meaningful. It is much better than other Western-style novels in Jinjiang. I may not be able to write well because of my age. I don't know how the author is doing now. I wish you well.
Recently I read two novels written more than ten years ago [Prick-Eared Rabbit Head]. It is not the current impetuous style of writing. Pure love as beautiful as poetry will always be an irreplaceable spice in life. I am so happy to watch it. Every time I watch it, I feel as if the characters have lived a happy life for more than ten years in ordinary time and space.
I like your work very much. I am very lucky to read this work. I don't know what to say at the moment. I am happy and sad at the same time.
Came here because of it [ burst into tears ] stayed up all night to watch it
Thank you for creating such a good novel [Red Heart] I hope you will be happy in this life
I quite like the author. I also quite dislike the male protagonist. I hate infidelity.
Although I don't really like the male protagonist, I still feel that it's best if the female protagonist likes it [hugging thighs]
What kind of world is this? A lot of beloved articles are sealed [cracked] [cracked]
I want to ask if the middle chapters will still be unlocked🥹 I am very interested in this subject and the beautiful words of the author and teacher, and I am especially looking forward to reading this story in full