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Jane Austen's most popular masterpieces (6 novels) Sun Zhili's translation is currently recognized as the best in China. Many classic pen drawing illustrations by famous illustrator Hugh Thomson. Wonderful introduction by famous poet Austen Dobson and literary history expert George Saintsbury.

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Pride and Prejudice is the masterpiece of British female novelist Jane Austen. The novel tells the love story of Elizabeth Bennet, the daughter of a squire. This work uses daily life as the material. It goes against the content and artificial writing methods of sentimental novels that were popular in the society at that time. It vividly reflects the conservative and closed-off British rural life and world conditions from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century. And has been adapted into movies and TV series many times.

"Pride and Prejudice" is a novel written by the British writer Jane Austen. It was originally written in 1796 under the name "First Impression". It was revised and published in 1813 under its current name. The novel is set against the background of middle-class life in rural England from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. It presents the social picture through various stories about the five daughters of the Bennet family and their mother's search for an ideal marriage partner. The work focuses on the emotional entanglement between the second daughter Elizabeth and Darcy: the two had misunderstandings due to pride and prejudice, and gradually eliminated their misunderstandings after experiencing family scandals, property disputes and other incidents, and finally achieved an ideal marriage. Through the profit-based marriage of Charlotte and Collins and the vanity-based union of Lydia and Wickham, the novel clearly opposes the concept of marrying for property, money and status, emphasizing that the sincere feelings between men and women are the cornerstone of marriage. Austen uses irony and delicate dialogue to depict characters. His language style is both humorous and critical, showing the world and human feelings under a conservative social atmosphere. The work has been adapted into movies and TV series many times since its publication.

"Northanger Abbey" is different from the other five Austen novels in that it uses an open narrator and an exposed authorial narrative voice, demonstrating the author's authority. It was the first novel Austen planned to publish, and the final draft was completed around 1797, when Austen was about 22 years old. In this novel, the author first showed his talents and his writing style took shape. He used "three or four families in a village" as the life background and narrated a marriage story in a very ironic way. Austen's works reflect the various social conditions at that time through the daily dialogue and communication of gentlemen and ladies. They use humorous language to satirize the phenomena of profit-seeking and vanity. Through comic scenes, they mock people's stupidity, selfishness, snobbery, blind confidence and other despicable and ridiculous weaknesses. "Lady Susan" is Austen's first completed novel. It tells an Austen-style story through intricate letters exchanged between relatives and friends, and in this way it takes the story mode of people talking about other people to the extreme. This book tells the story of a widow, Lady Susan, who is looking for a husband for herself and her daughter. Lady Susan is a very attractive and cunning woman, which adds to the watchability of the story.

"Pride and Prejudice" is listed as one of the ten most enduring novels in the world. This novel uses the love entanglement between the hero and heroine Darcy and Elizabeth due to pride and prejudice as a clue, and writes a total of four marriages. The plot of the novel is tortuous and dramatic, the language is fresh and fluent, and full of wit. It is one of Austen's most popular novels. The author's creative style has lasted two hundred years and still influences some writers in the world's literary world. The novel takes love entanglements as the main line and describes four comedic marriages. The writing is spicy, funny and thought-provoking.

Although "Sense and Sensibility" is Jane Austen's first novel, her writing skills are already quite proficient. Every plot in the story has been ingeniously conceived by the author. The superficial causal relationship and the underlying reasons hidden behind the scenes are all natural and reasonable. The heroine makes reasonable speculations and judgments based on superficial phenomena. Although careful readers may have various doubts from time to time, their thoughts will naturally develop with good observations. When the final result appears, it will be completely different from the superficial phenomena, resulting in an unexpected comedy effect. If you read it over again, you will find that the factors that lead to the inevitable result have already been seen between the lines. The plot of the novel revolves around the mate selection activities of the two heroines, focusing on revealing the bad habit of using marriage as a way for women to seek economic security and improve their economic status in the British social trends at that time, and the ugly fashion of focusing on family status and ignoring women's feelings and human rights. The heroines in the novel all pursue equal communication and exchange of thoughts and feelings with men, demand equal rights in social status, and insist on independent observation, analysis, and freedom to choose men. In Britain at the time, this was almost a cry of defiance.

"Pride and Prejudice" is Austen's colorful and fascinating comedy masterpiece. It takes the love entanglements of the hero and heroine as the main line and describes four marriages. The writing of the novel is funny and spicy, and the dialogue is full of life. Through the interaction between Elizabeth and Darcy, it presents the marriage and love model that Austen longed for: in addition to equality and respect, there is also freedom and mutual understanding. To this day, we can still extract from Elizabeth the spiritual core that is suitable for today's women: she has her own thoughts, and insists on her own emotional choices beyond the label of "elegant woman".

Emma has outstanding appearance, a wealthy family, and is smart and generous. It seems that even God has favored her. However, she is not so perfect. She always likes to make random mistakes based on whims or impulses. The novel uses Emma's subjective imagination to be frustrated again and again in reality, and interprets the story of Emma's growth from childishness to maturity, and finally wins "perfect happiness".

This book revolves around the marriage affairs of several daughters of Squire Bennett's family. Mr. Bingley, a wealthy bachelor who recently moved from London, fell in love with the gentle and beautiful eldest daughter Jane, while his friend Darcy fell in love with the second daughter Elizabeth. However, due to Darcy's arrogance, Elizabeth's prejudice, and many rumors, the relationship between the two encountered many obstacles. After a series of interesting twists and turns, the misunderstanding was finally eliminated. Darcy overcame his pride, Elizabeth got to know him better, and finally the two got married. This book is a rare masterpiece in the world's library, and Maugham listed it as one of the top ten novels in the world.

This book is the earliest novel written by Jane Austen, a brilliant satirical comedy. Catherine, the daughter of a country priest who is obsessed with gothic horror novels, sometimes regards real life as a virtual world in legendary stories. She was taken to the social scene in Bath to see the world, and made friends with the hypocritical Thorpe brothers and sisters. After falling in love at first sight with the upright and handsome rich boy Henry, she was warmly invited by Henry's father, Admiral Tierney, to visit his home. In the deep, ancient house of Northanger Abbey, Catherine's mind was filled with horrific scenes from horror novels, and she staged scenes of ridiculous adventures. Admiral Tierney, who disliked poverty and loved wealth, listened to Thorpe's slander, went against his promise, and coldly issued an expulsion order for Catherine. However, the loyalty of love finally defeated the villain's lies: the church bells rang and everyone smiled.

"Pride and Prejudice" is the representative work of British female writer Jane Austen. It is also one of her most popular novels and has been adapted into movies and TV series many times. The hero of the novel, Darcy, is unrestrained and arrogant because of his talent, while the heroine, Elizabeth, is smart and stubborn. There are constant love entanglements between them. After going through all kinds of spiritual hardships, they finally put aside their pride and prejudice, got married, and made the flower of love bloom like a hibiscus. The plot of the novel is tortuous, full of comedy, the language is natural and fluent, and it is witty and humorous. It vividly reproduces the life and social conditions of British towns and villages in a conservative and closed state from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century. The view of marriage expressed in the novel has influenced generations of people, making it a must-read classic for young literary and artistic people.

This book is Jane Austen's masterpiece. The author uses humorous writing to tell readers several dramatic love stories around the marriages of several daughters of the Bennet family. The most exciting one is the emotional entanglement between the arrogant young man Darcy and the prejudiced second daughter Elizabeth of the Bennet family. The plot of the book is tortuous and fascinating, the language is vivid and interesting, and the writing style is brisk, giving readers a wonderful artistic enjoyment. In this book, Jane Austen celebrates the beauty of love and also shows the importance of abandoning misunderstandings and stereotypes in the pursuit of true love. This book not only presents a wonderful love story, but also vividly depicts the rural life and social conditions in Britain at that time, which has high reading value.

The noble lady Anne and the young officer Frederick fell in love and entered into a marriage contract. Unexpectedly, Anne's father and godmother strongly opposed the man because he was from a humble background and had no property. Anne accepted their "persuasion" out of "prudence" and reluctantly broke off her engagement with Frederick. Eight years later, Frederick returned home in fine clothes, and Anne's heart was filled with mixed feelings. Can the two people whose old love was unforgettable be able to renew their relationship...

"Sense and Sensibility" is Jane Austen's humorous debut novel. Two sisters, Enoli and Mariana, were born into an English squire family. The elder sister is good at controlling her emotions with reason, but the younger sister's emotions are unrestrained. Therefore, when faced with love, they have different reactions... The novel takes the twists and turns of the complicated marriage of the two heroines as the main line, and raises the normative issues of morality and behavior through the humorous comparison of "reason and emotion". This book and the author's "Pride and Prejudice" can be called companion works. They also use delicate writing and vivid dialogue to tell the story of a girl without a wealthy dowry falling in love and getting married.

"Mansfield Park" has a major breakthrough in psychological description and narrative techniques, and is a "milestone" in the history of the development of British novels. When Jane Austen wrote "Mansfield Park", she was already a "more mature" female writer. Fanny, who was dependent on others, was adopted by her wealthy aunt and uncle - Sir Bertram and his wife since she was a child. Although she was ignored by everyone except her second cousin Edmund, she was always able to distinguish right from wrong, knew people's hearts, and always had a secret love for Edmund. Finally, her noble character won Edmund's love, and the two young people finally got married. The translator, Mr. Sun Zhili, is a famous literary translator in my country. He enjoys high prestige and popularity in the translation industry in my country for his theoretical research and practice of British and American literary translation, as well as his keen insight, profound attainments in Chinese and English, and his writing skills. The translated text is smooth, precise, smooth, and exotic.

Fanny was adopted by her wealthy aunt and uncle Sir Bertram and his wife since she was a child. Although she was ignored by everyone except her second cousin Edmund, she was always able to distinguish right from wrong, knew people's hearts, and always had a secret love for Edmund. Later, her noble character won Edmund's love, and the two young people finally got married.

"Pride and Prejudice" mainly talks about Austen's satirical art, which is not only reflected in the comic characters of certain characters, nor in the comic treatment of many plots, but also integrated into the ironic conception of the entire story, allowing reality to ridicule people's subjective imagination. The male protagonist Darcy initially concluded that the Bennet family had so many disadvantages that it would be difficult for the daughters to find a man of status, but later it was he who married Elizabeth. As for Elizabeth, she had vowed never to marry Darcy, but in the end she became Mrs. Darcy. Let's look at the arrogant Lady Catherine de Boer. In order to prevent Elizabeth from marrying her nephew Darcy, she worked tirelessly and personally. First she came to intimidate Elizabeth, and then she ran to admonish Darcy. Little did she know that it was her trip that communicated messages between the two young people who fell in love silently, and promoted their happy union.