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"Pride and Prejudice" is the representative work of the British novelist Jane Austen. It uses daily life as the material and tells the story of several middle-class girls from villages and towns talking about marriage. It goes against the content and artificial writing methods of sentimental novels popular in the society at that time. It vividly reflects the conservative and closed-off British rural life and worldly conditions from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century. The plot of the novel is tortuous and full of comedy, the language is natural and fluent, and it is witty and humorous. It reveals the tragedy and comedy of life with superb skills. "Pride and Prejudice", a novel of social style, not only attracted a large number of readers at the time, but also gives readers a unique artistic enjoyment today.

"Every wealthy bachelor always wants to marry a wife. This has become a universally recognized truth." When Mr. Wang Keyi translated this sentence, he probably did not expect that it would be circulated in China for more than 60 years. Darcy is arrogant and Elizabeth is prejudiced. They dislike each other as soon as they meet. But it happened to be the person who made you angry the most, who finally made you fall in love. Austen wrote about the hard words and soft hearts in love. Wang Keyi's translation brings the playful spirit to life. After all, prejudice is most likely to appear in the first glance you meet, while arrogance is often hidden in the last glance. Those who make us uncomfortable when we first meet may not be really arrogant; those whose sense of superiority we only see clearly after being together for a long time are the most difficult gaps to cross.

"Sense and Sensibility" is the first novel that British writer Jane Austen started writing when she was nineteen years old. The novel takes the love story of two sisters as the main line and is named "Eleanor and Marianne". More than ten years later, the work was renamed "Sense and Sensibility" and published. This was Austen's first published novel. In the novel, two sisters, Enolie and Marianne, were born into a British squire family. The elder sister Eleanor is sensible, cautious in words and deeds, and knows how to restrain her emotions. The younger sister Marianne is innocent and enthusiastic and acts sensibly. Therefore, when facing love, they make different choices... Austen combines reason and emotion. It cleverly contrasts the senses, and details the inner twists and turns of the two sisters, Edward, Colonel Brandon, Willoughby and other young men and women when they fall in love and get married. It depicts the pros and cons of the characters in a detailed and comprehensive way. The dialogue is full of wit, and it uses this to humorously show the British society in the eighteenth century in many aspects. This book is equipped with 40 classic illustrations by British illustrator Hugh Thomson. The translation has been carefully polished to fit the original work, making it smooth, elegant and easy to read.

"Northanger Abbey" and "Lady Susan" are two novels by Austen. "Northanger Abbey" uses an open narrator and an exposed authorial narrative voice to demonstrate authorial 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, use humorous language to satirize the phenomena of profit-seeking and vanity, and use comic scenes to ridicule people's stupidity, selfishness, snobbery, blind self-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. In the book, the attractive and cunning widow Lady Susan searches for a husband for herself and her daughter, which is very watchable.

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Austen's popular classic; the translator Wu Lao wrote the "Translation Preface", which provides a comprehensive analysis of the classic. "Sense and Sensibility" is Austen's first published work, and it can be called a companion piece to "Pride and Prejudice". Two sisters, Eleanor and Marianne, were born into a decent British squire family. The elder sister is good at controlling her emotions with reason, but the younger sister has no restraint in emotions. Therefore, when they encounter setbacks in love, the two have different reactions: the older sister endures humiliation and is always kind to others; the younger sister is arrogant and almost collapses... And the fate of the protagonist The love-related idle squire's wife, the snobbish and ruthless brother-in-law's family, the hypocritical distant sisters of the philistine, and the lovers who are either morally corrupt or upright and weak in the hearts of girls all appear in this storm, creating a classic story that is famous for its delicate writing and vivid dialogue, and tells the story of the marriage and love of girls without a wealthy dowry.

"Pride and Prejudice" is Austen's masterpiece. It reflects the world customs of British society from the late 18th century to the early 19th century through the story of several middle-class girls from villages and towns talking about marriage. The plot of the novel is tortuous and full of comedy, the language is natural and fluent, and it is witty and humorous. It reveals the tragedy and comedy of life with superb skills.

Austen began writing the first draft of "Northanger Abbey" in 1798, completed it in 1799, and then shelved it for several years. In 1803, it was revised again and named "Susan". In the spring of that year, the copyright was sold to a London publisher for 10 pounds. However, for unknown reasons, the book has never been published. In 1816, his brother Henry Austen bought back the old manuscript of "Susan" and asked Austen to revise it. At the end of December 1817, "Northanger Abbey" and "Persuasion" were published together. The story tells the story of Catherine, the daughter of a country priest who is obsessed with gothic horror novels, and sometimes treats real life as a virtual world in legendary stories. She was taken to social occasions to see the world, and made friends with the hypocritical Thorpe brothers and sisters. She fell in love at first sight with the upright and handsome rich boy Henry, and was later warmly invited by Henry's father, Admiral Tierney, to visit his home. In the deep and ancient house of Northanger Abbey, Catherine's mind was filled with horrific scenes from horror novels, which led to scenes of ridiculous adventures. Admiral Tierney, who disliked poverty and loved wealth, listened to Thorpe's slander and coldly ordered Catherine to be expelled. But the two young lovers did not give in. After some twists and turns, they finally got married. Like several other Austen novels, "Northanger Abbey" is also a comedy full of humor. The characters are written with flesh and blood, vivid, and the dialogues are vivid and full of personality. Reading it is like hearing her voice and seeing her person. No wonder critics often compare her with Shakespeare.

"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.

Mrs. Bennet's lifelong ambition is to marry her five daughters decently, so she always regards the wealthy bachelors nearby as a piece of property that one of her daughters deserves. So there were several ups and downs of the separation and reunification of young men and women: the slander and misunderstanding between the wealthy son Darcy and the clever and astute second daughter Elizabeth, the lingering relationship between the wealthy son Bingley and the virtuous and kind-hearted eldest daughter Jane, the scandalous elopement of the prodigal Wickham and the frivolous and unreasonable daughter Lydia... In the end, the hero and heroine put aside their own pride and prejudice and made choices that conformed to their own morals. The work fully expresses the author's own views on marriage, emphasizing the impact of economic interests and family status on love and marriage.

"Pride and Prejudice" is Jane Austen's masterpiece. 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. This social style novel not only attracted a large number of readers at the time, but also provides readers with unique artistic enjoyment today. This book has been adapted into movies many times.

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.

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".

"Pride and Prejudice" is a novel written by the British female novelist Jane Austen. This work describes the love and marriage of middle-class men and women. It uses daily life as the material. It goes against the content of sentimental novels and artificial writing methods 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. This book is translated by Zhang Ling and Zhang Yang.

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.

Who did you marry? Who did he marry? Everyday "family trouble" turned out to be an immortal classic. Mrs. Bennet was anxious to marry off her five daughters who were waiting for marriage, so she urged Mr. Bennet to visit the young and wealthy Mr. Bingley before other families did. The two started to quarrel over this. In the hallowed hall of classics, no work is as "down to earth" as Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. At the beginning, he performed a "family drama" by "talking, learning and singing", but it was never "over the top" or "bloody", it was daily and vivid, and it was performed to the end. Based on daily life and the emotions and desires of ordinary people, the love in Austen's works is true and relevant, and has widespread consensus, and has therefore won a large readership. Its various versions have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide, and the number of film and television adaptations is second only to "Jane Eyre".

"Sense and Sensibility" is Jane Austen's first novel. It is no exaggeration to say that although it is Jane Austen's first novel, it is full of Jane Austen-style characteristics. These Austenian characteristics were fully developed in several of her later novels. It is these characteristics that make readers love her so much. All her novels outline the daily life of British women in the 19th century. Through the novel, readers can have a considerable understanding of the various court rulings at that time, and most of the cases were related to the relationship between men and women. Some readers have concluded that British society today is almost the same as British society in the 19th century. In addition, all her novels emphasize the importance of family life. After reading "Sense and Sensibility", a careful literary critic discovered that the deep relationship between Jane Austen and her beloved sister Cassandra in life was the spiritual source that inspired her to write the novel.

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.

The heroine of the novel "Northanger Abbey" - Catherine Moran, the daughter of a well-off clergyman, comes to Bath, a spa resort, with Squire Allen and his wife. She meets and falls in love with the young clergyman Henry Tilney at a ball. At the same time, she also met another young man, John Thorpe. After some twists and turns, the two young lovers finally got married. "Persuasion" is the author Austen's last novel and her most mature one. It is considered to have more ideological and emotional depth than her previous works. The story tells that time is passing from Anne's body, and when she was in her prime, she finally parted ways with her lover, Colonel Wentworth, because she accepted the "persuasion" of others. The two met again eight years after they broke up. After experiencing a series of things, they found that being reunited was happier than falling in love for the first time. Therefore, after enduring the test, they no longer remained indifferent and began to reminisce and express their feelings to their heart's content.

Emma, ​​the heroine of "Emma", is a "beautiful, smart, and rich" young girl. Because she has such unique conditions, she can't help but have a "high self-esteem" and therefore likes to "do as she pleases." She has made up her mind not to get married, but she is keen on matching others. And when she acts as a matchmaker for others, she often does not "according to reason", but "based on whims or impulses", making random arrangements, resulting in many jokes and a lot of suffering. However, although Emma did not find a match for others, she eventually fell in love and got married to Mr. Knightley. Together with the other two young men and women, they formed the comic ending of the book.

"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.