prideandprejudice

傲慢与偏见

小乡绅班纳特有五个待字闺中的千金，班纳特太

太整天操心着为女儿物色称心如意的丈夫。新来的邻

居彬格莱在一次舞会上，对班纳特家的大女儿简一见

钟情，班纳特太太为此欣喜若狂。彬格莱的好友达西

对伊丽莎白产生了好感，在另一次舞会上主动请她同

舞，却遭到伊丽莎白的拒绝，达西狼狈不堪。经过了

一系列的变化后，伊丽莎白对达西的偏见转化成了真

诚之爱。一对曾因傲慢和偏见而延搁婚事的有情人终

成了眷属。

[英]简·奥斯汀（janeausen）

hiswasenoughoprovehaherapprobaionneednobe

doubed:andelizabeh，rejoicinghasuchaneffusionwasheard

onlybyherself，soonwenawaybubeforeshehadbeenhree

minuesinherownroom，hermoherfollowedher

“mydeareschild，”shecried，“icanhinkofnohingelse!

enhousandayear，andverylikelymore!isasgoodasalord!

andaspeciallicenceyoumusandshallbemarriedbyaspecial

licencebumydeareslove，ellmewhadishmrdarcyis

paricurlyfondof，haimayhaveiomorrow”

hiswasasadomenofwhahermoher’sbehaviourohe

genlemanhimselfmighbe；andelizabehfoundha，hough

inhecerainpossessionofhiswarmesaffecion，andsecure

ofherreions’consen，herewassillsomehingobewished

forbuhemorrowpassedoffmuchbeerhansheexpeced；

formrsbe

eluckilysoodinsuchaweofherinendedsonin

whashevenurednoospeakohim，unlessiwasinher

poweroofferhimanyaenion，ormarkherdeferenceforhis

opinion

elizabehhadhesaisfacionofseeingherfaheraking

painsogeacquainedwihhim；andmrbe

esoonassured

herhahewasrisingeveryhourinhiseseem

“iadmireallmyhreesonsinlawhighly，”said

he“wickham，perhaps，ismyfavourie；buihinkishalllike

yourhusbandquieaswellasjane’s”

elizabeh’sspirissoonrisingopyfulnessagain，she

wanedmrdarcyoaccounforhishavingeverfalleninlovewih

her“howcouldyoubegin?”saidshe“icancomprehendyour

goingoncharmingly，whenyouhadoncemadeabegi

ing；bu

whacouldseyouoffinhefirspce?”

“ica

ofixonhehour，orhespo，orhelook，orhe

words，whichidhefoundaioniisoolongagoiwasinhe

middlebeforeiknewhaihadbegun”

“mybeauyyouhadearlywihsood，andasformy

ma

ers—mybehaviouroyouwasaleasalwaysbordering

onheuncivil，andineverspokeoyouwihouraherwishingo

giveyoupainhannonowbesincere；didyouadmiremefor

myimperinence?”

“forhelivelinessofyourmind，idid”

“youmayaswellcalliimperinenceaonceiwasverylile

lesshefacis，hayouweresickofciviliy，ofdeference，of

officiousaenionyouweredisgusedwihhewomenwhowere

alwaysspeakingandlooking，andhinkingforyourapprobaion

aloneiroused，andineresedyou，becauseiwassounlikehem

hadyounobeenreallyamiable，youwouldhavehaedmefor

i；buinspieofhepainsyouookodisguiseyourself，your

feelingswerealwaysnobleandjus；andinyourhear，you

horoughlydespisedhepersonswhosoassiduouslycouredyou

here—ihavesavedyouheroubleofaccouningfori；andreally，

allhingsconsidered，ibeginohinkiperfeclyreasonableo

besure，youknewnoacualgoodofme—bunobodyhinksof

hawhenheyfallinlove”

“washerenogoodinyouraffecionaebehaviourojane，

whileshewasillaherfield?”

“dearesjane!whocouldhavedonelessforher?bu

makeavirueofibyallmeansmygoodqualiiesareunderyour

proecion，andyouareoexaggeraehemasmuchaspossible；

and，inreurn，ibelongsomeofindoccasionsforeasingand

quarrellingwihyouasofenasmaybe；andishallbegindirecly

byaskingyouwhamadeyousounwillingocomeohepoin

aswhamadeyousoshyofme，whenyoufirscalled，and

aferwardsdinedhere?why，especially，whenyoucalled，did

youlookasifyoudidnocareaboume?”

“becauseyouweregraveandsilen，andgavemeno

encouragemen”

“buiwasembarrassed”

“andsowasi”

“youmighhavealkedomemorewhenyoucameo

di

er”

“amanwhohadfelless，migh”

“howunluckyhayoushouldhaveareasonableanswer

ogive，andhaishouldbesoreasonableasoadmii!bui

wonderhowlongyouwouldhavegoneon，ifyouhadbeenlef

oyourselfiwonderwhenyouwouldhavespoken，ifihadno

askedyou!myresoluionofhankingyouforyourkindnesso

lydiahadcerainlygreaeffecoomuch，iamafraid；forwha

becomesofhemoral，ifourcomforspringsfromabreachof

promise?forioughnoohavemenionedhesubjechiswill

neverdo”