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  [傲慢与偏见 / 简·奥斯汀 著]


■ 简介
  “家产万贯而又尚未婚配的男人一定需要一位贤内助,这是一条世界上尽人皆知的真理。”因此,当这样一位男人搬到班纳特家附近时,班纳特太太喜出望外。她马上感到,彬格莱先生很可能——几乎肯定——会成为五个女儿当中哪一个的丈夫。
  “人们都说他很年轻,很英俊,特别招人喜欢!”愚蠢的丽迪亚说。她是班纳特姐妹中年龄最小的。“还有更棒的呢,他喜欢跳舞!谁都知道,爱跳舞就意味着他很可能爱上谁!”
  可是,爱上谁呢?不久,伊丽莎白·班纳特就确信他对大姐简情有独钟。毫无疑问,他们一有见面机会,他便对她大献殷勤。可是,有谁敢说钟情的结果就一定是婚姻、乃至幸福呢?
  不过,对班纳特家姐妹有意的并非彬格莱先生一人。还有她们的表兄、令人厌倦的柯林斯先生。还有兵团的军官们——比如韦翰先生。当然,还有彬格莱先生的朋友达西先生——他身材魁梧、皮肤黝黑、家财万贯,可是却非常无礼、傲慢、难以相处……
  简·奥斯汀(1775—1817)一生生活平静,是英国最受爱戴的作家之一。她的小说描写的是英国中产阶级的人际关系和礼仪。她的作品因为风趣幽默、细致敏锐而使她享誉至今。


■ 1 The Bennets'new neighbour
  It is a truth well known to all the world that an unmarried man in possession of a large fortune must be in need of a wife. And when such a man moves into a neighbourhood, even if nothing is known about his feelings or opinions, this truth is so clear to the surrounding families,that they think of him immediately as the future husband of one or other of their daughters.
  ‘My dear Mr Bennet,’said Mrs Bennet to her husband one day,‘have you heard that someone is going to rent Netherfield Park at last?’
  ‘No,Mrs Bennet,I haven't,’said her husband.
  ‘Don't you want to know who is renting it?’cried Mrs Bennet impatiently.
  ‘You want to tell me,and I don't mind listening.’
  Mrs Bennet needed no further encouragement.‘Well,my dear, I hear that he's a very rich young man from the north of England.It seems he came to see Netherfield on Monday and was so delighted with it that he arranged to rent it at once.Of course,it is the finest house in the area,with the largest gar- dens. His servants will be here by the end of the week, and he will be arriving soon afterwards!’
  ‘What is his name?’asked Mr Bennet.
  ‘Bingley.’
  ‘Is he married or single?’
  ‘Oh, single, my dear,of course!A single man of large for- tune—he has an income of four or five thousand pounds a year.How wonderdul for our girls!’
  ‘Why? How can it affect them?’Mr Bennet asked.
  ‘My dear Mr Bennet,’she replied,‘how can you be so an- noying!You must realize I'm thinking of his marrying one of our daughters.’
  ‘Is that his purpose in coming to the area?’
  ‘His purpose?No, of course not. But it's very likely that he’ll fall in love with one of them.And I want him to see the girls as soon as possible,before our other neighbours introduce themselves. So you must visit him as soon as he arrives.’
  ‘I really don't see why I should,’said Mr Bennet.‘You and the girls can visit him, or perhaps you should send them by themselves.Yes, that might be better, as you're as attractive as any of them, and Mr Bingley might like you best.’
  ‘My dear, you flatter me,’replied his wife,‘I certainly have been called beautiful in the past, but I think a woman with five adult
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