傲慢与偏见英文书评.pptx

It is a truth well known to all the world that an unmarried man in possession of a large fortune must in need of a wife .
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Pride and Prejudice
The Book Review
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Contents
A Brief Introduction to the Author
Characters’ relationship
Plot Summary
Analysis of Major Characters
Our Opinion
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A brief introduction to the author
Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist .She was born in a mid-class family and was brought up in a comfortable environment with harmonious surroundings. She was the youngest of seven children. She received her education—scanty (;缺乏的) enough, by modern standards—at home. Besides the usual elementary subjects, she learned French and some Italian, sang a little, and became an expert needle-woman.
She was unmarried all her life.
But quiet and uneventful ()though her life was, it yet supplied her with material for half a dozen novels as perfect of their kind as any in the language. While still a young girl she had experimented with various styles of writing, and when she completed "Pride and Prejudice" at the age of twenty-two, it was clear that she had found her appropriate form.
Jane Austen
Part of Austen’s works
1811 Sense and Sensibility
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1813 Pride and Prejudice
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1814 Mansfield Park
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1815 Emma
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Her realism, biting () social commentary and masterful () use of free indirect speech, burlesque () and irony have earned her a place as one of the most widely read and most beloved writers in English literature.
The most popular among the Austen‘s volumes is Pride and Prejudice that takes the theme of love and marriage in a mildly humorous way of expression. As a female writer, she shows different attitudes toward marri