Classic lines from Pride and Prejudice:

1. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

It is a universally acknowledged truth that a wealthy bachelor will always marry a wife.

2. One cannot know what a man really is by the end of a fortnight. But if we do not venture, somebody else will.

Being with a person for two weeks , it is impossible to understand what kind of person he is. However, if we don't try, others will inevitably try.

3. I would wish not to be hasty in censuring any one; but I always speak what I think.

I would wish not to be hasty in censuring any one; but I always speak what I think.

Say whatever comes to mind.

4. But if a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavor to conceal it, he must find it out.

If a woman falls in love with a man, as long as If the woman doesn't hide it from the man on purpose, the man will definitely see it.

5. But to be so easily seen through I am afraid is pitiful.

However, to be so easily seen through is probably a pitiful thing.

6. It does not necessarily follow that a deep, intricate character is more or less estimable than such a one as yours.

A deep and intricate character may not be more estimable than such a one as yours.

People are more elusive.

7. To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of either.

If you don’t ask right and wrong and just obey casually, I’m afraid it can’t be considered a compliment to either person. Bar.

8. A regard for the requester would often make one readily yield to a request without waiting for arguments to reason one into it.

You know, if a person respects what others have put forward, Requests are usually obeyed willingly without persuasion.

Extended information:

1. Introduction to "Pride and Prejudice":

"Pride and Prejudice" (Pride and Prejudice) is a novel written by the British female novelist Jane. Austen's novel.

The novel describes the little squire Bennet’s five daughters-in-law, and the protagonist is the second daughter Elizabeth.

She met Darcy at a ball, but she heard that he was arrogant and always rejected him. After some twists and turns, Elizabeth got rid of her prejudice against Darcy, Darcy also let go of his arrogance, and the lovers finally got married.

This work uses daily life as the material, and uses the content and artificial writing methods that are contrary to the sentimental novels popular in the society at that time. It vividly reflects the conservative and occlusive state from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century. British rural life and people. And has been adapted into movies and TV series many times.

2. Creative Background:

"Pride and Prejudice" is the earliest work Austen completed. She started writing it in 1796 and named it "First Impression". It was published in August 1797. Month completed. Her father was very moved after reading it and specially showed it to Thomas Caddell, asking him to publish it, but the other party refused, which made their father and daughter very disappointed.

So Jane Austen began to revise another novel "Sense and Sensibility". After her father's death in 1805, Mrs. Austen moved to Southampton with Jane and her sister Cassandra. It was not until 1809, when she settled in her brother Edward's Hampshire Manor in Chawton, that Jane Austen began to write seriously again.

After the revision of "Sense and Sensibility" she published it at her own expense and the book sold well. So she rewrote "First Impression" and renamed it "Pride and Prejudice".

Reference materials:

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