Pride and Prejudice, which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners. In it the garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim - that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters. In this she is mocked by her cynical and indolent husband. With its wit, its social precision and, above all, its irresistible heroine, Pride and Prejudice has proved one of the most enduringly popular novels in the English language. 《傲慢与偏见》通过几位村镇中产阶级姑娘谈婚论嫁的故事，反映十八世纪末至十九世纪初英国社会的世态风习。小说情节曲折、富有喜剧性，语言自然流畅、机智幽默，以精湛的技巧揭示了生活的悲喜剧。十八世纪末叶，英国小说似乎发展到了一个潴留阶段。从这个世纪之初开始，以丹尼尔·笛福和乔纳森·斯威夫特为前导，英国小说经过亨利·菲尔丁、塞缪尔·理查森等小说大家的昌隆盛世，到
