For over 150 years, Pride And Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen herself called this brilliant work her "own darling child." Pride And Prejudice , the story of Mrs. Bennet's attempts to marry off her five daughters is one of the best-loved and most enduring classics in English literature. Excitement fizzes through the Bennet household at Longbourn in Hertfordshire when young, eligible Mr. Charles Bingley rents the fine house nearby. He may have sisters, but he also has male friends, and one of these—the haughty, and even wealthier, Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy—irks the vivacious Elizabeth Bennet, the second of the Bennet girls. She annoys him. Which is how we know they must one day marry. The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and Darcy is a splendid rendition of civilized sparring. As the characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, Jane Austen's radiantly caustic wit and keen observation sparkle.

本书是作者处女作，和《傲慢与偏见》堪称姐妹篇。 埃莉诺和玛丽安两姐妹生在一个体面的英国乡绅家庭，姐姐善于用理智来控制情感，妹妹却往往在情感上毫无节制，因此在恋爱中碰到挫折时，她们作出了不同的反应：姐姐忍辱负重，始终与人为善；妹妹心高气傲，几近崩溃……与主人公命运情牵相关的闲得发慌的乡绅太太，势利无情的兄嫂一家，市侩虚伪的远房姐妹，以及少女心中那三位或道德败坏或正直优柔的恋人悉数登场，以喜剧开头，悲剧发展，终以喜剧收场，一则以细腻笔触和生动对白见长、讲述没有富裕嫁妆的少女婚恋的经典故事。 40幅原版插图生动再现经典场景。