"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen started off annoying me and ended up enchanting me. Up until about page one hundred I found this book vexing, frivolous and down right tedious. I now count myself as a convert to the Austen cult.

I must confess I have been known to express an antipathy for anything written or set before 1900. I just cannot get down with corsets, outdoor plumbing and buggy rides. Whenever someone dips a quill into an inkwell my eyes glaze over. This is a shortcoming I readily own up to but have no desire to correct. So I admit to not starting this book with the highest of hopes. I did really enjoy Ang Lee's "Sense and Sensibility" however and so when my friend threw the gauntlet down I dutifully picked it up. Boy did I hate him at first. To get anywhere with this book one has to immerse oneself in the realities of life and marriage in the nineteenth century. At first all this talk of entailment and manners just left me cold. I liked the language to be sure. Austen's dialogue is delightful through out but dialogue alone (no matter how delicious) does not a great novel make.

A hundred pages or so in though I started to see what a shrewd eye for character this Austen woman had. Mr. Collins was the first person I marvelled at. His character springs forth fully formed as a total but somehow loveable ass. From that point on I found much to love about this book. I was so into it by the end that I was laughing at some characters, sympathizing with others and clucking my tongue at an unhappy few. In short I was completely absorbed. In conclusion I must now count myself a fan of Miss Austen's novels (and not just their fim adaptations) and do so look forward to acqauinting myself with more of her work in the future. "Emma" anyone?

 

第二篇：Pride and Prejudice傲慢与偏见读后感

Title of Book: Pride and Prejudice

Author: Jane Austen

What did you like best about this book?

First, it is definitely a romantic love story. The love between Darcy and Elizabeth impressed me most. Disliking each other in the first place, they finally changed their point of view and even their personalities, at the end got married. Completely moved by the story, I cannot help reading it again and again. Also, the process they came to love reminded me that tolerance and understanding make the world beautiful.

Supposing that Darcy stick to his pride and Elizabeth continued to be prejudice, what is the ending of the story?

Second, the tone of the story is refreshing. The author chose an ironic and comedic writing style rather than the traditional formal and strict, of which I think highly. The way she wrote totally reveal a social attitude---money and status are everything. The writer criticized it in a funny way, which attracts readers’ attention and deepens their interest in reading.

Lastly and most importantly, the theme of the book has heightened my thought. In the book, anxieties about social connections, or the desire for better social connections, interfere with the workings of love. Darcy and Elizabeth’s realization of a mutual and tender love implies that love is something independent of social forces, unrelated to wealth and social status. This point of view reminds me to our own society. With the development of market economy, many people throw away their traditional moral, pursing fame and fortune, at which I am sad. Reading Pride and Prejudice at the present is of great importance for us, helping to find our good nature deep inside.

What did you dislike about this book?

Honestly speaking, the book is so nice that it’s hard to tell which part I dislike. I f there is something I have to say, it may be what she wrote was restricted in a small circle, only in a round of people, a certain area, which may bore some readers. Besides, I think the words she used in the book are quite pale, lacking of beautiful phrases and sentences. Perhaps some readers will also complain about it.

Would you tell a friend to read this book? Why?

Without doubt, I will introduce the book to my friends.

First, the book gives a vivid expression of the reactionary and traditional country life and people’s minds during 18th centuries and 19th centuries in Britain to us,

broadening our visions as well as leading us to think about our social tendency. Only by reading and thinking can we promote our thought.

Second, there are also many editions of films adapted from the book. After reading, my friends and I can watch the movies, communicating with one another about different feelings after reading and watching.