【正文】 riage is materially lessen.” Darcy, as a noble gentleman, always behaves accord with his should not blame him for his natural concern towards the vulgarity of Elizabeth’s the other hand, Elizabeth, who is brought up in the lower class, cannot hide her disgust for Darcy’s cold and proud the huge divergence of the two, it’s not quite possible for them to get married in , their love “outweighs” all the obstacles and “betrays my sense” as Darcy puts they get together in the fairytale , does love really have that great power? Or is it as a prank joke? Actually Jane Austen had just written such a fairytale to please us but to stab a trenchant into the unreasonable socialinstitution at the same seems that the happier the ending is, the sharper it criticizes to the truly civilized society should enable women’s happiness by providing a tolerableatmosphere regarding possession and ranking but not to pin their hope on “l(fā)ove”.After all, not all men are as affectionate as .第五篇：傲慢與偏見讀書筆記What makes a successful marriage?719The success of Jane Austen’s representative work “Pride and Prejudice” lies not only in its vivid characters, the natural development of plot and the use of satire and wit, but also its influential power whichprovokes people to rethink what are the essential elements of a happy that money or possession, appearance or superficial qualities?Written in the eighteenth century, the book enlightens us on marital choice in the modern novel revolves around the marriage between Darcy and Elizabeth, which proves to be successful and other three couples, including Jane and , Carroline and , Lydia and William, also play a part in the Elizabeth is born in the little landlord39。s family, unlike her snobbery , she is clever and she first meets Darcy in a party, who is an aristocrat and appears to be proud, arrogant and somewhat forbidding, she has a negative impression towards Darcy’s side, he is attracted by Elizabeth’s beauty and herintelligent this time, , Darcy’s best friend, falls in love with Elizabeth’s sister Jane who is a simple, innocent and beautiful order to put Bingley out of the dangers of an impulsivemitment, Darcy and Bingley39。s sister contrive to persuade him leave his country and go to Jane lapses into a deep attributes her sister’s misfortune to Darcy’s persuasion, so the prejudice against Darcy is this time, , a far relative of Bennet family, es and proposes marriage to Elizabeth which she finds another woman, Carroline, to move to a big house which is near to Darcy’s the wedding, Elizabeth is invited to their home, and there she isreacquainted with of strong affection for Elizabeth, Darcy proposes marriage to her — presented in such condescending, denigrating fashion that Elizabeth flatly refuses the meeting with William, a penniless handsome army officer, further increases her distaste forDarcy because William distorts all the facts about Darcy and portrays him as transition es when Elizabeth’s sister, Lydia, a superficial girl who follows exotic things and handsome man, elopes with pursues the errant Lydia and her suitor, and obliges them to marry — at the cost of paying off all of Wickham39。s outstanding debts, and, in addition, giving the couple the substantial sum of ten thousand discovers that the amount was actually paid by learning of Darcy39。s extraordinary generosity, coupled with the utmost discretion, Elizabeth39。s inclinations towards him the love between Jane and blossom, Darcy also approaches Elizabeth, and this time his love is returned in ’s obvious that Elizabeth and Darcy are distant from each other because of their series of events which they bothexperienced give them the opportunity to understand one another and the time to reconcile their feelings for each , their mutualunderstanding is the foundation of their relationship and will lead them to a peaceful and lasting relationship between Elizabeth and Darcy reveals the importance of knowing one39。s partner before , despite the difference in social position, wealth, they give priority to their emotions and choose to follow their intrinsic put away earthy prejudice and give no thoughts to external these ensure a successful contrast, themarriage of Carroline and can never be a happy one because it is based on economics rather than Lydia and Wickham39。s marriage is an example of bad marriage because it based on superficial qualities which are sure to fade away with the passage of presentday society, though we lay less emphasis on economic elements, status and appearance, we are easily induced by them when considering a we neglect the purist feeling and choose to yield to money, rank or public may even select our spouse in hasty, knowing little about his true such behaviors will lead to an unsatisfying marriage all these into consideration,I e to the conclusion that we should always put emotion first and be responsible for our selection.