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book review of Pride and prejudic傲慢与偏见读后感

book review of Pride and prejudic傲慢与偏见读后感

Book Review of Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice is unquestionably a classic romantic story that has kidnapped generation after generation. Ordinary as I am, I am as well drowning in the waves of this outstanding love, and cannot even bring myself off. So strong is my feeling that it squeezes to burst out here.

The first wave that conquers my mind is the love between Darcy and Elizabeth. Darcy, an arrogant and undoubtedly wealthy gentleman, is deeply in love with Elizabeth who is smart, pretty and at the same time, biased towards the former. Naturally, the two characters will not have any intersections, and may have worked as the old adage “You take the open road and I'll cross the log bridge”; however, these two special characteristics----pride and prejudice----are bumped against each other and even spark at the end through the tactful design of the brilliant author Jane Austen. To begin with, Darcy and Elizabeth have not realized that their own personality defect is the main stumbling block of their getting closer, taking for granted that the other is the one that should be blamed rather than search their inner world and find out his or her own weakness. After an unhappy proposal saturated with the air of shock, irritation and self-questioning, Darcy and Elizabeth both come to awareness that they are so self-centered, one too proud of himself to notice the others and the other too jaundiced to figure out the truth, that they were firmly caught by the ignorance of the bright side of life. During the following period, both of them retrieve virtue that have been neglected and gradually, fall in love with each other. After a second reading, I find that what impressed me most is their process of retrieval, their overcoming themselves to get back the lost goodness. Obviously, we should be tolerant and concerned about others, not being too full of ourselves or sticking to our biased personal feeling towards others, but adhering to the fact that the others also have their own advantages or the fact that can lead to impartial judgments.

Another wave that I am indulged in is the theme of the book. Anxieties about social connections, or desires for better social connections, interfere with the workings of love. Miss Bingley, with blind approbation, chases after the rich hero Mr. Darcy, leftover lady Miss Lucas marries Mr. Collins who is, to some extent, rich but meanwhile, peacockish, and at the beginning of the book, the neighbors, simply for their great fortune, admire wealthy Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy have all contributed to the theme as counter examples, uncovering the latent rules in that society that love seems or to be honest, is always having something to do with fortune. Seemingly, there is no true love in that “money-talks”society. Nevertheless, the love of Darcy and Elizabeth fully proves that love need not to be with money. Love is love itself. I cannot agree with this idea more. For that even in the current society, people, similar to their forefathers, considers fame and fortune as their first principle to select couples as well, the book is worthwhile to be read to remind us what true love is and to help us find our true selves.

In short, Pride and Prejudice is so good a book that deserves to read again and again because we can get something new each time we read. Therefore, go and read it!

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