摘要

简·奥斯汀是十九世纪英国文学史上最伟大的现实主义小说家之一。在她短暂的一生中，她总共创作了六本小说，《傲慢与偏见》是其中成就最高的。这部小说以伊丽莎白和达西的爱情故事为主线，描述了四段婚姻：伊丽莎白和达西；吉英和彬格莱；夏洛特和柯林斯；莉迪亚和威克汉姆。它反映出英国人对婚姻的不同看法，同时也体现出作者在作品中倾向的婚姻观。小说中又穿插以由于家境、门第等引起的误会矛盾等跌宕起伏的情节，深刻揭示出资本主义社会下经济与婚姻的密切关系。  本文以小说中四对年轻人对爱情婚姻迥然不同的追求为切入点,深入探究作者简•奥斯汀的理想婚姻观，并挖掘其现实意义。

关键词：傲慢与偏见；婚姻；金钱；爱情

Abstract

Jane Austen was one of the most widely read novelists in English literature in the 19th century. During the forty — two years of her short life time, she wrote six novels. The pride and prejudice is the highest achievement in her all works. In this novel, the love story of Darcy and Elizabeth as the main line , describes four stories about marriage: Darcy and Elizabeth, Jane and Bingley, Charlotte and Collins；Lydia and Wickham, they reflect the different views of marriage in British, at the same time they express the author’s views on marriage. With the plot of the ups and downs and due to the difference in family circumstances and social status, there are many misunderstanding and contradictions which reveal the close relations between the economy and marriage in the capitalist society. This thesis takes the marriages of the four pairs of young people in the novel as the starting point, and compares their different pursuit about love. The aim is to make an exploration on Jane Austen's idea of the ideal marriage and excavate the realistic meaning of the works.

Key word: Pride and Prejudice；Marriage；Money ；Love