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1、JaneAusten'sPrideandPrejudicehadalongandvariedlifebeforeitfinallysawpublicationonJanuary28,1813.Austenbeganthebook,originallytitledFirstImpressions,in1796.HerfathersubmittedittoaLondonpublisherthefollowingyear,butthemanuscriptwasrejected.Austencontinuedtoworkonthebook,and
2、scholarsreportthatthestoryremainedafavoritewiththeclosecircleoffriends,relations,andacquaintancesshetookintoherconfidence.SheprobablycontinuedworkingonFirstImpressionsafterherfamilyrelocatedtoBathin1801anddidnotstoprevisingandrewritinguntilafterthedeathsofbothherfatherand
3、aclosefriendin1805.AfterthispointAustenseemstohavegivenupwritingforalmostfiveyears.Shehadresumedworkonthebookby1811,scholarsreport,andthefinalproductappearedanonymouslyinLondonbookstallsearlyin1813.ThecriticalhistoryofPrideandPrejudicewasjustasvariedastheevolutionofthenov
4、elitself.Atthetimethenovelwaspublishedintheearlynineteenthcentury,mostrespectedcriticalopinionwasstronglybiasedagainstnovelsandnovelists.AlthoughonlythreecontemporaryreviewsofPrideandPrejudiceareknowntoexist,theyareallremarkablycomplimentary.AnonymousarticlesintheBritishC
5、riticandtheCriticalReviewpraisedtheauthor'scharacterizationandherportrayalofdomesticlife.AdditionalearlycommentaryexistsinthediariesandlettersofsuchprominentcontemporaryreadersasMaryRussellMitfordandHenryCrabbRobinson,bothofwhomadmiredthework'scharacters,realism,andfreedo
6、mfromthetrappingsofGothicfiction.Afterthisperiod,however,criticismofPrideandPrejudice,andofAusten'sworksasawhole,largelydisappeared.WiththeexceptionoftwoposthumousappreciationsofAusten'sworkasawholebySirWalterScottandArchbishopRichardWhateley,verylittleAustencriticismappe
7、areduntil1870.JaneandBingley'srelationshipcontinuestodeependuringfamilyvisits,balls,anddinners.HissisterspretendtolikeJane,butareappalledbyhermother'svulgarities,heryoungersisters'wild,loosemanners,andtheirlowereconomicpositionamongthelandedgentry.Theyfindgreatamusementin
8、makingfunoftheBennetsbehindJane'sback.AparticularpointofhilaritystemsfromthewayKittyandLydiachas
