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1、关于之真爱的探讨Austen'sapparentreticenceinmattersofcontemporarypoliticshasoftenprovokedcommentfromcritics.Formostofheradultlife,BritainwasatwarwithFranceandexperiencingcasualtiesonanunprecedentedscale.Herbrothers,FrankandCharles,servedintheRoyalNavy,incareersthatbrou
2、ghtnotonlywealthandhonour,butalsoconstantdanger.ItisevidentfromcommentsinAusten'ssurvivinglettersthatshewasfarfromignorantoftheinternationalconflict;manyreadershavethereforeponderedovertherelativeabsenceofreferencetocurrentaffairsinherfiction.ThequestionisparticularlyacuteinPr
3、ideandPrejudice,atoncethemostmilitaryandthemostwittyandeffervescentofallthenovels.Herethemilitiaareembodiedinforce,andyettheregimentbilletedatmerytonseemsdesignedtoprovidedancingpartnersforthelocalcommunity,ratherthanprotectionagainstaforeignfoe.ItishardtoimagineMrWickham,Cham
4、berlayneorDennyengagedinactionotherthanintheballroomoratthecardtable.Whenseeninthelightofcontemporaryhistory,however,theanxietygeneratedbythemilitiatakesonfurtherdimensions.By1813,whenPrideandPrejudicewaspublished,theBritisharmywastwentytimeslargerthanithadbeenattheoutbreakoft
5、hewar.WhenthecharacterofMrsBennethadbeensketchedoutinthe1790s,herambitionofgettingherdaughtersmarriedoffhadprobablyseemedarelativelystraightforwarddevicetoayoungwriternurturedoneighteenth-centurydramaandcomicnovels.15yearslater,Britishwomenhadenduredthedeepdistressesbroughtonb
6、yprolongedhostilities-fearoffoodshortages,terroratthethoughtofmilitaryinvasion,and,worstofall,theexperienceoflosingsons,husbands,fathers,brothers,andfriendsintheconflict.ThesensitivityofMrsBennet'snervesbegingstoseemmorecomprehensiblewhenthecollectiveanxietytowhichshehasbeensu
7、bjectedforsomanyyearsistakenintoaccount,whilehermatrimonialobsessionsacquireanaltogetherdarkertone.AsthedeathtollroseinsuccessivecampaignsagainstFrance,thenumbersofeligibleEnglishmenwereinevitablydeclining.Ifthepoliticaleconomist,theRevdThomasMalthus,articulatedwidespreadanxie
8、tiesabouttheBritishpopulationexceedingthenation'sagricultural
