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1、关于之真爱的探讨Austen'sapparentreticenceinmattersofcontemporarypoliticshasoftenprovokedcommentfromcritics.Formostofheradultlife,BritainwasatwarwithFranceandexperiencingcasualtiesonanunprecedentedscale.Herbrothers,FrankandCharles,servedintheRoyalNavy,incareersthatbroughtno
2、tonlywealthandhonour,butalsoconstantdanger.ItisevidentfromcommentsinAusten'ssurvivinglettersthatshewasfarfromignorantoftheinternationalconflict;manyreadershavethereforeponderedovertherelativeabsenceofreferencetocurrentaffairsinherfiction.ThequestionisparticularlyacuteinPrideandPrej
3、udice,atoncethemostmilitaryandthemostwittyandeffervescentofallthenovels.Herethemilitiaareembodiedinforce,andyettheregimentbilletedatmerytonseemsdesignedtoprovidedancingpartnersforthelocalcommunity,ratherthanprotectionagainstaforeignfoe.ItishardtoimagineMrWickham,ChamberlayneorDenny
4、engagedinactionotherthanintheballroomoratthecardtable.Whenseeninthelightofcontemporaryhistory,however,theanxietygeneratedbythemilitiatakesonfurtherdimensions.By1813,whenPrideandPrejudicewaspublished,theBritisharmywastwentytimeslargerthanithadbeenattheoutbreakofthewar.Whenthecharact
5、erofMrsBennethadbeensketchedoutinthe1790s,herambitionofgettingherdaughtersmarriedoffhadprobablyseemedarelativelystraightforwarddevicetoayoungwriternurturedoneighteenth-centurydramaandcomicnovels.15yearslater,Britishwomenhadenduredthedeepdistressesbroughtonbyprolongedhostilities-fea
6、roffoodshortages,terroratthethoughtofmilitaryinvasion,and,worstofall,theexperienceoflosingsons,husbands,fathers,brothers,andfriendsintheconflict.ThesensitivityofMrsBennet'snervesbegingstoseemmorecomprehensiblewhenthecollectiveanxietytowhichshehasbeensubjectedforsomanyyearsistakenin
7、toaccount,whilehermatrimonialobsessionsacquireanaltogetherdarkertone.AsthedeathtollroseinsuccessivecampaignsagainstFrance,thenumbersofeligibleEnglishmenwereinevitablydeclining.Ifthepoliticaleconomist,theRevdThomasMalthus,articulatedwidespreadanxietiesabouttheBritishpopulationexceed
8、ingthenation'sagricultural
