2010年2月25日 星期四

Pride and Prejudice

It’s all about love and I had seen the movies about this. At that time I didn’t realize very well about the film and now I read the novel and I knew the detail about the story. The novel is talking about a young woman of the late 18th century must deal with the efforts of her matchmaking mother as well as a bachelor who elicits conflicting emotions within her. We may feel strange why they do so but remember how our parents met and most of them were met by matchmaker not by themselves. In 18th century parents will overly worried about running out of money and/or having to support their daughters, Mrs. Bennet is headstrong about getting them married, including Elizabeth who she tries to pressure into marrying Mr. Collins. Mrs. Bennet says she won't talk to Elizabeth again if she refuses. Mr. Bennet says he won't talk to Elizabeth if she agrees, so the matter is settled. Elizabeth did have a good father who cares about her marriage otherwise she has to marry someone she doesn’t like. Although it’s an old fashion love story but it’s worth to read again. To date, the book has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and made several films in different movies and TV shows. That means people still like to see and read this kind of love story and it’s always popular world wide.