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读书报告，爱玛

MyReflectionOnEmma

Abouttheauthor:

JaneAustenwasamajorEnglishnovelist,whowasbornon16December,1775,attherectoryinthevillageofSteventon,nearBasingstoke,inHampshire.Shewastheseventhofeightchildrenandwaseducatedmainlyathomeandneverlivedapartfromherfamily.

ShehadahappychildhoodamongstallherbrothersandtheotherboyswholodgedwiththefamilyandwhomMr.Austentutored.Fromheroldsister,Cassandra,shewasinseparable.Toamusethemselves,thechildrenwroteandperformedplaysandcharades,andevenasalittlegirlJanewasencouragedtowrite.Thereadingthatshedidofthebooksinherfather’sextensivelibraryprovidedmaterialfortheshort

satiricalsketchesshewroteasagirl.

Attheageof14shewroteherfirstnovel,LoveandFriendshipandthenA

HistoryofEnglandbyapartial,prejudicedandignorantHistirian,togetherwithother

veryamusingJuvenilia.InhertwentiesJaneAustenwrotethenovelsthatwerelatertobere-workedandpublishedasSenseandSensibility,PrideandPrejudice,and

NorthangerAbbey.Afterherfather’sdeathin1805,theyallsufferedfinancial

difficultiesandwereforcedtorelyonthecharityoftheAustensons.Itwasalsoatthattime,whileonholidayintheWestcountry,Janefellinlove,andwhentheyoungmandied,shewasdeeplyupset.LatersheacceptedaproposalofmarriagefromHarrisBigg-Wither,awealthylandownerandbrothertosomeofherclosestfriends,butshechangedhermindthenextmorningandwasgreatlyupsetbythewholeepisode.Shenevermarried.

Then,inJuly,1809,herbrotherEdwardofferedhismotherandsistersapermanenthomeonhisChawtonestate,whichwasasmallbutcomfortablehousethatJaneAustenneededinordertowrite.Inthesevenandahalfyearsthatshelivedinthishouse,sherevisedSenseandSensibilityandPrideandPrejudicedandpublished

them（in1811and1813）andthenembarkedonaperiodofintenseproductivity.MansfiledParkcameoutin1814,followedbyEmmain1816andshecompleted

Persuasion（whichwaspublishedtogetherwithNorthangerAbbeyin1818,theyear

afterherdeath）.Noneofthebookspublishedinherlife-timehadhernameonthem---theyweredescribedasbeingwritten“ByaLady”.

Inthewinterof1816shestartedSanditon,butillnesspreventeditscompletion.

JaneAustenhadcontractedAddisonsDisease,atuberculardiseaseofthekidneys.ByMay1817shewassoillthatsheandhersister,Cassandra,livingnearJane’s

physician,rentingroomsinWinchester.Tragically,therewasnocureandJanediedinhersister’sarmsintheearlyhoursof18July,1817.Shewas41yearsold.SheisburiedinWinchesterCathedral.

JaneAusten’sapparentreticenceinmattersofcontemporarypoliticshasoften

thprovokedcommentfromcritics.HerwritingstylestructuredEnglishliteratureof18

thcenturyneoclassicismand19centuryromanticism.

Aboutthenovel:

Emmaisessentiallyacomedyofmanners,aworkinwhichthecharactersmoveinsideahighlyrestrictivecodeofconductandmustwalkafinelinebetweenthesociallyacceptableandunacceptableiftheyaretosurvive.Butatthesametimethecentralcharacter,EmmaWoodhouse,isamarkeddeparture.Austeniswritingveryclosetothepeakofherpowers,andheramazingtalentforobservation,subtleirony,andflashingwitendowEmmawithtremendouscharmandinterest.

OfallJaneAusten’sheroines,EmmaWoodhouseisthemostflawed,themost

infuriating,and,intheend,themostendearing.

Thecharactersinthenovel:

EmmaWoodhouse,themaincharacter.Sheis21yearsold.Ononehand,shewasbeautiful,kindheartedandclever,ontheotherhand,shewasselfish,pamperandsubjective.Sheswearedthatshewillnotbemarried,heraimistohelpotherstofindtheirlovers.Butattheendofthenovel,sherealizedthatshehadfalleninlovewithhergoodfriend,MrKnightley,whoalwaysstayedwithherandhelpedherquietly.

MrGeorgeKnightley,37yearsold.Hewasasinglegentlemanwhowasserious

butfilledwithreason.HewasamongthefewpeoplewhocanseeandpointoutEmma’sshortcomings.Emmaoftencinsideredhimasastandardtomeasureothermen.AndthemostimportantwasthathewasinlovewithEmmacontinuously.

MrFrankChurchill,ayounggentlemanwhoattractedalmosteverypersonwhoknowshim,peoplenotonlylikehimbutalsoadmiredhim.Helikessinginganddancing.Thoughhewasborninarichfamily,healsohasagoodtemper.HeandEmmawereofequalpositiononthescale,thetwofamilieswereofequalrank.ButMrKnightleydidnotlikehimbecausehethoughthewastooyoungandwasnotmatureenough.

JaneFairfax,thenieceofMissBates.Althoughshewasanorphan,shewasapolitewomanfilledwithgrace,besidesthis,shewasageniusinmusic.Hertalentinmusic