watched "Emma" first, and then watched "Mansfield Manor", and I felt obviously more stable and serious. The timing of the creation and publication of these books. Man was published 3 years after Sense and Sensibility and 1 year after Pride and Prejudice. But judging from the time of creation, "Man" was created more than ten years after the first two works. Before Man, she had already written Northumber, but it was not until 1918, the year after her death, that it was published together with Persuasion.
During this period, her creative style has transitioned from playful and exaggerated to close to reality and serious thinking. When she never directly preaches in her works, she mainly relies on comical comedy to achieve irony. By the time of "Emma", he returned to the light comedy style, and had a sense of sophistication in controlling the light.
Jane Austen was born into a family of country pastors, and most of the stories in her works are based on the countryside of "three or four families", and most of them are about the marriage of young men and women. Under the dreary atmosphere of the literary world at that time, these works were quite unusual, breaking the shackles of the old classical dogma and adding a lot of fresh vitality.
*The language style is quite different from the style of other famous books. In the works of Balzac, Shakespeare, Hugo and other famous artists, we can often see very detailed descriptions of environments, characters and psychology, but in Jane Austen's works, these are omitted. Her narrative relies heavily on dialogue and intriguing plot advancements to bring each character to life. This is also her strength.
Speaking of which, I have to mention that Jane Austen also pioneeredThe linguistic form of "free indirect speech".。That is, the text does not frequently "he thinks and I think", but directly uses "third-person mental activity content", and the narration is very natural, smooth and concise. It's also a good reference to write things on a daily basis.
It's always reassuring to read Jane Austen's work. The character setting is not too complicated, several pairs of young men and women are jumping and moving, and there is no need to worry about any accidents when reading. A good girl will always be favored, even after experiencing pain and hesitation, she can always marry a good husband and live a happy life. Love, property and marriage are eternal topics, but even so, people never get tired of watching them.
After these excitement have passed, a closer reading will reveal that the author has buried a lot of easter eggs in the banter and funny. For example, in "Mansfield Manor", Fanny's description of being fostered at her aunt's house is very realistic. doesn't have the aura of the heroine in the legend, and she quickly got high and integrated into the environment. It is the most real reaction of a child, she is ignorant, timid, and listens to a lot of instructions from her mother, but she still can't behave very comfortably, and even cry out of place.
How does a girl born in the backwoods fit into the "Mansfield Manor"?The author gave her enough care for a normal ordinary girl, and gave her room to grow and transform slowly. also arranged a warm and considerate cousin for her, who often solved problems for her.
Whether in life or emotionally, she has to go through all kinds of worldly trials. An ordinary girl, how to win respect and how to find true love, is not the invincibility of the heroine in Shuangwen's "upgrading all the way to fight monsters", but real troubles, difficulties and breakthroughs bit by bit.
In contrast to Fanny's upbringing, there are cousins and cousins in her aunt's family. Under money worship, the lack of family education for children in the aunt's family did not send the cousins on the road to happiness, but caused tragedy. After the clumsy Fanny twists and turns, she gets the ideal love and life. In her, the author pins on simple values, no matter rich or poor, as long as she is kind, hardworking, sincere, respectful, and awe-inspiring, she can also have a beautiful life.
Fanny and her cousin's love is not a matter of course. After she entered Mansfield Manor, she was deeply encouraged and cared for by Edmund, and they did not have feelings for each other at first, but only understood their hearts after experiencing emotional setbacks. Look,Even if the right person is around, it takes time, the right time and place, and the need to complete self-growth before you can get something.