keywords】prideandprejudice，money，matrimonialvalueorientation，marriage
introduction
prideandprejudiceisthemostenduringlypopularnovelwrittenbyjaneausten。ittalksabouttrivialmattersoflove，marriageandfamilylifebetweencountrysquiresandfairladiesinbritaininthe18thcentury。theplotisverysimple。thatishowtheyoungladieschoosetheirhusbands。someonesaidthat“elizabethbennet，theprotagonistofthenovel，flatlyrejectedwilliamcollins’proposal，whoistheheirofherfather’spropertyandmanor，andrefusedthefirstproposalfromtheextremelywealthynoblemanfitzwilliamdarcylater，”(1)allthismakesitclearthatelizabeth“seeksnofamenorfortune，butself-improvementandhighmentaloutlook。”(1)it’sright。fromtheviewpointofausten，elizabeth’smarriage，whofinallymarriesdarcy，aswellasjane-bingley’s，composingmoneyandlove，istheidealmarriagepeopleshouldafter。butinothermarriagecasesinthisnovel，wecanseethatifmoneyandlovecan’tbeheldtogetherinonemarriage，lovewouldalwaysmakeaconcessiontomoneybecauseofthespecialsocialbackground。afterreadingthroughthewholebook，wewillfindthatmoneyactsasthecauseofeachplotandtheclueofitsdevelopment。itaffectseverybody’swordsanddeeds，evenelizabethbennet。tonytanneroncesaid，“janeausten，aswellasotherauthors，isveryclearthatnofeelingcouldbeextremelypureandnomotivecouldbedefinitelysingle。butaslongasitispossible，weshouldmakeitclearthatwhichfeelingormotiveplaystheleadingrole。”(2)
socialbackground
thestoryofprideandprejudicetookplaceinthetimeoftheregencyinbritain。atthattime，britainwasattheperiodoftransitionfromtheearlierstageofcapitalismtocapitalistindustrialization。inthecountryside，thearistocraticfamilystillheldgreatpowerandrightthatcountrysquireswerelikelytofawnuponthem。however，asthedevelopmentofcapitalismandtheexpandoftherankofrichpeople，thedistinctionbetweensocialstratawasbecomingsmallerandsmaller，whilemoneywasgettingmoreandmoreimportantinpeople’smindaboutsocialvalue。awesternliteraturecriticoncesaidthat“evendavidricardo(abritisheconomist)hadaunlikelyclearerunderstandingaboutthefunctionofmoneyindailylifeasjaneaustenhad。”(3)itisexactlybecauseofthesecurepledgeinfinancethatthecountrysquiresocietycouldbeexistingstronglyandsolidly。
thefirstsentenceofthewholenovelproclaims，“itisatruthuniversallyacknowledged，thatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife。”(4)here，“agoodfortune”and“inwantof”aretwokeyphrases。“inwantof”meansitisneededobjectively，butnotsubjectively。
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