本书是英国著名女作家简·奥斯丁的代表作《傲慢与偏见》，是一部描写爱情与婚姻的小说。小说围绕班奈特太太如何把五个女儿嫁出去的主题展开。达西富有骄傲，代表傲慢；伊丽沙白聪明任性，代表偏见。最后，真爱终于打破了这种傲慢和偏见，小说在结婚典礼中结束，奥斯丁在这部小说中饶有风趣地反映了18世纪末、19世纪初英国乡情风俗和世态人情，给人以艺术的想象，是一部社会风俗喜剧佳作。

 Since its immediate success in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austen's radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, making this book the most superb comedy of manners of Regency England.