文档介绍：《超越哈佛》天道酬勤,同窗共勉/
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
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《超越哈佛》天道酬勤,同窗共勉/
Pride and Prejudice
Chapter 1
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man
in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
However little known the feelings or views of such a
man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this
truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding
families, that he is considered the rightful property of some
one or other of their daughters.
‘My dear Mr. ,’ said his lady to him one day,
‘have you heard herfield Park is let at last?’
Mr. replied that he had not.
‘But it is,’ returned she; ‘for Mrs. Long has just been
here, and she told me all about it.’
Mr. made no answer.
‘Do you not want to know who has taken it?’ cried his
wife impatiently.
‘YOU want to tell me, and I have no objection to
hearing it.’
This was invitation enough.
‘Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that
Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from
the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a
chaise and four to see the place, and was so much
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delighted with it, that he agreed with Mr. Morris
immediately; that he is to take possession before
Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the
house by the end of next week.’
‘What is his name?’
‘Bingley.’
‘Is he married or single?’
‘Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large
fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for
our girls!’
‘How so? How can it affect them?’
‘My dear Mr. ,’ replied his wife, ‘how can you
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