The six romantic novels that Austen wrote before her death in 1817 are still widely read. Her first novel published was “Sense and Sensibility” in 1811, but her best-known work, “Pride and Prejudice,” was written around fifteen years earlier. Although originally rejected for publication, the novel, and its intelligent heroine, have come to hold a place among the great classics of English literature.

1817年奥斯汀去世，生前她写的六部浪漫爱情小说至今仍广为流传。1811年她出版了第一部小说《理智与情感》，但她最著名的作品《傲慢与偏见》则在其15年前就完成了。尽管这部小说最初出版曾遭拒绝，但小说和书中聪明伶俐的女主角，已在英国文学的伟大经典作品
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(短文节选,本篇始于：傲慢与偏见)