Pride and Prejudice: The Embarrassing Life of Miss Jane Bennett

"——Mr. Duran, if you make those comments next time on the specific plot, I will be very grateful, otherwise your brilliant arguments will seem a bit pointless. However, although you did not point out the details of the story in detail Which plot fits those comments of yours, I still would have thought some explanation for your critiques and comments—”

"Henry, she is such a stubborn woman. She knows that I will be the editor in charge of her in the future, but she dares to speak so sharply!" Nicholas said with a smile while reading the letter.Henry looked at Nicholas quietly, feeling that he was in a very happy mood at the moment.

"As for your 'tragedies for the sake of writing tragedies', please forgive me. I personally think that the tragedy has already begun when Catherine decided to accept Nicholas's love. After the two fall in love, they need to face life, and life always It is full of all kinds of things and people. Joyful, sad, tiresome, frightening, etc., these need two people to face together, communicate with each other, and understand each other. But, forgive me To be blunt, at the end of the story, although Catherine and Nicholas still love each other deeply, they no longer communicate, and they don’t even have the most basic understanding. They are people from different worlds. If they no longer understand and communicate, Then the rest must be a dead end."

Nicholas read more and more slowly, and finally stopped gradually, holding the letter in one hand and knocking on the table with the other.

The woman was right.

The novel has been serialized to the last part yesterday, which is the posthumous story of Catherine to which this Miss Bennett attaches.

Then the letters from readers at the newspaper office flew over like snowflakes.

Just from the letters alone, you can tell how much the story has resonated.Among them, many readers are like him, satirizing the author's tragedy for the sake of tragedy, and affectation.There are also many ridiculous moralists accusing the author of being an evil heretic, and even writing vampires as a positive image in the story. How can they have such noble emotions as human love?

But more is to explore why these two people who love each other come to such an endless situation in the end.

He went to Miss White's party yesterday, and the gentlemen and ladies at the table discussed the story.Most of the ladies said that Nicholas had never thought about it from the perspective of Catherine, hadn't thought about the psychological struggles she had to face when she just became a vampire, and various discomforts, and hadn't created a safe and comfortable environment for her, Unexpectedly, other female vampires could frame her and bully her.

The gentlemen said that as a man, they understood what Nicholas had to face.It is difficult for him to walk amidst the imminent moves of the big families, and he also needs a Jieyuhua to relieve him of the pressure.What's more, he has tried his best to provide Catherine with the best, but Catherine is not satisfied and does not understand.

In the end, the ladies said that if you men think it is good, it must be good?Can you really care about it and pay attention to our preferences?

Then the gentlemen retorted that you women can't understand the hard work and pressure of men?Why can't we understand that we still have family responsibilities?Why are you so inconsiderate?What do you like, what do you want, don't you just say it directly?

Of course, gentlemen and ladies' words are very elegant and polite, not as straightforward as the above.But the atmosphere of the whole banquet has turned into a confrontation between the two camps of men and women.

Nicholas did not participate in the discussion. He sat on the side, looking at the few friends who were fighting with red faces, and couldn't laugh or cry.

He suddenly understood what the old Jenkins from the literature department said: "This story has triggered a war between men and women in my family." After arguing about all kinds of things in reality, they ended up in a cold war for three whole days.

Well, whether or not that Miss Jane Bennett was a twisted old aunt, he had to admit that she had succeeded.These self-proclaimed well-educated gentlemen and talented women almost put aside their decency and quarreled with each other over a story she wrote in a few days.

"Henry, have you read that novel too?" Nicholas raised his head, looked at Henry who was standing aside, and asked.

"Yes, sir," Henry replied.

"How do you feel?" Nicholas asked with great interest.

Frowning slightly, Henry seemed to seldom answer similar questions.Trying hard to find words, Henry said slowly, "It's boring."

"Bored?" Nicholas raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, sir. It just seems that the weather in London is getting darker." Henry said word by word.

"Haha, it seems that I am not the only one who feels uncomfortable, but what to do, Henry, I seem to be looking forward to the next story of this Miss Bennett."

In fact, you are a hidden M.Mr. Nicolas de Duran.But it's okay, abuse is a good thing, because abuse is healthier.

A certain unscrupulous author pushed the black-rimmed glasses aside and said sinisterly.

While in Longbourn, Jian Lan was reading letters and comments from some readers sent by Mr. Duran.

"Sure enough, it's a mess." Jian Lan looked at a letter full of gorgeous rhetoric satirizing and criticizing Catherine with a smile, and then another letter criticizing Nicholas with sharp words, watching the excitement Same, laughing heartlessly.

You also say that people are not considerate, so are you considerate?Why didn't anyone sprinkle flowers on the author?Jian Lan lazily leaned on the bed, basking in the sunlight coming in from the window, thinking so.

Because of the development of the journalism and paper industry and the huge female market, many popular novels in the [-]th century were written for middle-class women.Most of them describe noble and talented ladies who get a good marriage because of their own good character.Moreover, those novels will focus on describing some details of life and conversations, which are very short-sighted and have the feeling of farming.Of course, the object of marriage is generally a gentleman with a higher status, and those stories are more or less Cinderella.

And Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte were deeply influenced by this kind of novels.

Pinch it, the inside of my left breast is not a glass heart, it will be shattered when you pinch it.The more you pinch, the more popular you will be. The more you pinch, the more you will be able to remember this newcomer, Acres Aizhi.

Jian Lan, who is well versed in modern hype, put those letters into a small box without any pressure, lay back on the bed, and planned to take a nap.Poor Mr. Duran over there in London is still thinking to himself what a gloomy look Miss Bennet will make when she reads those comments.

Well, the sun is really nice today.

Jian Lan, who was gradually falling asleep, thought drowsily.

the other side.

"Darcy, the housekeeper just delivered a few volumes of the encyclopedia just published last month." Bingley walked into the study with two books in his arms, and said to Darcy who was writing a letter: "Maybe I can get it in May." Longbourn to Miss Bennet and Miss Mary. In truth, I have never seen such reading sisters."

Bingley's voice echoed in the quiet study, and the quill in Darcy's hand stopped abruptly.

"Speaking of which, the encyclopedias published in our country are much better than the encyclopedias edited by those Frenchmen." Bingley flipped through the newly acquired book without realizing it, and said.

It occurred to Darcy that he had mentioned this to Miss Bennet one day in a walk.

"As a reference book, the French Encyclopedia is indeed too bad. If it is a serious reference book, it will not look so good."

He had only to turn his head slightly to see Miss Jane Bennet's face.You can see the redness on the cheeks due to the movement, even the fine hair on the face, the long and curly eyelashes and the bright eyes.

"Is it because of the special historical background?" Darcy calmed down, thought for a while, and asked.

"That's right, especially the political part. The editor included a lot of current events when writing it. Although it is not objective in some aspects because of its position, it is still very interesting to read."

Remembering that the political part happened to be brought to her by Bingley yesterday, Darcy's face darkened when her eyes fell on the black eyes.

"Is Miss Bennet still forgetting to eat and sleep like this?" Mr. Darcy asked bluntly in a flat tone.

At that time, Miss Bennet seemed to be taken aback for a moment, then she glanced cautiously at Elizabeth in front of her, and then looked at herself with a slight smile to herself, with obvious flattery in her smile.

Darcy, who was used to seeing these since he was a child, suddenly felt that such an expression could look cute in a specific scene.

At that time, he was baffled by his absurd idea, so he couldn't help but put on a straight face and stopped talking.

He thought that if Miss Bennet said something more, he could refrain from continuing to chat with her.

But Miss Bennet didn't even look at him, let alone the sweet smile that had been on her lips just now.

Darcy felt very annoyed, and didn't know what to say in this situation, and couldn't help but look even worse.

Immediately afterwards, Miss Bennett took two steps away from her, thinking she didn't know.

Darcy tightened his grip on the quill.

Now it seems that I should be glad that I didn't say much at the time, and it didn't cause any illusions to Miss Jane Bennett.

What caused the illusion that he admired her.

"You say so, Darcy?"

"What?" Darcy suddenly came back to his senses and asked hastily.

"Darcy, what's the matter with you these days?" Bingley blinked his eyes and asked puzzledly, "Did you lose your mind, do you suffer from lovesickness like me?" Mr. Bingley said jokingly.

"What did you say?" Darcy suddenly looked at Bingley sternly and asked sharply.

The joking Mr. Bingley was taken aback.

Darcy stood up abruptly from his seat, folded the letter, sealed it with wax, and handed it to the waiting servant, then straightened his collar, walked to Bingley, stopped, and said, "That's all It's your illusion!"

After speaking, he walked out of the study without looking back.

"I'm just joking, Fitzwilliam." Mr. Bingley stared blankly at Darcy's back, and found that his back was so stiff.

"Bang bang bang—"

"Enter—" Jian Lan said lazily with sleepy eyes.

"Jane!" Elizabeth pushed open the door and entered Jane's room.

"What's wrong?" Jian Lan turned over holding the quilt, barely opened her eyes and looked at Elizabeth.

"The news just came from Lucas's house that Charlotte has agreed to Mr. Collins' marriage proposal!" Elizabeth said with widened eyes.

"Oh—" Jian Lan closed her eyes again.

"How could she marry the stupidest man in England?!" Elizabeth murmured puzzled.

"She is my favorite person in the whole book..." Jian Lan muttered in a daze.

"Wake up, my dear Jane." Hearing Jian Lan talking nonsense, Elizabeth tugged Jian Lan's tight quilt and said.

"Ah! Why is this, Mr. Collins! Ah! Someone save my fragile nerves~!"

Mrs. Bennet's howling came unstoppably from the living room downstairs.