简.奥斯汀开辟了英国朴素现实主义小说之先河,她的小说艺术地再现了18、19世纪之交英国的乡村世界。她从现实中取材,侧重于对凡人琐事,特别是女主人公们的描写,真实鲜活地描绘了当时的社会现实。她象牙雕刻般地细腻、她优雅的散文笔法,她的机智风趣、巧妙曲折的故事情节,如磁铁般地吸引着读者。 Jane Austen opened up the first of a series of English realistic novels, her novels artfully reproducing Britain’s rural world at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. She draws from the reality, focusing on the mortal trivia, especially the descriptions of the heroines who vividly depict the current social reality. Her ivory carved delicate, her elegant prose style, her witty, clever twists and turns of the story, such as magnets to attract readers.