Abstract:Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen. The novel has inspired a number of other writers and readers. However, some scholar, who studied Pride and Prejudice, misunderstood the Austen book's general idea and misguided the readers in their views. Seldom could they be aware that prejudice Austen used is not real prejudice, neither is pride. The writer of this thesis tries to clarify the misunderstandings from many aspects. Here, this thesis focuses on six typical points.

Key words: pride and prejudice; self-esteem; First Impressions; euphemism

中文摘要:傲慢与偏见是简奥斯汀的作品。小说启发了其他一些作品和读者。然而，一些研究傲慢与偏见的学者，误解了奥斯汀这本书的总思路和误导读者的观点。很少能认识到，奥斯汀书名的本意。本论文试图从各方面纠正这误导。在此，本论文集中在六个典型点。

关键词：傲慢与偏见；自尊; 第一印象；委婉

　　　Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen. First published on 28 January 1813, it is her second published novel. Its manuscript was initially written between 1796 and 1797. Called First impressions, it was never published under that title, and in the following revisions it was re-entitled Pride and Prejudice. The novel has inspired a number of other works and readers. However, some scholar, who studied Pride and Prejudice, misunderstood the Austen book's general idea and misguided the readers' view. Therefore, unfortunately, under the influence of that book, some girls want to be Elizabeth and become prejudiced for her dream lover whereas some boys become more proud like Mr. Darcy.