著名文藝評論家毛姆說：“我相信，廣大的讀者已經認定《傲慢與偏見》是奧斯汀的傑作，我認為他們的評價是中肯的。使一部作品成為經典名著的，不是評論家們的交口贊譽、教授們的闡述研究、用作學校裡的教科書，而是使一代又一代的眾多讀者在閱讀這部作品中得到愉悅，受到啟迪，深受教益。我個人認為，《傲慢與偏見》總體來說，是所有小說中令人滿意的一部作品。”
小說圍繞貝內特太太——這個文學史上不堪的丈母娘，如何把五個女兒嫁出去的主題展開，創造了伊麗莎白和達西這對偉大的拌嘴戀人形像。奧斯汀在給姐姐寫的一封信中說：“我必須承認，伊麗莎白是自有書籍以來十分討人喜歡的人物，我竟不知道我怎能忍受不喜歡伊麗莎白的讀者。”就連小說中的小人物們都被奧斯汀塑造得那麼活靈活現、貼近生活。威克姆的恩將仇報，柯林斯的虛偽愚蠢、奴顏婢膝，凱瑟琳夫人的獨斷專行、自私自利，讀者都能從自己或周圍人身上找出原型來。奧斯汀作品中機智幽默的對白、“涉筆成趣，筆中帶刺”的風格，以及她對人性的深刻洞察，都令其作品魅力無窮。
奧斯汀是繼英國女王伊麗莎白二世之後第二位出現在英國貨幣上的女性形像。除了奧斯汀的肖像以外，貨幣上還印上了《傲慢與偏見》中的一句話：I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading！（我斷言，沒有什麼比閱讀更令人愉悅了！）

Chapter 1 A Young Man of Fortune
Chapter 2 A Young Man of Proud Manners
Chapter 3 A Young Man Searching for a Wife
Chapter 4 A Young Man Wronged
Chapter 5 A Young Lady Ashamed
Chapter 6 A Young Man Refused
Chapter 7 An Engagement for a Young Lady
Chapter 8 A Clergyman at Home
Chapter 9 A Young Lady Cries
Chapter 10 A Young Man Surprised
Chapter 11 A Young Lady Thinks about Matters
Chapter 12 A Young Lady Goes to Brighton
Chapter 13 A Young Man Changed
Chapter 14 A Young Lady Runs Away
Chapter 15 A Young Lady Recovered
Chapter 16 Two Young Happy Couples

《床頭燈英語·3000詞讀物（純英文）：傲慢與偏見》：
"Our daughters，" replied Mr. Bennet， "haven't much in way of praise or recommendation. They don't know very much and are often silly， like other girls. But Lizzy is more clever and smarter than her sisters."
"Mr. Bennet， how you make me worry！ Sometimes I feel you even enjoy it！ You don't care about my poor nerves."
Mr. Bennet walked over to the door of his library. "You are wrong， my dear，" he said. "I do have feelings for your nerves. After all， they are like old friends. I have lived with them for twenty years."
"Oh！" said Mrs. Bennet. She was beginning to cry. "How you enjoy making me worry！"
"You will have many other chances to see rich young men move into our neighborhood， my dear. So I hope you can forget this."
"You have no thought for your daughters. Five of them-five！-and Jane in her twenty-third year！ Are they all to be old maids and never get married?"
"I'm sure you won't let this happen，" he said， and the library door closed behind him.
The Bennet family met together in the drawing room after dinner that evening. Four of Mr. Bennet's daughters were quite pretty. Jane was the most beautiful of them but Elizabeth， who was twenty， had more spirit. Also， Elizabeth's fine dark eyes seemed full of light. Kitty was their seventeen year-old daughter. She was pretty in a thin way. Lydia was almost sixteen and she was tall with healthy， red-colored cheeks. Nineteen-year-old Mary was the only plain member of the family. She was thin， round-shouldered， and nearsighted. Because she read too many books， she had to wear glasses.
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王潤霞，《床頭燈英語叢書》策劃者之，資深英語教育踐行者。1998年以來她按照自己對英語教育的理解，引導女兒取得了一繫列驚人的成績：2004年北京市高考理科第二名，托福（TOEFL）673分（滿分677分），清華大學電子工程繫專業和綜合成績排名雙項第一，獲得10多所美國頂尖大學（普林斯頓、耶魯、麻省理工、加州理工、斯坦福、康奈爾等）的全額獎學金，博士畢業後拿到了麥肯錫、波士頓、貝恩三大咨詢公司的工作offer。
我女兒為什麼能在中國的語言環境中學好英語
我女兒是在中國語言環境中學好其語的一個代表，她的經歷或許會給國內正在學或準備學英語的人一些啟示，幫助他們少走彎路，最終享受到學好英語所帶來的益處。當然，你可能會覺得我孩子的情況很特殊，屬於個例。但是，我的英語教學體會是：每個學生都是語言的天纔，隻要學習方法正確，英語沒有學不好的。這些年我一共帶了幾百名學生，很多考上了世界名校，如美國麻省理工學院、賓夕法尼亞大學、耶魯大學、康奈爾大學，英國倫敦大學學院等。這些學生都是普通的學生，關鍵是他們背後都站著一個大事不糊塗、肯為孩子付出、和孩子在正確道路上堅持到底的家長。