Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice seems very arrogant at first.
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history
Published in 1813, it follows 伊丽莎白·班纳特, the second of a country gentleman's five daughters, and the proud, wealthy 达西, whose first dislike of each other turns to love once each has seen past their own pride and prejudice.
culture
Its opening line is one of the most quoted in Chinese, in 王科一's 1956 translation: 凡是有钱的单身汉,总想娶位太太 'a single man with money always wants a wife'.