It's a little different from the Austin that people imagine.
We are too indulged in those elegant, intelligent, to-the-point sentences, and we think of Austen as an independent, strong and free woman. We forget, however, that this is a lonely, lifelong old maid, poor and sick.
We were so obsessed with those touching love stories that we saw every heroine married to a rich and sincere hero, and we thought Austen was going to tell us "a woman must never marry for money." We forget, however, that Elizabeth's real love for Darcy was when she visited the gorgeous Pemberley Manor: "If I promised him, now I can entertain my aunt and uncle as a mistress." In the
movie Fanny said to her Aunt Jane that it was your novel that told me women shouldn't marry for money.
Fanny's father replied: Then you should read her novel again.
Austin smiled, noncommittal.
For Austin, marriage is best a wonderful combination of love and wealth. If not, try to find a rich man who is still bearable! When an elegant and reasonable man proposes to you from a poor family, you'd better not agree, because a better one will be waiting for you: he will be equally elegant and reasonable, and have more wealth.
The goofy priests in Austen's novels were rejected not because they didn't win the girls' love, but because the girls believed there was something better ahead of them.
In the novel, those smart and beautiful girls waited. Austin's pen twists and turns, and finally will let them wait until they are happy.
She is keen to write these stories of Cinderella and the prince, not because she believes in such romantic nonsense; on the contrary, because she knows that the vast majority of Cinderellas in reality cannot wait for the prince of their dreams, those in the countryside. The Elizabeths who have been waiting so hard will never meet Mr. Darcy in their entire lives. They can only get a little satisfaction from these round novels.
"The only way you can meet a gentleman like Mr. Darcy is to write about such a man," she advised her niece. She advised her to choose patiently, not to expect those crazy loves and wonderful encounters, and not to settle for simple emotions prematurely. Yes, the gentleman you met is good enough and I know you're in love, but he also has an unbearable family background - so why don't you wait, maybe there's a better one, you're not necessarily so Love him, but his wealth and background will benefit you for life.
Austen, fed up with not having money, persuaded women in the world to settle down with her most unsettling romance novel.
And she herself will never marry—that's the danger of women who write: they see life clearly, but don't want to believe it; they agree with it, but don't want to chase it.
Women who write are dangerous, they are unwilling to give in to life, and they are so angry that they are unwilling to give in.
In the film, Mrs. Austen complains about her daughter's escape from marriage: You clearly agreed the day before, why did you escape the next day? - And you are now, you are sick now, you are so lonely now.
Austin broke free from his mother's arms and ran for the door.
The niece followed behind and said that you chose to escape marriage for love, which is too romantic.
Austin was suddenly
angry : you can be angry with me, but you can't think I'm pitiful!
There are thousands of voices questioning in their hearts. As early as a long time ago, when they rejected the marriage proposal of the first man, these voices were already disturbing: Is it worth it? For the so-called freedom, for the so-called love of writing, you give up your wealth and those comfortable lives, and you finally become an old maid who struggles alone. Is all this really worth it?
Because of this, they are exceptionally sensitive and cannot tolerate doubts from others. She couldn't tolerate that proud self, who was actually pitiful in the eyes of others.
Women who write are dangerous because they have always had in their hearts the yearning for the impossible perfection and freedom, and because they have clearly seen the huge gap between this yearning and reality from the beginning to the end, and throughout
their lives, they are living with themselves. A tug-of-war is going on. Marry him, wealth means security; but I must never enter into a marriage without love. The war made them physically and mentally exhausted, but when they looked back, Zhu Yan in the mirror was an old woman. At this time, they can say that they will never feel wronged for money, but looking at the depression behind them, this pride is only adding a bit of desolation.
When Austin in the film finds out that Mr. Harden is in love with Fanny, she knows that her last attempt to realize her dream has failed.
From then on, she is indeed those gentle and rational old aunts, those old maids who worry about family finances every day.
But at the same time, she does know that writing is already the only way to give her warmth, a necessary activity on which she lives (whether spiritual or material). She gave up possible happiness because of this yearning. Only by grasping this yearning can she prove that her original choice was correct.
The first man who proposed to her asked: Say you regret it, say you regret rejecting me, even if it's fake.
Austin smiled: What's the point of that?
The women who write are broken, and their only picture of happiness is in those novels.
And their fragmentation splashed like broken glass, scratching the lives of everyone close to them.
Fanny's crush refuses to propose to her. Fanny had Jane's penetrating eyes, and he was afraid that he was stupid in her eyes, and he felt that this woman saw too clearly, so he was eerily terrible.
It's you. Fanny said to her aunt, it's you, I look at men with your eyes. And I'm 27 years old.
Women who write are dangerous, they make a hole in life, and all the good illusions fall.
Woolf said that all a woman wants in her life is a room where she can write freely. She had a mental breakdown three times and committed suicide.
Austin has never been so persistent. She knows that what a woman pursues in her life should be a manor where she can marry her husband and raise her children.
Unfortunately, before she got the manor, she first got a writing room.
That room made her unwilling to surrender her whole life.
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