Hidnist′ i honor

Nayvidomishyy roman Dzheyn Ostin Hidnist′ i honor (takozh vidomyy pid nazvoyu Hordist′ i uperedzhennya) buv vpershe opublikovanyy u 1813 rotsi i ye odnym iz nayvidomishych tvoriv anhliys′koyi literatury. Spokiynyy svit rodyny Bennetiv, yaki mayut′ p’yat′ doroslych don′ok, zburyuye novyna: susidniy mayetok orenduvav molodyy zamozhnyy odynak mister Binhli, probudyvshy matrymonial′ni spodivannya ne odniyeyi yunoyi ledi. Ba bil′she, u novoho susida ye neodruzhenyy pryyatel′ mister Darsi, statky yakoho perevershuyut′ usi mriyi mamus′ nezamizhnich don′ok. Do toho zh mister Darsi nachebto nakynuv okom na odnu z divchat Bennet – ironichnu, rozumnu, harnen′ku Elizabet. Ta chy spodobayet′sya honorystyy mister Darsi nezalezhniy Elizabet? A mozhe, vona pomylyayet′sya schodo spravzhn′oyi natury vidlyud′kuvatoho mistera Darsi? Roman Dzheyn Ostin, spovnenyy tonkoyi ironiyi y humoru, nasychenyy zhyvymy dialohamy i komichnymy ta dramatychnymy sytuatsiyamy, malyuye blyskuchyy portret anhliys′koho vyschoho i seredn′oho suspil′stva, vzhe dva stolittya vyklykaye hostru zatsikavlenist′ chytachiv.