Hordist′ i uperedzhennist′

Dzheyn Osten (1775—1817) i dosi po pravu vvazhayet′sya «pershoyu ledi» anhliys′koyi literatury. YIyi «romany zvychayiv» pidkoryayut′ os′ uzhe tretye stolittya schyristyu, tonkym psycholohizmom, istynno anhliys′kym humorom i ye obov’yazkovymy dlya vyvchennya v koledzhach i universytetach Velykoyi Brytaniyi. «Hordist′ i uperedzhenist′» — roman pro kochannya bahatoho krasenya-arystokrata ta skromnoyi, ale hordoyi don′ky volodarya nevelykoho mayetku v provintsiyi. Vony zobrazheni nastil′ky lukavo i dotepno, scho chvylyuyut′ ne til′ky uyavu chytachiv, a sche y kinematohrafistiv — tsya knyha ye odnym iz naychastishe ekranizovanych literaturnych tvoriv za vsyu istoriyu kino.