Pride and Prejudice — Page 15

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I sometimes wish that the exigencies of the story had permitted Miss Austen to unite these personages, and thus at once achieve a notable mating and soothe poor Mrs. Bennet's anguish over the entail.

Ich wünschte manchmal, dass die Erfordernisse der Geschichte Miss Austen erlaubt hätten, diese Personen zu vereinen und damit zugleich eine bemerkenswerte Verbindung herzustellen und der armen Mrs. Bennet ihren Kummer über das Erbrecht zu lindern.

The Bingleys and the Gardiners and the Lucases, Miss Darcy and Miss de Bourgh, Jane, Wickham, and the rest, must pass without special comment, further than the remark that Charlotte Lucas (her egregious papa, though delightful, is just a little on the thither side of the line between comedy and farce) is a wonderfully clever study in drab of one kind, and that Wickham (though something of Miss Austen's hesitation of touch in dealing with young men appears) is a not much less notable sketch in drab of another.

Die Bingleys und die Gardiners und die Lucases, Miss Darcy und Miss de Bourgh, Jane, Wickham und die übrigen müssen ohne besonderen Kommentar übergangen werden, abgesehen von der Bemerkung, dass Charlotte Lucas (ihr ungeheuerlicher Papa, obwohl entzückend, steht nur ein wenig jenseits der Grenze zwischen Komödie und Posse) eine wunderbar kluge Studie in der Grauheit einer Art ist, und dass Wickham (obwohl etwas von Miss Austens zögernder Hand im Umgang mit jungen Männern erkennbar ist) eine nicht viel weniger bemerkenswerte Skizze in der Grauheit einer anderen Art darstellt.

Only genius could have made Charlotte what she is, yet not disagreeable; Wickham what he is, without investing him either with a cheap Don Juanish attractiveness or a disgusting rascality.

Nur ein Genie hätte Charlotte zu dem machen können, was sie ist, und dabei doch nicht unangenehm wirken lassen; Wickham zu dem, was er ist, ohne ihn entweder mit einer billigen Don-Juan-haften Anziehungskraft oder einer abstoßenden Schurkenart auszustatten.

But the hero and the heroine are not tints to be dismissed.

Aber der Held und die Heldin sind keine Töne, die man einfach abtun kann.

Darcy has always seemed to me by far the best and most interesting of Miss Austen's heroes; the only possible competitor being Henry Tilney, whose part is so slight and simple that it hardly enters into comparison.

Darcy erschien mir stets bei weitem als der beste und interessanteste von Miss Austens Helden; der einzig mögliche Mitbewerber ist Henry Tilney, dessen Rolle so gering und schlicht ist, dass sie kaum einen Vergleich zulässt.

It has sometimes, I believe, been urged that his pride is unnatural at first in its expression and later in its yielding, while his falling in love at all is not extremely probable.

Es ist bisweilen, so glaube ich, geltend gemacht worden, dass sein Stolz zunächst in seinem Ausdruck und später in seinem Nachgeben unnatürlich sei, während sein Verlieben überhaupt nicht besonders wahrscheinlich ist.

Here again I cannot go with the objectors.

Auch hier kann ich den Einwänden nicht folgen.

Vocabulary

Ich: First person singular pronoun; I.
wünschte: Wished; past tense of wünschen.
manchmal: Sometimes; occasionally; at times.
dass: That; conjunction introducing subordinate clause.
die: The; feminine singular or plural article.
Erfordernisse: Requirements; necessities; things that are needed.
der: The; masculine singular or genitive/dative article.
Geschichte: Story; history; narrative of events.
erlaubt: Allowed; permitted; past participle of erlauben.
hätten: Would have; past subjunctive of haben.
diese: These; this; demonstrative pronoun or adjective.
Personen: Persons; people; individuals in a narrative.
zu: To; at; preposition indicating direction or purpose.
vereinen: To unite; to combine; to bring together.
und: And; conjunction connecting words or phrases.
damit: Thus; so that; in order to thereby.
zugleich: At the same time; simultaneously; also.
eine: A; one; indefinite article feminine singular.
bemerkenswerte: Remarkable; noteworthy; worthy of observation.
Verbindung: Connection; relationship; link between things.
herzustellen: To establish; to create; to produce.
armen: Poor; wretched; dative plural of arm.
ihren: Her; their; accusative/dative form of possessive.
Kummer: Sorrow; grief; distress or sadness.
über: Over; about; concerning; preposition.
das: The; that; neuter singular article.
lindern: To ease; to relieve; to alleviate.
Die: The; plural article nominative case.
übrigen: Remaining; other; the rest of.
müssen: Must; have to; necessity or obligation.
ohne: Without; lacking; preposition negating presence.
besonderen: Special; particular; of specific or distinct nature.
Kommentar: Commentary; comments; remarks on something.
übergangen: Passed over; overlooked; disregarded or skipped.
werden: To become; auxiliary verb for passive voice.
abgesehen: Apart from; except for; aside from.
von: From; of; preposition indicating origin or possession.
Bemerkung: Remark; observation; a comment or note.
ihr: Her; its; possessive pronoun feminine singular.
ungeheuerlicher: Monstrous; outrageous; shocking or appalling in nature.
Papa: Papa; father; informal term for dad.
obwohl: Although; though; despite the fact that.
entzückend: Delightful; charming; delicious or enchanting.
steht: Stands; is located; present tense of stehen.
nur: Only; merely; just; sole or exclusive.
ein: A; one; indefinite article masculine singular.
wenig: Little; a small amount; not much.
jenseits: Beyond; on the other side; across.
Grenze: Border; boundary; dividing line between areas.
zwischen: Between; among; in the space separating things.
Komödie: Comedy; humorous theatrical play or performance.
Posse: Farce; absurd or ridiculous theatrical production.
wunderbar: Wonderful; marvelous; admirable or excellent.
kluge: Clever; intelligent; wise or astute.
Studie: Study; examination; detailed investigation of subject.
in: In; inside; preposition indicating location or time.
einer: One; a; feminine singular of indefinite article.
Art: Kind; type; manner or way of doing.
ist: Is; present tense singular of sein.
etwas: Something; anything; some or a little bit.
zögernder: Hesitating; reluctant; wavering or uncertain.
Hand: Hand; palm; body part for grasping.
im: In the; contraction of in dem.

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