Pride and Prejudice — Page 14
The goodness of the minor characters in Pride and Prejudice has been already alluded to, and it makes a detailed dwelling on their beauties difficult in any space, and impossible in this.
La bondad de los personajes secundarios en Orgullo y prejuicio ya ha sido mencionada, y hace que detenerse en detalle en sus virtudes sea difícil en cualquier espacio, e imposible en este.
Mrs. Bennet we have glanced at, and it is not easy to say whether she is more exquisitely amusing or more horribly true.
A la señora Bennet ya le hemos echado un vistazo, y no es fácil decir si resulta más exquisitamente divertida o más horriblemente veraz.
Much the same may be said of Kitty and Lydia; but it is not every author, even of genius, who would have differentiated with such unerring skill the effects of folly and vulgarity of intellect and disposition working upon the common weaknesses of woman at such different ages.
Algo muy parecido puede decirse de Kitty y Lydia; pero no todo autor, ni siquiera el de genio, habría diferenciado con tan infalible destreza los efectos de la necedad y la vulgaridad de intelecto y carácter actuando sobre las debilidades comunes de la mujer en edades tan distintas.
With Mary, Miss Austen has taken rather less pains, though she has been even more unkind to her; not merely in the text, but, as we learn from those interesting traditional appendices which Mr. Austen Leigh has given us, in dooming her privately to marry "one of Mr. Philips's clerks."
Con Mary, la señorita Austen se ha esmerado bastante menos, aunque ha sido incluso más cruel con ella; no solo en el texto, sino también, como sabemos por esos interesantes apéndices tradicionales que nos ha proporcionado el señor Austen Leigh, al condenarla en privado a casarse con «uno de los empleados del señor Philips».
The habits of first copying and then retailing moral sentiments, of playing and singing too long in public, are, no doubt, grievous and criminal; but perhaps poor Mary was rather the scapegoat of the sins of blue stockings in that Fordyce-belectured generation.
Los hábitos de copiar primero y luego difundir sentencias morales, de tocar y cantar demasiado tiempo en público, son, sin duda, graves y censurables; pero quizás la pobre Mary fue más bien el chivo expiatorio de los pecados de las marisabidillas en aquella generación aleccionada por Fordyce.
It is at any rate difficult not to extend to her a share of the respect and affection (affection and respect of a peculiar kind; doubtless), with which one regards Mr. Collins, when she draws the moral of Lydia's fall.
En cualquier caso, es difícil no hacerle extensible una parte del respeto y el afecto (afecto y respeto de una índole peculiar, sin duda) con que uno considera al señor Collins, cuando ella extrae la moraleja de la caída de Lydia.
Vocabulary
- bondad
- Goodness or kindness as a personal quality.
- personajes
- Characters in a story, novel, or play.
- secundarios
- Secondary or supporting, not the main focus.
- Orgullo
- Pride, as in the novel title Pride and Prejudice.
- prejuicio
- Prejudice or bias against someone or something.
- ya
- Already, now, or soon depending on context.
- mencionada
- Mentioned or referred to previously.
- detenerse
- To stop or pause, often to examine something.
- detalle
- A detail or specific particular of something.
- virtudes
- Virtues or morally positive qualities of a person.
- difícil
- Difficult or hard to accomplish or understand.
- cualquier
- Any, used before a noun regardless of gender.
- espacio
- Space, room, or a designated area for something.
- imposible
- Impossible; not able to be done or achieved.
- señora
- Mrs. or madam; respectful title for a woman.
- echado
- Past participle of echar; thrown or cast.
- vistazo
- A quick look or glance at something.
- fácil
- Easy; not requiring much effort or skill.
- decir
- To say or to tell someone something.
- resulta
- Turns out or results in a particular way.
- exquisitamente
- Exquisitely; in a supremely refined or perfect manner.
- divertida
- Amusing or entertaining; fun to be around.
- horriblemente
- Horribly; in a dreadful or terrible manner.
- veraz
- Truthful or accurate in depicting reality.
- Algo
- Something or somewhat; indefinite pronoun or adverb.
- parecido
- Similar or resembling something or someone else.
- decirse
- To be said; reflexive form of decir.
- autor
- Author; person who writes books or literary works.
- ni
- Neither, nor; negative conjunction linking elements.
- siquiera
- Even; used to emphasize minimum expectation.
- genio
- Genius; person of exceptional intellectual ability.
- diferenciado
- Differentiated or distinguished between separate things.
- infalible
- Infallible; never making mistakes or errors.
- destreza
- Skill or dexterity in performing a task.
- efectos
- Effects or results produced by a cause.
- necedad
- Foolishness or stupidity in behavior or thought.
- vulgaridad
- Vulgarity; crude or coarse behavior and manners.
- intelecto
- Intellect; the capacity for rational thought.
- carácter
- Character; the mental and moral qualities of a person.
- actuando
- Acting or operating; present participle of actuar.
- debilidades
- Weaknesses or failings of a person's character.
- comunes
- Common or shared among many people or things.
- mujer
- Woman; an adult female human being.
- edades
- Ages; the number of years a person has lived.
- distintas
- Different or distinct from one another.
- señorita
- Miss; respectful title for an unmarried woman.
- esmerado
- Careful or meticulous; taken great pains with something.
- bastante
- Quite, fairly, or enough; indicating sufficient degree.
- menos
- Less or fewer; comparative of quantity or degree.
- aunque
- Although or even though; concessive conjunction.
- incluso
- Even or including; used to emphasize addition.
- cruel
- Cruel; causing pain or suffering without remorse.
- texto
- Text; written content of a book or document.
- sino
- But rather; corrective conjunction replacing negated element.
- interesantes
- Interesting; arousing curiosity or holding attention.
- apéndices
- Appendices; supplementary sections at end of a book.
- tradicionales
- Traditional; following long-established customs or practices.
- proporcionado
- Provided or supplied; past participle of proporcionar.
- señor
- Mr. or sir; respectful title for a man.
- condenarla
- To condemn her; sentence her to a fate.
- privado
- Private or deprived; kept from having something.
- casarse
- To get married; reflexive form of casar.
- empleados
- Employees or clerks working for a business.
- hábitos
- Habits; regular tendencies or practices of behavior.
- copiar
- To copy or reproduce something from a source.
- primero
- First; occurring before all others in order.
- luego
- Then or later; indicating temporal sequence.
- difundir
- To spread or disseminate information or ideas broadly.
- sentencias
- Maxims or moral sentences expressing wisdom.
- morales
- Moral; relating to principles of right and wrong.
- tocar
- To play a musical instrument or touch something.
- cantar
- To sing; producing musical sounds with the voice.
- demasiado
- Too much; exceeding what is appropriate or necessary.
- tiempo
- Time or weather; a fundamental concept of duration.
- público
- Public or audience; people gathered to watch something.
- sin
- Without; preposition indicating absence of something.
- duda
- Doubt; uncertainty about something being true.
- graves
- Serious or grave; indicating great severity or importance.
- censurables
- Blameworthy or deserving of censure and criticism.
- quizás
- Perhaps or maybe; expressing uncertainty or possibility.
- pobre
- Poor; lacking money or deserving of sympathy.
- chivo
- Goat; animal also used in 'scapegoat' expression.
- expiatorio
- Expiatory; serving to atone for sins of others.
- pecados
- Sins; moral transgressions against ethical or religious law.
- marisabidillas
- Know-it-alls; women who display excessive pedantic learning.
- aquella
- That; feminine singular demonstrative adjective, distant reference.
- generación
- Generation; all people born and living at similar time.
- aleccionada
- Lectured or instructed; taught moral lessons repeatedly.
- caso
- Case or instance; a particular situation or scenario.
- extensible
- Extendable; capable of being extended or applied broadly.
- parte
- Part or portion of a whole thing.
- respeto
- Respect; regard for the feelings and rights of others.
- afecto
- Affection; a gentle feeling of fondness or liking.
- índole
- Nature or kind; the inherent character of something.
- peculiar
- Peculiar or particular; distinctive in an unusual way.
- considera
- Considers; third-person singular of considerar.
- extrae
- Extracts or draws out; third-person singular of extraer.
- moraleja
- Moral lesson drawn from a story or event.
- caída
- Fall or downfall; a drop or loss of status.
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