elizabeth bennet
Elizabeth is the second of five sisters and her father's favourite, and is described by him by having "something more of quickness than her sisters"; though she is often distressed and embarrassed by the behaviour of her mother and of her younger sisters. Her father is a gentleman and a landowner, but his estate, Longbourn, is entailed away from him because he does not have a son, and upon his death, Longbourn will be inherited by his cousin Mr. Collins, a sycophantic and foolish clergyman. Elizabeth is described as being the child that her mother is "least fond" of - especially after she refuses Mr. Collins' proposa…more
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Mr. Bennet
The patriarch of the Bennet family, a gentleman of modest income with five unmarried daughters. Mr. Bennet has a sarcastic, cynical sense of humor that he uses to purposefully irritate his wife. Though he loves his daughters (Elizabeth in particular), he ...
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Mrs. Bennet
Mr. Bennets wife, a foolish, noisy woman whose only goal in life is to see her daughters married. Because of her low breeding and often unbecoming behavior, Mrs. Bennet often repels the very suitors whom she tries to attract for her daughters....
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Jane Bennet
The eldest and most beautiful Bennet sister. Jane is more reserved and gentler than Elizabeth. The easy pleasantness with which she and Bingley interact contrasts starkly with the mutual distaste that marks the encounters between Elizabeth and Darcy....
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Mary Bennet
The middle Bennet sister, bookish and pedantic....
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Kitty Bennet
The fourth Bennet sister. Like Lydia, she is girlishly enthralled with the soldiers...
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Lydia Bennet
The youngest Bennet sister, she is gossipy, immature, and self-involved. Unlike Elizabeth, Lydia flings herself headlong into romance and ends up running off with Wickham....
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Caroline Bingley
Bingleys snobbish sister. Miss Bingley bears inordinate disdain for Elizabeths middle-class background. Her vain attempts to garner Darcys attention cause Darcy to admire Elizabeths self-possessed character even more....
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Fitzwilliam Darcy
A wealthy gentleman, the master of Pemberley, and the nephew of Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Though Darcy is intelligent and honest, his excess of pride causes him to look down on his social inferiors. Over the course of the novel, he tempers his class-consc...
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Georgiana Darcy
Darcys sister. She is immensely pretty and just as shy. She has great skill at playing the pianoforte....
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Lady Catherine De Bourgh
A rich, bossy noblewoman; Mr. Collinss patron and Darcys aunt. Lady Catherine epitomizes class snobbery, especially in her attempts to order the middle-class Elizabeth away from her well-bred nephew....
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Anne De Bourgh
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Colonel Fitzwilliam
Colonel Fitzwilliam is a character in Pride and Prejudice. He is the younger son of an earl and the nephew of Lady Catherine de Bourgh and Lady Anne Darcy, making him a cousin of Anne de Bourgh and the Darcy siblings, Fitzwilliam and Georgiana....
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Mr. Gardiner
Edward Gardiner is a tradesman in London, husband to Mrs. Gardiner and father to four children. He is the younger brother of Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Bennet, making him uncle to the latters children, and he is particularly fond of his nieces Jane and ...
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Mrs. Gardiner
Mrs. Gardiner is a supporting character in Jane Austens novel Pride and Prejudice.more...
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Sir William Lucas
Sir William Lucas is a character in Pride and Prejudice. He is a knight, and is married to Lady Lucas. They have several children, including Charlotte Lucas Collins and Maria Lucas. Their eldest son is the heir to Lucas Lodge, the family home....
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Lady Lucas
Lady Lucas is a minor character in Pride and Prejudice. She is the wife of Sir William and the mother of Charlotte Collins, Maria Lucas and several other children. She is the mother-in-law of Mr. Collins, a clergyman....
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Charlotte Lucas
Elizabeths dear friend. Pragmatic where Elizabeth is romantic, and also six years older than Elizabeth, Charlotte does not view love as the most vital component of a marriage. She is more interested in having a comfortable home. Thus, when Mr. Collins pro...
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Maria Lucas
She is the second daughter of Sir William and Lady Lucas, and a younger sister of Charlotte Lucas Collins. She is the sister-in-law of William Collins, a clergyman....
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Charles Bingley
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George Wickham
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Elizabeth Bennet
Elizabeth is an intelligent young woman who is described as having "a lively, playful disposition, which delighted in any thing ridiculous". She often presents a playful good natured impertinence, that does not offend. Early in the novel she is depicted a...