Pride and Prejudice: List of Characters
Mr Bennet, a gentleman in moderate circumstances living in a small town in Hertfordshire, north of
Mrs Bennet, his wife.
Jane
Mary
Catherine
The five daughters of Mr. And Mrs. Bennet
Sir William Lucas, an affable knight, formerly in trade.
Lady Lucas, his wife.
Maria
Master Lucas
Children of Sir William and Lady Lucas.
Mr Charles Bingley, a rich and amiable young man of leisure.
Mr Hurst, brother-in-law of Mr. Bingley.
Mrs Hurst
Miss Caroline Bingley, sisters of Mr. Bingley
Fitzwilliam Darcy, a friend of Mr. Bingley and a young man of wealth and high station.
Georgiana Darcy, younger sister of Mr. Darcy, who serves as her guardian jointly with his cousin, Colonel Fitzwilliam.
Colonel Forster, of the ——shire regiment.
Mrs Forster, his wife.
Mr Philips, successor to Mrs. Bennet’s father in business.
Mrs Philips, his wife, sister to Mrs. Bennet.
Mr Gardiner, in business in
Mrs Gardiner, his wife.
Several young children of the Gardiners, not mentioned specifically by name
Rev William Collins, a pompous and obsequious clergyman, cousin to the Bennets, and Mr. Bennet’s male heir
Lady Catherine De Bourgh, a domineering, rich old lady, aunt of Mr. Darcy.
Miss De Bourgh, invalid daughter of lady catherine.
Mr Wickham, a worthless young officer in the ——shire regiment, with a deep dark secret or two.
Miss King, courted by Mr. Wickham in the earlier part of the novel.
Mrs Jenkinson, a governess of Georgina Darcy’s and friend of the feckless Wickham
Colonel Fitzwilliam, a cousin of Mr. Darcy and nephew of Lady Catherine De Bourgh.
Mrs Reynolds, Darcy’s Housekeeper at his great estate of Pemberley in Derbyshire, northwest of
Pemberley, Modeled on the great home Chatsworth in Derbyshire, owned by the Duke of Devonshire