Pride and Prejudice: List of Characters

Mr Bennet, a gentleman in moderate circumstances living in a small town in Hertfordshire, north of London.

Mrs Bennet, his wife.

Jane

Elizabeth

Mary

Catherine

Lydia

The five  daughters of Mr. And Mrs. Bennet

Sir William Lucas, an affable knight, formerly in trade.

Lady Lucas, his wife.

Charlotte

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 London, a brother of Mrs. Bennet.

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 London and Hertfordshire, in the Midlands of England.

Pemberley, Modeled on the great home Chatsworth in Derbyshire, owned by the Duke of Devonshire

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