Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
When the wealthy Mr. Bingley moves to Netherfield, the Bennet family with five unmarried daughters is thrown into a frenzy. His proud friend, Mr. Darcy, clashes immediately with the spirited Elizabeth Bennet, igniting a tale of first impressions, societal expectations, and evolving affections.
Elizabeth Bennet
The second eldest and most intelligent of the Bennet sisters. She is twenty years old, has fine dark eyes, a light and pleasing figure, and a remarkably intelligent expression. She is not considered conventionally beautiful like her sister Jane but is admired for her spirited countenance.
Mr. Darcy
A very wealthy and aristocratic gentleman, owner of Pemberley, a large estate in Derbyshire. He is tall, handsome, with fine features and a noble mien. Initially, his pride, reserved manner, and stiffness are misinterpreted as arrogance and conceit.
Jane Bennet
The eldest Bennet sister, renowned for her great beauty, sweetness, and gentle disposition. She is naturally good-humored and consistently sees the best in everyone, even when undeserved. Her countenance is always serene.
Charles Bingley
A wealthy young man of good family, renting Netherfield Park. He is handsome, good-natured, and has an easy, unreserved manner. He is affable and popular but lacks deep resolution and is easily swayed by the opinions of his trusted friends and sisters.
Mrs. Bennet
The mother of the five Bennet daughters, a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. Her life's business is to get her daughters married, especially to wealthy men, and her solace is visiting and gossip.
Mr. Bennet
The patriarch of the Bennet family, a gentleman of property but with a keen, sarcastic wit and reserved, cynical disposition. He finds amusement in his wife's follies and generally retreats to his library.
Mr. Wickham
A handsome and charming officer in the local militia, with a very agreeable manner. He initially captivates Elizabeth and others with his easy social graces and compelling, but fabricated, story of injustice at Mr. Darcy's hands. He is secretly profligate, deceitful, and driven by mercenary desires.
Mr. Collins
A pompous, absurd, and obsequious clergyman of twenty-five, heir to the Longbourn estate. He is tall and heavy-looking, with formal manners, full of self-importance and servility towards his patroness, Lady Catherine de Bourgh. He is lacking in good sense and refinement.
Charlotte Lucas
Elizabeth Bennet's best friend, a sensible and intelligent young woman of twenty-seven, unmarried and without great fortune. She is pragmatic, realistic, and philosophical about the necessity of marriage for women in her situation.
Lydia Bennet
The youngest Bennet daughter, tall, well-grown, and good-humored. She is remarkably vain, idle, frivolous, and self-willed, with an insatiable love for flirtation, officers, and social gaiety. She is uninhibited and lacking in moral understanding.
Caroline Bingley
The unmarried younger sister of Charles Bingley, and Mrs. Hurst's sister. She is fashionable, proud, and intelligent but uses her wit for cutting remarks and social manipulation. She aspires to marry Mr. Darcy and resents Elizabeth Bennet for drawing his attention.
Georgiana Darcy
Mr. Darcy's younger sister, fifteen or sixteen years old. She is very handsome, highly accomplished (particularly in music), and possesses a shy, unassuming, and amiable disposition. She is an heiress with a fortune of thirty thousand pounds.
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