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                  Elizabeth Bennett

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                  Elizabeth is the second eldest of the five Bennet sisters of the Longbourn estate, situated near the fictional market village of Meryton in Hertfordshire, England. She is 20 years old at the beginning of the novel.4 Elizabeth is described as an intelligent young woman, with “a lively, playful disposition, which delighted in anything ridiculous”. She often presents a playful good-natured impertinence that does not offend. Early in the novel she is depicted as being personally proud of her wit and her accuracy in judging the social behaviour and intentions of others.

                  Her father is a landowner, but his daughters cannot inherit because the estate is entailed upon the male line (it can only be inherited by male relatives). Upon his death, Longbourn will therefore be inherited by his cousin and nearest male relation, Mr. William Collins, a clergyman for the Rosings Estate in Kent owned by Lady Catherine de Bourgh. This future provides the cause of Mrs. Bennet’s eagerness to have her daughters married off to wealthy men.

                  Elizabeth is her father’s favourite, described by him as having “something more of quickness than her sisters”. In contrast, she is the least dear to her mother, especially after Elizabeth refuses a marriage proposal from Mr Collins. Her mother tends to contrast her negatively with her sisters Jane and Lydia, who she considers superior in beauty and disposition, respectively, and does not understand her father’s preference. Elizabeth is often upset and embarrassed by the impropriety and silliness of her mother and three younger sisters.

                  Within her neighbourhood Elizabeth is considered a beauty and a charming young woman with “fine eyes”, to which Mr. Darcy is first drawn. Darcy is later attracted more particularly to her “light and pleasing” figure, the “easy playfulness” of her manners, her mind and personality, and eventually considers her “one of the handsomest women” in his acquaintance.

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