PRIDE AND PREJUDICE PEOPLE AND PLACES


WHO LIVES WHERE IN PRIDE & PREJUDICE ?

Longbourn,  Meryton,  Hertfordshire is where Mr and Mrs Bennet and their daughters Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Lydia and Kitty live.

Lucas Lodge is the home of Sir William and Lady Lucas and their children Charlotte, Maria and other siblings. Charlotte is Elizabeth ( Lizzie)'s close friend

Mr Collins, the heir to Longbourn, is the clergyman for Hunsford,  Kent
Lady Catherine  de Bourgh and her daughter Ann live in Rosings, Hunsford.
Charlotte marries Mr Collins  after Lizzie refuses him, and goes to live at Huns ford parsonage.

Netherfield Court, Meryton is the rented property of  Mr Bingley. He also has a home in London.

Pemberley, Derbyshire , is the estate of Fitzwilliam Darcy , Bingley's friend,  and his sister  Georgiana Darcy.

 Colonel Fitzwilliam. Darcy's cousin and Georgiana’s guardian.

George Wickham , Denny, Colonel Forster and Mrs Forster are all part of the militia regiment which arrives in Meryton at the beginning of the novel.Wickham previously lived in Derbyshire then London.

George Wickham attempted to seduce Georgiana Darcy. He later married Lydia under duress with financial inducement from Darcy.

Mr and Mrs Gardiner, live in  Gracechurch street,  London. Mr Gardiner is Mrs Bennet's brother.

Brighton is where the  militia  regiment are quartered  for the summer. Lydia goes there as a companion to Mrs Forster.She elopes to London with Wickham.

Miss Bingley, Mrs Hurst and Mr Hurst are the sisters and Brother in law of Bingley staying with him  in Hertfordshire or London.

 Mr  Philips  , a lawyer, and Mrs Philips , Mrs Bennet’s sister ,  live in Meryton.

And the novel ends as Jane marries Bingley and Lizzie marries Darcy.


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