The Compendium

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Elizabeth Bennet

The Bennets' quick-witted daughter, already singled out by her father.

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Jane Bennet

A Bennet daughter whom her mother considers the family's handsomest prospect.

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Lydia Bennet

A Bennet daughter whom her mother calls especially good-humoured.

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Mr Bennet

A dryly witty country gentleman whose private amusement is often his wife's distress.

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Mr Bingley

A wealthy unmarried young man newly expected to settle near the Bennets.

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Mrs Bennet

An excitable mother whose life's chief business is marrying her five daughters well.