An indolent, card-playing gentleman whose appetite and amusement define his limited engagement with Netherfield society.
Mr. Hurst is Mrs. Hurst's husband and Mr. Bingley's brother-in-law, a man of more fashion than fortune. At Netherfield he proves indolent and concerned only with eating, drinking, and cards. Seated beside Elizabeth Bennet at dinner, he has nothing to say when she prefers a plain dish to a ragout.
He is astonished that Elizabeth prefers reading to cards and interrupts the debate about accomplished women chiefly to complain that the ladies are neglecting the loo game. His individual concern for Jane is absent from the scene, and he remains the least engaged member of the household party.
He merely looks the gentleman. The text supplies no concrete details of age, face, hair, complexion, build, or clothing.
He is the Hurst husband and Bingley's disengaged brother-in-law within the Netherfield circle.