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Who is Mr Bennet married to in Pride & Prejudice?
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He is married to Mrs Bennet, the daughter of a Meryton attorney, the late Mr Gardiner Sr. [8] Together they have five daughters: Jane, Elizabeth ("Lizzy"), Mary, Catherine ("Kitty"), and Lydia. None of the daughters are married at the beginning of the novel.
Mr. Bennet is a major character in Pride and Prejudice. He is married to Mrs. Bennet and they have five daughters, Jane Bingley, Elizabeth Darcy, Mary Bennet, Catherine Bennet, and Lydia Wickham. Mr. Bennet is father-in-law to Charles Bingley, Fitzwilliam Darcy, and George Wickham.
- Elizabeth Bennet. The novel’s protagonist. The second daughter of Mr. Bennet, Elizabeth is the most intelligent and sensible of the five Bennet sisters. She is well read and quick-witted, with a tongue that occasionally proves too sharp for her own good.
- Fitzwilliam Darcy. A wealthy gentleman, the master of Pemberley, and the nephew of Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Though Darcy is intelligent and honest, his excess of pride causes him to look down on his social inferiors.
- Jane Bennet. The eldest and most beautiful Bennet sister. Jane is more reserved and gentler than Elizabeth. The easy pleasantness with which she and Bingley interact contrasts starkly with the mutual distaste that marks the encounters between Elizabeth and Darcy.
- Charles Bingley. Darcy’s considerably wealthy best friend. Bingley’s purchase of Netherfield, an estate near the Bennets, serves as the impetus for the novel.
Quick answer: Mr. and Mrs. Bennet got married because Mr. Bennet fell for Mrs. Bennet's good looks when she was younger, though he later comes to regret choosing such a silly woman to be his...
Mr. Bennet is the patriarch of the Bennet household—the husband of Mrs. Bennet and the father of Jane, Elizabeth, Lydia, Kitty, and Mary. He is a man driven to exasperation by his ridiculous wife and difficult daughters.
All of Mr Bennet’s children are female and unmarried. While the Bennets are out walking in Meryton, Kitty and Lydia spot a handsome soldier from the local regiment.
Mr Bennet is dismissive of his wife’s “nerves” and her conversations. The reader learns that he married Mrs Bennet for her looks, but his “respect, esteem and confidence” towards her ...
