Mrs. Philips

Also known as: my aunt Philips / their aunt / their other aunt · Family: Philips · Role: aunt · First appears: Chapter 7

Chapter 7

married with Mr. Philips 〈She had a sister married to a Mr. Philips, who had been a clerk to their father and succeeded him in the business〉
younger kin: Catherine 〈The village of Longbourn was only one mile from Meryton; a most convenient distance for the young ladies, who were usually tempted thither three or four times a week, to pay their duty to their aunt〉
younger kin: Lydia 〈The village of Longbourn was only one mile from Meryton; a most convenient distance for the young ladies, who were usually tempted thither three or four times a week, to pay their duty to their aunt〉

younger kin: Lydia Bennet (Aunt to niece.) 〈My aunt told me so herself on Saturday.〉

admirer: Mr. Collins 〈Mr. Collins on his return highly gratified Mrs. Bennet by admiring Mrs. Philips’s manners and politeness.〉

siblings with Mrs. Bennet (Mrs. Bennet explicitly calls Mrs. Philips her sister.) 〈I told my sister Philips so the other day.〉

with Elizabeth Bennet (interaction) 〈My aunt Philips came to Longbourn on Tuesday, after my father went away; and was so good as to stay till Thursday with me.〉

younger kin: Elizabeth Bennet 〈Their other aunt also visited them frequently, and always, as she said, with the design of cheering and heartening them up〉
younger kin: Jane Bennet 〈Their other aunt also visited them frequently, and always, as she said, with the design of cheering and heartening them up〉
younger kin: Kitty Bennet 〈Their other aunt also visited them frequently, and always, as she said, with the design of cheering and heartening them up〉

siblings with Mrs. Bennet 〈Mrs. Philips’s vulgarity was another, and, perhaps, a greater tax on his forbearance; and though Mrs. Philips, as well as her sister, stood in too much awe of him〉

Extracted from the original text of Pride and Prejudice. Made with Rho MD.