Miss de Bourgh

Also known as: Anne / her daughter · Family: de Bourgh · Role: heiress · First appears: Chapter 14

Chapter 14

parent: Lady Catherine de Bourgh 〈She has one only daughter, the heiress of Rosings, and of very extensive property.〉
mentor: the lady who superintended her education 〈as I am informed by the lady who superintended her education, and who still resides with them.〉

cousins with Fitzwilliam Darcy 〈Her daughter, Miss de Bourgh, will have a very large fortune, and it is believed that she and her cousin will unite the two estates.〉

with Mrs. Jenkinson (Mrs. Jenkinson lives with Lady Catherine de Bourgh and her daughter.) 〈The old lady is Mrs. Jenkinson, who lives with them.〉

courtship with Fitzwilliam Darcy 〈Elizabeth had heard, soon after her arrival, that Mr. Darcy was expected there in the course of a few weeks; and though there were not many of her acquaintance whom she did not prefer, his coming would furnish one comparatively new to look at in their Rosings parties, and she might be amused in seeing how hopeless Miss Bingley’s designs on him were, by his behaviour to his cousin, for whom he was evidently destined by Lady Catherine,〉

engaged with Fitzwilliam Darcy 〈The engagement between them is of a peculiar kind. From their infancy, they have been intended for each other.〉

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