Mr. Bennet

Also known as: Mr Bennet / her father / my dear father / my father / papa / their father / your father / your honoured father · Family: Bennet · Role: father · First appears: Chapter 1

Chapter 1

married with Mrs. Bennet 〈Mr. Bennet was so odd a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humour, reserve, and caprice, that the experience of three-and-twenty years had been insufficient to make his wife understand his character.〉
child: Elizabeth Bennet 〈I will send a few lines by you to assure him of my hearty consent to his marrying whichever he chooses of the girls--though I must throw in a good word for my little Lizzy.〉
child: Jane Bennet 〈They have none of them much to recommend them,” replied he: “they are all silly and ignorant like other girls; but Lizzy has something more of quickness than her sisters.〉
child: Lydia Bennet 〈They have none of them much to recommend them,” replied he: “they are all silly and ignorant like other girls; but Lizzy has something more of quickness than her sisters.〉

Chapter 2

child: Kitty Bennet 〈“Kitty has no discretion in her coughs,” said her father;〉
child: Mary Bennet 〈“The girls stared at their father. Mrs. Bennet said only, “Nonsense, nonsense!”〉
with Mr. Bingley (Mr. Bennet visited Mr. Bingley.) 〈Mr. Bennet was among the earliest of those who waited on Mr. Bingley.〉
with Mrs. Long (Mr. Bennet proposes introducing Mr. Bingley to Mrs. Long.) 〈Then, my dear, you may have the advantage of your friend, and introduce Mr. Bingley to her.〉

Chapter 7

child: Catherine 〈I had hoped that our sentiments coincided in every particular, but I must so far differ from you as to think our two youngest daughters uncommonly foolish.〉
child: Lydia 〈I had hoped that our sentiments coincided in every particular, but I must so far differ from you as to think our two youngest daughters uncommonly foolish.〉
married with Mrs. Bennet 〈When they get to our age, I dare say they will not think about officers any more than we do.〉

Chapter 12

child: Jane Bennet 〈But their father, though very laconic in his expressions of pleasure, was really glad to see them; he had felt their importance in the family circle.〉

Chapter 13

married with Mrs. Bennet 〈said Mr. Bennet to his wife, as they were at breakfast the next morning〉
child: Jane Bennet 〈This roused a general astonishment; and he had the pleasure of being eagerly questioned by his wife and five daughters at once.〉
child: Elizabeth Bennet 〈This roused a general astonishment; and he had the pleasure of being eagerly questioned by his wife and five daughters at once.〉
child: Catherine Bennet 〈This roused a general astonishment; and he had the pleasure of being eagerly questioned by his wife and five daughters at once.〉
cousins with Mr. Collins 〈It is from my cousin, Mr. Collins, who, when I am dead, may turn you all out of this house as soon as he pleases.〉
with Mr. Collins (Mr. Collins is the next heir to the Longbourn estate.) 〈the circumstance of my being next in the entail of Longbourn estate will be kindly overlooked on your side〉

Chapter 14

cousins with Mr. Collins 〈Mr. Bennet’s expectations were fully answered. His cousin was as absurd as he had hoped;〉

Chapter 15

child: Elizabeth Bennet 〈Mr. Collins was to attend them, at the request of Mr. Bennet, who was most anxious to get rid of him, and have his library to himself;〉

Chapter 24

child: Elizabeth Bennet 〈“So, Lizzy,” said he, one day, “your sister is crossed in love, I find. I congratulate her. Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then.〉

Chapter 26

child: Elizabeth Bennet 〈Your father would depend on your resolution and good conduct, I am sure.〉

Chapter 29

child: Elizabeth Bennet 〈“Your father’s estate is entailed on Mr. Collins, I think? For your sake,” turning to Charlotte, “I am glad of it; but otherwise I see no occasion for entailing estates from the female line.〉

Chapter 33

child: Elizabeth Bennet 〈Neither could anything be urged against my father, who, though with some peculiarities, has abilities which Mr. Darcy himself need not disdain, and respectability which he will probably never reach.〉

Chapter 47

child: Lydia Bennet 〈blaming everybody but the person to whose ill-judging indulgence the errors of her daughter must be principally owing.〉
child: Elizabeth Bennet 〈And my mother--how is she? How are you all?〉

Chapter 48

siblings with Mr. Gardiner 〈That Mr. Bennet had been to Epsom and Clapham, before his arrival, but without gaining any satisfactory information; and that he was now determined to inquire at all the principal hotels in town, as Mr. Bennet thought it possible they might have gone to one of them, on their first coming to London, before they procured lodgings. Mr. Gardiner himself did not expect any success from this measure; but as his brother was eager in it, he meant to assist him in pursuing it.〉
with Mr. Collins (interaction) 〈I feel myself called upon, by our relationship, and my situation in life, to condole with you on the grievous affliction you are now suffering under〉

Chapter 50

with Mr. Gardiner (They are brothers-in-law.) 〈He was seriously concerned that a cause of so little advantage to anyone should be forwarded at the sole expense of his brother-in-law; and he was determined, if possible, to find out the extent of his assistance, and to discharge the obligation as soon as he could.〉

Chapter 51

child: Lydia Bennet 〈Her father lifted up his eyes, Jane was distressed, Elizabeth looked expressively at Lydia;〉

Chapter 55

child: Jane Bennet 〈Jane, I congratulate you. You will be a very happy woman.〉
with Charles Bingley (They met for the arranged shooting appointment.) 〈Bingley was punctual to his appointment; and he and Mr. Bennet spent the morning together, as had been agreed on.〉

Chapter 57

parent: Elizabeth Bennet 〈The next morning, as she was going down stairs, she was met by her father, who came out of his library with a letter in his hand.〉
with George Wickham (Mr. Bennet identifies Wickham as his son-in-law.) 〈Nay, when I read a letter of his, I cannot help giving him the preference even over Wickham, much as I value the impudence and hypocrisy of my son-in-law.〉

Chapter 59

child: Elizabeth Bennet 〈My child, let me not have the grief of seeing you unable to respect your partner in life.〉

Chapter 61

child: Catherine Bennet 〈From the further disadvantage of Lydia’s society she was of course carefully kept; and though Mrs. Wickham frequently invited her to come and stay with her, with the promise of balls and young men, her father would never consent to her going.〉

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