Lydia Bennet

Also known as: Lydia / your three younger sisters · Family: Bennet · Role: daughter · First appears: Chapter 1

Chapter 1

parent: Mr. 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.〉
parent: Mrs. Bennet 〈Lizzy is not a bit better than the others: and I am sure she is not half so handsome as Jane, nor half so good-humoured as Lydia.〉
siblings with Elizabeth Bennet 〈Lizzy is not a bit better than the others: and I am sure she is not half so handsome as Jane, nor half so good-humoured as Lydia.〉
siblings with Jane Bennet 〈Lizzy is not a bit better than the others: and I am sure she is not half so handsome as Jane, nor half so good-humoured as Lydia.〉

Chapter 2

parent: Mrs. Bennet 〈Lydia, my love, though you are the youngest, I dare say Mr. Bingley will dance with you at the next ball.〉
siblings with Kitty Bennet 〈The girls stared at their father.〉
siblings with Mary Bennet 〈The girls stared at their father.〉

Chapter 3

parent: Mrs. Bennet 〈Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance of her five daughters, could ask on the subject, was sufficient to draw from her husband any satisfactory description of Mr. Bingley.〉
siblings with Catherine Bennet 〈Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance of her five daughters, could ask on the subject, was sufficient to draw from her husband any satisfactory description of Mr. Bingley.〉

Chapter 9

siblings with Jane Bennet 〈I am perfectly ready, I assure you, to keep my engagement; and, when your sister is recovered, you shall, if you please, name the very day of the ball.〉

Chapter 13

siblings with Jane Bennet 〈she continued to rail bitterly against the cruelty of settling an estate away from a family of five daughters〉
cousins with Mr. Collins 〈I am very sensible, madam, of the hardship to my fair cousins〉
admirer: Mr. Collins 〈But I can assure the young ladies that I come prepared to admire them.〉

Chapter 14

elder kin: Mr. Philips (Uncle to niece.) 〈Do you know, mamma, that my uncle Philips talks of turning away Richard?〉
elder kin: Mrs. Philips (Aunt to niece.) 〈My aunt told me so herself on Saturday.〉

Chapter 15

siblings with Elizabeth Bennet 〈Lydia’s intention of walking to Meryton was not forgotten: every sister except Mary agreed to go with her;〉
siblings with Jane Bennet 〈Lydia’s intention of walking to Meryton was not forgotten: every sister except Mary agreed to go with her;〉
siblings with Kitty Bennet 〈Lydia’s intention of walking to Meryton was not forgotten: every sister except Mary agreed to go with her;〉
siblings with Catherine Bennet 〈Lydia’s intention of walking to Meryton was not forgotten: every sister except Mary agreed to go with her;〉
siblings with Mary Bennet 〈Lydia’s intention of walking to Meryton was not forgotten: every sister except Mary agreed to go with her;〉

Chapter 17

with Mr. Wickham (interaction) 〈The happiness anticipated by Catherine and Lydia depended less on any single event, or any particular person; for though they each, like Elizabeth, meant to dance half the evening with Mr. Wickham, he was by no means the only partner who could satisfy them, and a ball was, at any rate, a ball.〉

Chapter 35

siblings with Elizabeth Bennet 〈The situation of your mother’s family, though objectionable, was nothing in comparison of that total want of propriety so frequently, so almost uniformly betrayed by herself, by your three younger sisters, and occasionally even by your father:〉

Chapter 37

parent: Mrs. Bennet 〈but while they were supported by their mother’s indulgence, what chance could there be of improvement?〉

Chapter 39

friends with Mrs. Forster 〈(by-the-bye, Mrs. Forster and me are such friends!)〉

Chapter 41

friends with Mrs. Forster 〈A resemblance in good-humour and good spirits had recommended her and Lydia to each other, and out of their three months’ acquaintance they had been intimate two.〉

Chapter 46

siblings with Elizabeth Bennet 〈My youngest sister has left all her friends--has eloped; has thrown herself into the power of--of Mr. Wickham.〉
courtship with George Wickham 〈Poor Kitty has anger for having concealed their attachment; but as it was a matter of confidence, one cannot wonder.〉
with George Wickham (They eloped together.) 〈An express came at twelve last night, just as we were all gone to bed, from Colonel Forster, to inform us that she was gone off to Scotland with one of his officers; to own the truth, with Wickham!〉
parent: Mrs. Bennet 〈Our poor mother is sadly grieved.〉

Chapter 47

parent: Mr. Bennet 〈blaming everybody but the person to whose ill-judging indulgence the errors of her daughter must be principally owing.〉
parent: Mrs. Bennet 〈blaming everybody but the person to whose ill-judging indulgence the errors of her daughter must be principally owing.〉
courtship with George Wickham 〈She had known, it seems, of their being in love with each other many weeks.〉
friends with Harriet Harrington 〈Your affectionate friend, “LYDIA BENNET.”〉
guardian: Mrs. Forster 〈And even when it was settled that Lydia should go with Mrs. Forster, the necessity of opening her eyes to his character never occurred to me.〉
with Pratt (interaction) 〈Pray make my excuses to Pratt for not keeping my engagement, and dancing with him to-night.〉

Chapter 48

with George Wickham (interaction) 〈“Who is to fight Wickham, and make him marry her, if he comes away?”〉

Chapter 49

siblings with Jane Bennet 〈If we are ever able to learn what Wickham’s debts have been,” said Elizabeth, “and how much is settled on his side on our sister〉
elder kin: Mr. Gardiner 〈It is enough to know they are discovered: I have seen them both----”〉
with Mrs. Gardiner (Aunt providing personal protection and shelter.) 〈Their taking her home, and affording her their personal protection and countenance, is such a sacrifice to her advantage as years of gratitude cannot enough acknowledge.〉
with George Wickham (Prospective marriage arranged through Mr. Gardiner's negotiations.) 〈They are not married, nor can I find there was any intention of being so; but if you are willing to perform the engagements which I have ventured to make on your side, I hope it will not be long before they are.〉

Chapter 50

engaged with George Wickham 〈He had never before supposed that, could Wickham be prevailed on to marry his daughter, it would be done with so little inconvenience to himself as by the present arrangement.〉
elder kin: Mrs. Gardiner 〈She is well, and begs to be dutifully remembered to you and her mother.--Yours, etc.〉

Chapter 51

married with George Wickham 〈Lydia’s voice was heard in the vestibule; the door was thrown open, and she ran into the room. Her mother stepped forwards, embraced her, and welcomed her with rapture; gave her hand with an affectionate smile to Wickham, who followed his lady; and wished them both joy, with an alacrity which showed no doubt of their happiness.〉
siblings with Jane Bennet 〈Their sister’s wedding-day arrived; and Jane and Elizabeth felt for her probably more than she felt for herself.〉
parent: Mr. Bennet 〈Her father lifted up his eyes, Jane was distressed, Elizabeth looked expressively at Lydia;〉

Chapter 52

with Fitzwilliam Darcy (He intervened to restore Lydia and arrange the consequences of her elopement.) 〈His first object with her, he acknowledged, had been to persuade her to quit her present disgraceful situation, and return to her friends as soon as they could be prevailed on to receive her, offering his assistance as far as it would go.〉

Chapter 53

married with Mr. Wickham 〈The day of his and Lydia’s departure soon came;〉

Chapter 61

married with George Wickham 〈Lydia was occasionally a visitor there, when her husband was gone to enjoy himself in London or Bath; and with the Bingleys they both of them frequently stayed so long, that even Bingley’s good-humour was overcome, and he proceeded so far as to talk of giving them a hint to be gone.〉

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