George Wickham

Also known as: Mr. Wickham / Wickham · Family: Wickham · Role: officer · First appears: Chapter 18

Chapter 18

enemies with Fitzwilliam Darcy 〈though George Wickham has treated Mr. Darcy in a most infamous manner.〉
with Fitzwilliam Darcy (interaction) 〈He has been so unlucky as to lose your friendship,〉

admired: Miss King 〈His apparent partiality had subsided, his attentions were over, he was the admirer of some one else. Elizabeth was watchful enough to see it all, but she could see it and write of it without material pain. Her heart had been but slightly touched, and her vanity was satisfied with believing that she would have been his only choice, had fortune permitted it. The sudden acquisition of ten thousand pounds was the most remarkable charm of the young lady to whom he was now rendering himself agreeable.〉

admired: Elizabeth Bennet 〈His present pursuit could not make him forget that Elizabeth had been the first to excite and to deserve his attention, the first to listen and to pity, the first to be admired;〉

with Elizabeth Bennet (Elizabeth recalls George Wickham as her former favourite.) 〈Elizabeth was reminded by her own satisfaction in being with him, as well as by his evident admiration, of her former favourite, George Wickham;〉

enemies with Fitzwilliam Darcy 〈You have reduced him to his present state of poverty--comparative poverty. You have withheld the advantages which you must know to have been designed for him. You have deprived the best years of his life of that independence which was no less his due than his desert.〉

patron: late Mr. Darcy 〈My father supported him at school, and afterwards at Cambridge; most important assistance, as his own father, always poor from the extravagance of his wife, would have been unable to give him a gentleman’s education.〉
parent: Wickham's father 〈Mr. Wickham is the son of a very respectable man, who had for many years the management of all the Pemberley estates,〉

courtship with Miss King 〈His attentions to Miss King were now the consequence of views solely and hatefully mercenary〉
with Georgiana Darcy (Alleged designs on Georgiana Darcy.) 〈the story which followed, of his designs on Miss Darcy〉
with Elizabeth Bennet (Wickham had encouraged Elizabeth's preference.) 〈His behaviour to herself could now have had no tolerable motive: he had either been deceived with regard to her fortune, or had been gratifying his vanity by encouraging the preference which she believed she had most incautiously shown.〉

with Miss King (A contemplated marriage that does not occur.) 〈There is no danger of Wickham’s marrying Mary King--there’s for you! She is gone down to her uncle at Liverpool; gone to stay. Wickham is safe.〉

admired: Elizabeth Bennet 〈for the inclination he soon testified of renewing those attentions which had marked the early part of their acquaintance could only serve, after what had since passed, to provoke her.〉

patron: late Mr. Darcy 〈the son of her late master’s steward, who had been brought up by him at his own expense.〉

courtship with Lydia Bennet 〈Poor Kitty has anger for having concealed their attachment; but as it was a matter of confidence, one cannot wonder.〉
with Lydia Bennet (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!〉

courtship with Lydia Bennet 〈She had known, it seems, of their being in love with each other many weeks.〉

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

patron: Mr. Gardiner 〈We are persuaded that he has pledged himself to assist Mr. Wickham with money.〉
with Lydia Bennet (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.〉

engaged with Lydia Bennet 〈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.〉

married with Lydia Bennet 〈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.〉

friends with Mrs. Younge 〈This Mrs. Younge was, he knew, intimately acquainted with Wickham; and he went to her for intelligence of him, as soon as he got to town.〉

with Mr. Bennet (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.〉

married with Lydia Bennet 〈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.〉

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