Chronology and Index of Characters
FINIS Addendum: According to the Memoir of Jane Austen, published
in 1870 by her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh, Jane Austen told
her family that Kitty (Catherine) Bennet was ``satisfactorily married
to a clergyman near Pemberley'', while Mary Bennet ``obtained nothing
higher than one of her uncle Philips' clerks'' in marriage, and ``was
content to be considered a star in the society of Meryton''.
Chronology of Pride_and_Prejudice,
according to MacKinnon and Chapman
1811
Before Michaelmas (Sept. 29): Bingley takes possession of
Netherfield.
Tues 15 Oct. Mr. Collins's letter.
Tues 12 Nov. Jane is invited to dine at Netherfield
Wed 13 Nov. Her illness.
Thurs 14 Nov. Mrs. Bennet at Netherfield. Elizabeth
remains.
Fri 15 Nov. Darcy begins to feel his danger.
Sat 16 Nov. Darcy adheres to his book.
Sun 17 Nov. The sisters leave Netherfield.
Mon 18 Nov. Arrival of Mr. Collins
Tues 19 Nov. First appearance of Wickham.
Wed 20 Nov. Supper with the Philipses.
Thurs 21 Nov. The Bingleys visit Longbourn.
Fri 22 Nov-
Mon 25 Nov. A succession of rain.
Tues 26 Nov. The ball at Netherfield.
Wed 27 Nov. Mr. Collins proposes; Bingley goes to London.
Thurs 28 Nov. The Bingleys leave Netherfield.
Fri 29 Nov. Mr. Collins at Lucas Lodge.
Sat 30 Nov. Mr. Collins returns to Hunsford.
Tues 3 Dec. His promised letter of thanks arrives.
Mon 16 Dec. His return to Longbourn.
Sat 21 Dec. His departure.
Mon 23 Dec. The Gardiners come for Christmas.
Mon 30 Dec. They leave, taking Jane.
1812
Early in Jan. Mr. Collins at Lucas Lodge.
Mon 6 Jan. Jane has been a week in town.
Tues 7 Jan. She calls in Grosvenor-street.
Wed 8 Jan. Charlotte says good-bye.
Thurs 9 Jan. The wedding.
Late in Jan. Four weeks pass away without Jane's seeing
Bingley.
Early in March Elizabeth goes to London.
?Thurs 5 March Arrival at Hunsford
?Fri 6 March Miss de Bourgh at the Parsonage.
?Sat 7 March They dine at Rosings.
?Thurs 12 March Sir William leaves.
?Thurs 19 March End of Elizabeth's first fortnight.
Mon 23 March Darcy and Fitzwilliam arrive.
Tues 24 March They call at the Parsonage.
Jane has been in town (almost) three months.
Fri 25 March It was doubtless on Good Friday that Darcy
was `seen at church'.
Sun 29 March,
Easter Day The evening is spent at Rosings.
Thurs 9 April Elizabeth's conversation with Colonel
Fitzwilliam. Darcy proposes.
Fri 10 April Darcy's letter. Elizabeth has spent five
weeks in Kent.
Sat 11 April Fitzwilliam and Darcy leave Kent, after a stay
of `nearly three weeks'
Fri 17 April The evening spent at Rosings.
Sat 18 April Elizabeth goes to town, after a visit of six
weeks (and a few days).
Early in May Jane, Elizabeth, and Maria Lucas return to
Longbourn.
Late in May The ----shire regiment, with Lydia, removes to
Brighton.
June Lydia's sixteenth birthday.
Mid-June Northern tour is postponed to mid-July.
Sat 1 Aug. Lydia's elopement.
Sun 2 Aug. Colonel Forster sends an express to Longbourn.
Mon 3 Aug. Colonel Forster comes to Longbourn. The
Gardiners and Elizabeth at Lambton.
Tues 4 Aug. Mr. Bennet goes to town. The Gardiners and
Elizabeth tour Pemberley.
Wed 5 Aug. Colonel Forster back at Brighton. Mr. Bennet
writes to Jane. Darcy and his sister
visit Elizabeth. Bingley says it is
`above eight months' since 26 Nov.
Thurs 6 Aug. The Gardiners and Elizabeth at Pemberley.
Fri 7 Aug. Elizabeth hears from Jane. The dinner at
Pemberley is cancelled, and the Gardiners
and Elizabeth leave Lambton.
Sat 8 Aug. They arrive at Longbourn. Darcy leaves
Derbyshire for London.
Sat 9 Aug. Mr. Gardiner leaves Longbourn.
Tues 11 Aug. Mrs. Gardiner hears from her husband.
Fri 14 Aug. Darcy calls in Gracechurch-street.
Sat 15 Aug. Mr. Bennet returns. Mrs. Gardiner goes back to
town. Darcy calls again, having
ascertained that Mr. Bennet is gone.
Sun 16 Aug. Darcy sees Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner.
Mon 17 Aug. Mr. Gardiner's express (misdated August_2).
Matters `all settled' between Gardiner
and Darcy. Lydia goes to Gracechurch-
street, where she remains for a
fortnight. Mrs. Bennet comes down stairs
for the first time in a Fortnight (since
2 Aug.).
Mon 31 Aug. Wedding of Lydia and Wickham; they come to
Longbourn; Lydia is sure Wickham will
`kill more birds on the first of September
than any body else in the country'.
Tues 1 Sept. Darcy dines with the Gardiners.
Wed 2 Sept. Jane writes to Mrs. Gardiner.
2 or 3 Sept. Darcy leaves town.
?Fri 4 Sept. Elizabeth asks Mrs. Gardiner for an
explanation of Lydia's disclosures.
Sun 6 Sept. Mrs. Gardiner replies.
?Thurs 10 Sept. The Wickhams leave.
16 or 17 Sept. Bingley expected at Netherfield. It is now
`about a twelvemonth' since Mr. Bennet's
waiting upon him had been first
canvassed.
?Sat 19 Sept. Bingley and Darcy call.
Tues 22 Sept. They dine at Longbourn.
?Wed 23 Sept. Darcy's confession to Bingley.
?Thurs 24 Sept. Darcy leaves for town, to return in ten days'
time. Bingley calls alone.
Fri 25 Sept. He comes to dine, and stays supper.
Sat 26 Sept. Bingley comes to shoot. He and Jane are
engaged.
?Sat 3 Oct. Lady Catherine's visit, about a week after the
engagement, and two days after the
`report of a most alarming nature' had
reached after.
Sun 4 Oct. Mr. Bennet hears from Mr. Collins, who,
writing no doubt on Friday 2 Oct., says
he mentioned the rumour of Elizabeth's
engagement to Darcy `to her Ladyship last
night'.
?Tues 6 Oct. Bingley brings Darcy. The proposal.
?Wed 7 Oct. They walk to Oakham Mount. Parental
applications.
?Thurs 8 Oct. Darcy dines at Longbourn.
Before Christmas The double wedding. The Gardiners are
`to come to Pemberley at Christmas'.
[E-text editor's note: The novel Shirley by Charlotte Bronte"
is set during almost the same time-period. The double wedding
which is the climax of Shirley takes place in August 1812, the
same month that Lydia causes trouble in Pride_and_Prejudice.]
Index of Characters
Mrs. Annesley, companion to Georgiana Darcy.
Mr. BENNET, of Longbourn-house in Hertfordshire; the estate was
about #2,000 a year, and #5,000 was settled on his wife and
children; m. ---- Gardiner, daughter of a Meryton attorney,
#4,000.
Their children: Jane, 22, m. Charles Bingley; Elizabeth,
20, m. Fitzwilliam Darcy; Mary, `obtained nothing higher
than one of her uncle Philips's clerks' (Memoir);
Catherine, `satisfactorily married to a clergyman near
Pemberley' (Memoir); Lydia, 15-16, m. George Wickham.
Charles BINGLEY, 22, #100,000; it is implied that he lived in
London; m. Jane Bennet. His sisters: Louisa, #20,000,
m. Mr. Hurst; Caroline, #20,000.
Captain Carter, of the ----shire Militia.
Mr. Chamberlayne, of the ----shire Militia.
The Rev. William COLLINS, Rector of Hunsford in Kent, cousin
and heir to Mr. Bennet; 25; at one of the Universities;
m. Charlotte Lucas.
Mr. DARCY the elder, of Pemberley in Derbyshire, m. Lady Anne
Fitzwilliam; Fitzwilliam Darcy, his son, of Pemberley (and a
town house not named), 28, #10,000 a year; m. Elizabeth
Bennet. His sister Georgiana, 16, #30,000.
Dawson, Lady Catherine's maid.
Sir Lewis DE BOURGH, of Rosings Park in Kent; his widow, the
Rt. Hon. Lady Catherine de Bourgh, daughter of the Earl of ----
and sister of Lady Anne Darcy; their daughter, Anne.
Mr. Denny, of the ----shire Militia.
Colonel Fitzwilliam, younger son of the Earl of ----, nephew of
Lady Catherine de Bourgh and of Lady Anne Darcy.
Colonel Forster, commanding the ----shire Militia; Harriet his
wife.
Edward GARDINER, of Gracechurch-street, brother of Mrs. Bennet;
his wife M----; their four young children.
The Gouldings (William named) of Haye-Park.
Miss Grantley, an acquaintance of Caroline Bingley.
Haggerston, an attorney.
Miss Harriet and Miss Pen Harrington.
Mrs. Hill, housekeeper at Longbourn.
Mr. Hurst, of Grosvenor-street; m. Louisa Bingley.
Mrs. Jenkinson, Miss de Bourgh's companion.
John, the Collins's servant.
John, the Gardiners' servant.
Mr. Jones, apothecary at Meryton.
Miss Mary King, heiress of #10,000.
Mrs. Long; her two nieces.
Sir William LUCAS, Knight, and Lady Lucas, of Lucas Lodge;
their children, Charlotte, 27, m. Mr. Collins; Maria; younger
Miss Lucases; a boy.
Lady Metcalfe, an acquaintance of Lady Catherine.
Mr. Morris.
Mrs. Nicholls, housekeeper at Netherfield.
Mr. Philips, attorney in Meryton; m. Miss ---- Gardiner.
Miss Pope, governess in Lady Metcalfe's family.
Mr. Pratt, of the ----shire Militia.
Mrs. Reynolds, housekeeper at Pemberley.
Mr. Robinson, of Meryton neighborhood.
Sally/Sarah (in chapters 47 and 55, respectively -- may be the
same individual), servant(s).
Mr. Stone, Mr. Gardiner's clerk?
Miss Watson, of Meryton.
The Miss Webbs, acquaintances of Lady Catherine.
Mr. WICKHAM, steward to old Mr. Darcy; his son George;
Lieutenant in the ----shire Militia; Cambridge; m. Lydia
Bennet.
Mrs. Younge, former governess to Georgiana Darcy.
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Genealogical Charts for the Characters in _Pride and Prejudice_
Bennets, Philipses, and Gardiners
Mr. Collins is a cousin of Mr. Bennet.
+--------------+---------------------------+
| | |
| | |
Mr. Bennet === Mrs. Bennet Mrs. Philips === Mr. Philips Edward === M----
| Gardiner |
+--------+-+-----+-------+-------+ |
| | | | | +--+--+--+
Jane Elizabeth Mary "Kitty" Lydia | | | |
[Catherine] Four children
Darcys, Fitzwilliams, and De Bourghs
The individuals in parentheses died before the main action of
the novel begins.
(Old Earl of ----,
surnamed Fitzwilliam)
|
+------------+----+----------------+
| | |
(Old Mr. === (Lady current Lady === (Sir Lewis
Darcy) | Anne) Earl of ---- Catherine | de Bourgh)
| | |
+------+------+ +---+------+ |
| | | | |
Fitzwilliam Georgiana elder Colonel Anne de
Darcy Darcy son(s) Fitzwilliam Bourgh
Lucases and Bingleys
Sir William === Lady +----------+----------+
Lucas | Lucas | | |
| | | |
+---------+----------+ Charles Caroline Louisa === Mr.
| | | Bingley Bingley Hurst
Charlotte Maria other boys
Lucas Lucas and girls
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