"She has something more
of a quickness then her
sisters" Mr Bennet
"She told the story in great spirit amongst her
friends; for she had a lively, playful disposition
which delighted in anything ridiculous' Narrator CH2
Darcy
Mr Bennet
"Mr Bennet was so odd a mixture of
quick parts, sarcastic humour,
reserve, and caprice" Narrator
"How can you abuse your own
children in such a way?" Mrs Bennet
They are silly and ignorant like other girls
You take delight in vexing me." Mrs Bennet
"Mr Bennet was amongst the
earliest of those who waited
on Mr Bingley " Narrator CH2
Mrs Bennet
"She was a woman of mean
understanding, little
information, and uncertain
temper." Narrator
"The business of her life
was to get her daughter
married; its solace was
visiting and news." Narrator
"Mrs Bennet deigned not
to make a reply, but,
unable to contain herself
began scolding one of her
daughters" Narrator CH2
"If I can but see one of my daughters happily settled
at Netherfield... and all the others equally well
married, I shall have nothing to wish for" Mrs Bennet
Lydia
"(Elizabeth is not) half so
good-humoured as
Lydia" -Mrs Bennet
"I am not afraid; for though I am the youngest, I'm the tallest" Lydia CH2
Jane
"(Elizabeth) is not half so
handsome as Jane" Mrs Bennet
Mr Bingley
"A single man of large fortune; four or five
thousand a year" Mrs Bennet CH1
"He was quite young, wonderfully handsome, extremely
agreeable..." Narrator from Lady Lucas's report CH3
"Mr Bingley was a good-looking and
gentlemanlike ; he had a pleasant
countenance, and easy, unaffected
manners." Narrator CH3
Ms Bingley
"(Mr Bingley's) sisters were
fine women with an air of
decided fashion"
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
"If I had ever learned, I should
have been great proficient"
-LCDB [C31]
"This must be a most
inconvenient sitting room, for the
evening, in summer- LCDB [C56]
Mr Collins
Charlotte
Mary
"You are a young lady of deep
reflection.. you read great books
and make extracts" Mr Bennet CH2
"Mary wished to say something sensible,
but knew not how" Narrator CH2