# Kitty Bennet — Pride and Prejudice character guide

> Kitty Bennet in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Catherine, the luckless Kitty, Poor Kitty

**First appearance:** 0005-vi

## Snapshot

The fourth Bennet sister, a coughing, simpering shadow of Lydia who longs for her own turn at balls, officers, and romance.

## Who they are

Kitty trails after Lydia, adopting her enthusiasms and echoing her gossip about the regiment, with little identity of her own. Her wistful hope that her turn is coming soon captures the precarious position of a younger sister with no fortune and no suitor. She matters as part of the Bennet household's noise and vulnerability—evidence of how many futures hang on the marriages the elder sisters might secure.

## In the story

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pride_and_prejudice_se/chapters/ii)

Scolded by her mother for coughing; responds fretfully.

### [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pride_and_prejudice_se/chapters/vii)

Accompanies Lydia to Meryton, sharing her sister's fascination with the militia officers.

### [Chapter XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pride_and_prejudice_se/chapters/xix)

Briefly present at the start and then sent away by Mrs. Bennet.

### [Chapter XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pride_and_prejudice_se/chapters/xxxix)

Assists Lydia with hints and additions during the journey; participates in the fun at the inn.

### [Chapter XLI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pride_and_prejudice_se/chapters/xli)

Weeps from vexation and envy at being left out of the Brighton trip.

### [Chapter XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pride_and_prejudice_se/chapters/xlii)

Begins to recover her sense after Lydia's departure; able to enter Meryton without tears.

### [Chapter LV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pride_and_prejudice_se/chapters/lv)

Hopes her own turn for marriage will come soon.

### [Chapter LVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pride_and_prejudice_se/chapters/lvi)

Present during Lady Catherine's arrival, sharing in the general astonishment.

### [Chapter LVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pride_and_prejudice_se/chapters/lviii)

Walks with the group but is too afraid of Darcy to talk; leaves to call on Maria Lucas.

### [LXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pride_and_prejudice_se/chapters/lxi)

Spends most of her time with her elder sisters and improves greatly.

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