Pride and Prejudice · Character
Lydia Bennet
The youngest Bennet, all noise and nerve, who chases officers and excitement with a heedlessness that her family cannot restrain and that will cost them dearly.
supporting
Also known as Lydia, Miss Lydia, Miss Lydia Bennet, Poor Lydia, Lydia Wickham
First appearance: vi
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Lydia lives for balls, redcoats, and being the first to know everything, her mother's indulgent favorite and her father's despair. She flirts indiscriminately with the militia, especially Wickham, without the slightest…
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- Family
- Other
Character groups
- Major Characters and Key Allies
- Minor Characters and Background Figures
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Elizabeth Bennet
family · ambivalent
Elizabeth is often exasperated by Lydia's reckless, flirtatious behavior but remains her… How this plays out →
- Mrs. Bennet
family · positive
- Jane Bennet
family · ambivalent
- Elizabeth Bennet
family · ambivalent
Elizabeth is often exasperated by Lydia's reckless, flirtatious behavior but remains her… How this plays out →
- Elizabeth Bennet
family · ambivalent
Elizabeth is often exasperated by Lydia's reckless, flirtatious behavior but remains her… How this plays out →
- Mrs. Bennet
family · positive
- Jane Bennet
family · ambivalent
- Mrs. Bennet
family · positive
- Jane Bennet
family · ambivalent
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