How old is Caroline Bingley?

Bingley's 22 years, as she was unmarried and had a dowry of £20,000, and if she was 23 or older, she'd be quite the old maid. Even with her terrible personality, many men would gladly marry her for her pretty face and big dowry well before her 21st birthday. I too think that it was not mentioned in the book directly.
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Is Caroline Bingley older than Charles?

Caroline Bingley is a minor antagonist who appears in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. She is the younger sister of Charles Bingley and Louisa Hurst, as well as the sister-in-law of Mr. Hurst and Jane Bennet Bingley.
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What kind of person is Caroline Bingley?

Personality. She is very craft, vain, antagonistic and snobby. Only wears designer clothing, only talks to people with connections in high places, and is friendly and smiling to people to their face, only to talk smack about them behind their backs.
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How old is Mr. Darcy in the book?

Fitzwilliam Darcy is a wealthy twenty-eight-year-old man. He is very fond and protective of his younger sister, Georgiana Darcy. He owns Pemberley and is best friends with Charles Bingley. Despite her lower class, he eventually marries Elizabeth Bennet, with whom he fell in love at the start of the novel.
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Is Miss Bingley in love with Mr. Darcy?

Miss Bingley feels jealous and very dislike Elizabeth because she knows that Mr. Darcy likes Elizabeth and Miss Bingley herself likes Mr. Darcy; however, Miss Bingley knows that her brother likes Jane so she has to show her respect to both of them.
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How old is Lizzy in Pride and Prejudice?

Elizabeth is the second eldest of the five Bennet sisters of the Longbourn estate, situated near the fictional market village of Meryton in Hertfordshire, England. She is 20 years old by the middle of the novel.
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How old is Bingley in Pride and Prejudice?

This hints that he is barely two years older than being "of age", during the course of the novel. Thus, an estimate tells us that he is, probably, 22 years of age.
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What does 5000 a year mean in Pride and Prejudice?

These percents refer to the fact that the income the landed gentry earned came from investing their money in secure government bonds. Therefore, Bingley is described as having "four or five thousand a year" because Mrs. Bennet is not sure of what his 100,000 pound inheritance is earning. Similarly, Mr.
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Is Darcy older than Elizabeth?

James' Death Comes To Pemberley novel, Elizabeth Darcy is 26 and Mr. Darcy is 34 (6 years after Austen's P&P novel)...
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How old is Lydia in Pride and Prejudice?

She is sister-in-law to Charles Bingley and Fitzwilliam Darcy. She is a distant cousin of William Collins, a clergyman. Lydia was born in June and is 15 at the start of the novel.
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Who is the youngest daughter in Pride and Prejudice?

Lydia is the youngest and wildest Bennet daughter. She is her mother's favorite because like Mrs.
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How old is Mr. Collins?

Background. Mr William Collins, 25 years old as the novel begins, is Mr Bennet's distant cousin, a clergyman, and the heir presumptive to Mr Bennet's estate of Longbourn. The property is entailed to heirs male, meaning that Mr Bennet's daughters and their issue cannot inherit after Mr.
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Who is Elizabeth's best friend in Pride Prejudice?

After Elizabeth's rejection, Mr. Collins proposes to Charlotte Lucas, a sensible young woman and Elizabeth's friend, who is already aged 27.
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Who is the oldest Bingley?

Bingley was the oldest (and only?) male child he would become the head of the family as soon as his father died. Maybe as a young child he would listen to his sister because she was older, but at the age they are in the book his sister would be expected to listen to him.
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Is there a Pride and Prejudice 2?

The sequel, which will be titled Perception, is written by Terri Fleming — and it's going to follow two of the original novel's most neglected characters: Kitty and Mary Bennet.
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Who is Lady Catherine's daughter in Pride and Prejudice?

Anne de Bourgh is a character in Pride and Prejudice. She is the only child and heir of the late Sir Lewis de Bourgh and the Lady Catherine.
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Did Lydia and Wickham sleep together?

While Lydia's affair with Wickham was highly improper for a nineteenth-century woman, threatening damage to both herself and her sisters, a premarital sexual relationship would be considered normal for most young women in the West in the twenty-first century.
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What age is Jane Bennet?

She is twenty-two years old.
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How old was Mary in Pride and Prejudice?

This teenager (scholars estimate Mary's age to be 18 as Pride and Prejudice takes place) is, in that sad sense, the most relatable character the novel offers.
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How rich was Mr. Darcy in today's money?

Darcy's annual earnings are $16,436,891, placing him in the 99.99 income percentile today.
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Why did Mr. Darcy flex his hand?

It's credit to Joe, because he doesn't miss a trick and he's so alive to things, and he saw me do it in a rehearsal take and I remember him just going, “Get that!” So they just did an extra shot on the hand. Yes—this is the power of a bold acting choice and a thoughtful actor!
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Why did Lydia and Wickham elope?

Because she was willing to go. Wickham's actions were careless and contemptible, and made even worse by his lack of authentic affection for Lydia.
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Are the Bennets middle class?

Bennet and her siblings, they were members of the middle class.
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How old are all the characters in Pride and Prejudice?

Kitty says she's two years older than Lydia, which puts her at 17-18. Now that Kitty is established, the ages left between Kitty and Elizabeth at the beginning are 18 and 19. So Mary is either 18 or 19 at the start and 19 or 20 at the end.
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Does Bingley love Jane?

Although Jane enters into one of the happiest and most successful marriages in the novel, her relationship with Bingley is a rather static one. Just as she is consistently good and kind, her feelings and regard for Bingley never falter or change.
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