Mr Bennet

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Fictional character Literary character Novel character

Mr Bennet is the witty, detached patriarch of the Bennet family in Jane Austen’s novel "Pride and Prejudice."

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Fictional character ⓘ Literary character ⓘ Novel character ⓘ
adaptedIn	1995 BBC television adaptation of Pride and Prejudice ⓘ 2005 film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice ⓘ
appearsIn	Pride and Prejudice ⓘ
authorWork	Pride and Prejudice ⓘ surface form: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
characterArc	Recognizes his failures as a father after Lydia’s elopement ⓘ
child	Catherine Bennet ⓘ Elizabeth Bennet ⓘ Jane Bennet ⓘ Lydia Bennet ⓘ Mary Bennet ⓘ
creator	Jane Austen ⓘ
estateEntailedTo	Mr. Collins ⓘ surface form: Mr Collins
familyName	Bennet ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Pride and Prejudice ⓘ
firstAppearance	Pride and Prejudice ⓘ
gender	Male ⓘ
genreOfWork	Romantic novel ⓘ
givenName	Unknown ⓘ
hasConcern	Providing dowries for his daughters ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Regency era ⓘ
marriageMotivation	Initially physical attraction to Mrs Bennet ⓘ
nationality	English ⓘ
notableFor	Being the father of Elizabeth Bennet ⓘ His ironic humour ⓘ
occupation	Country gentleman ⓘ
ownsEstate	Longbourn estate ⓘ
personalityTrait	Cynical ⓘ Detached ⓘ Indolent ⓘ Intelligent ⓘ Sarcastic ⓘ Witty ⓘ
portrayedBy	Benjamin Whitrow ⓘ Donald Sutherland ⓘ
relationshipWithElizabeth	Affectionate and intellectually sympathetic ⓘ
relationshipWithLydia	Indulgent but careless ⓘ
relative	Mr. Collins ⓘ surface form: Mr Collins
residence	Longbourn ⓘ
setting	Hertfordshire ⓘ
socialClass	Landed gentry ⓘ
spouse	Mrs Bennet ⓘ