Chronology of Pride and Prejudice, according to MacKinnon and Chapman
Chronology of Pride and Prejudice, according to MacKinnon and Chapman
1811
Before Michaelmas (Sept. 29): Bingley takes possession of Netherfield.
Tues 15 Oct. Mr. Collins's letter.
Tues 12 Nov. Jane is invited to dine at Netherfield
Wed 13 Nov. Her illness.
Thurs 14 Nov. Mrs. Bennet at Netherfield. Elizabeth remains.
Fri 15 Nov. Darcy begins to feel his danger.
Sat 16 Nov. Darcy adheres to his book.
Sun 17 Nov. The sisters leave Netherfield.
Mon 18 Nov. Arrival of Mr. Collins
Tues 19 Nov. First appearance of Wickham.
Wed 20 Nov. Supper with the Philipses.
Thurs 2 1 Nov. The Bingleys visit Longbourn.
Fri 22 Nov - Mon 25 Nov. A succession of rain.
Tues 26 Nov. The ball at Netherfield.
Wed 27 Nov. Mr. Collins proposes; Bingley goes to London.
Thurs 28 Nov. The Bingleys leave Netherfield.
Fri 29 Nov. Mr. Collins at Lucas Lodge.
Sat 30 Nov. Mr. Collins returns to Hunsford.
Tues 3 Dec. His promised letter of thanks arrives.
Mon 16 Dec. His return to Longbourn.
Sat 21 Dec. His departure.
Mon 23 Dec. The Gardiners come for Christmas.
Mon 30 Dec. They leave, taking Jane.
1812
Early in Jan. Mr. Collins at Lucas Lodge.
Mon 6 Jan. Jane has been a week in town.
Tues 7 Jan. She calls in Grosvenor-street.
Wed 8 Jan. Charlotte says good-bye.
Thurs 9 Jan. The wedding.
Late in Jan. Four weeks pass away without Jane's seeing Bingley.
Early in March Elizabeth goes to London.
Thurs 5 March Arrival at Hunsford
Fri 6 March Miss de Bourgh at the Parsonage.
Sat 7 March They dine at Rosings.
Thurs 12 March Sir William leaves.
Thurs 19 March End of Elizabeth's first fortnight.
Mon 23 March Darcy and Fitzwilliam arrive.
Tues 24 March They call at the Parsonage. Jane has been in town (almost) three months.
Fri 25 March It was doubtless on Good Friday that Darcy `seen at church'.
Sun 29 March, Easter Day The evening is spent at Rosings.
Thurs 9 April Elizabeth's conversation with Colonel Fitzwilliam. Darcy proposes.
Fri 10 April Darcy's letter. Elizabeth has spent five weeks in Kent.
Sat 11 April Fitzwilliam and Darcy leave Kent, after a stay of `nearly three weeks'
Fri 17 April The evening spent at Rosings.
Sat 18 April Elizabeth goes to town, after a visit of six (and a few days).
Early in May Jane, Elizabeth, and Maria Lucas return to Longbourn.
Late in May The ----shire regiment, with Lydia, removes to Brighton.
June Lydia's sixteenth birthday.
Mid-June Northern tour is postponed to mid-July.
Sat 1 Aug. Lydia's elopement.
Sun 2 Aug. Colonel Forster sends an express to Longbourn.
Mon 3 Aug. Colonel Forster comes to Longbourn. The Gardiners and Elizabeth at Lambton.
Tues 4 Aug. Mr. Bennet goes to town. The Gardiners and Elizabeth tour Pemberley.
Wed 5 Aug. Colonel Forster back at Brighton. Mr. Bennet writes to Jane. Darcy and his sister visit Elizabeth. Bingley says it is above eight months' since 26 Nov.
Thurs 6 Aug. The Gardiners and Elizabeth at Pemberley.
Fri 7 Aug. Elizabeth hears from Jane. The dinner at is cancelled, and the Gardiners and Elizabeth leave Lambton.
Sat 8 Aug. They arrive at Longbourn. Darcy leaves Derbyshire for London.
Sat 9 Aug. Mr. Gardiner leaves Longbourn.
Tues 11 Aug. Mrs. Gardiner hears from her husband.
Fri 14 Aug. Darcy calls in Gracechurch-street.
Sat 15 Aug. Mr. Bennet returns. Mr. Gardiner goes back to town. Darcy calls again, having that Mr. Bennet is gone.
Sun 16 Aug. Darcy sees Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner.
Mon 17 Aug. Mr. Gardiner's express (misdated _August_2_). Matters `all settled' between Gardiner Darcy. Lydia goes to Gracechurch-street, where she remains for a fortnight. Mrs. Bennet comes down stairs the first time in a Fortnight (since 2 Aug.).
Mon 31 Aug. Wedding of Lydia and Wickham; they come to Longbourn; Lydia is sure Wickham will `kill more birds on the first of September than any body else in the country'.
Tues 1 Sept. Darcy dines with the Gardiners.
Wed 2 Sept. Jane writes to Mrs. Gardiner.
2 or 3 Sept. Darcy leaves town.
Fri 4 Sept. Elizabeth asks Mrs. Gardiner for an explanation of Lydia's disclosures.
Sun 6 Sept. Mrs. Gardiner replies.
Thurs 10 Sept. The Wickhams leave.
16 or 17 Sept. Bingley expected at Netherfield. It is now about a twelvemonth' since Mr. Bennet's waiting upon him had been first canvassed.
Sat 19 Sept. Bingley and Darcy call.
Tues 22 Sept. They dine at Longbourn.
Wed 23 Sept. Darcy's confession to Bingley.
Thurs 24 Sept. Darcy leaves for town, to return in ten days' time. Bingley calls alone.
Fri 25 Sept. He comes to dine, and stays supper.
Sat 25 Sept. Bingley comes to shoot. He and Jane are.
Sat 3 Oct. Lady Catherine's visit, about a week after the engagement, and two days after the report of a most alarming nature' had reached after.
Sun 4 Oct. Mr. Bennet hears from Mr. Collins, who, writing no doubt on Friday 2 Oct., says he mentioned the rumour of Elizabeth's engagement to Darcy `to her Ladyship last night'.
Tues 6 Oct. Bingley brings Darcy. The proposal.
Wed 7 Oct. They walk to Oakham Mount. Parental applications.
Thurs 8 Oct. Darcy dines at Longbourn.
Before Christmas The double wedding. The Gardiners are `to come to Pemberley at Christmas'.
[E-text editor's note: The novel Shirley by Charlotte Bronte" is set during almost the same time-period. The double wedding which is the climax of _Shirley_ takes place in August 1812, the same month that Lydia causes trouble in _Pride_and_Prejudice_.]
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Index of Characters
Index of Characters
Mrs. Annesley, companion to Georgiana Darcy.
Mr. BENNET, of Longbourn-house in Hertfordshire; the estate was about #2,000 a year, and #5,000 was settled on his wife and children; _m_. ---- Gardiner, daughter of a Meryton attorney, #4,000. Their children: Jane, 22, _m_. Charles Bingley; Elizabeth, 20, _m_. Fitzwilliam Darcy; Mary, `obtained nothing higher one of her uncle Philips's clerks' (_Memoir_); Catherine, `satisfactorily married to a clergyman near Pemberley' (_Memoir_); Lydia, 15-16, _m_. George Wickham.
Charles BINGLEY, 22, #100,000; it is implied that he lived in London; _m_. Jane Bennet. His sisters: Louisa, #20,000, _m_. Mr. Hurst; Caroline, #20,000.
Captain Carter, of the ----shire Militia.
Mr. Chamberlayne, of the ----shire Militia.
The Rev. William COLLINS, Rector of Hunsford in Kent, cousin and heir to Mr. Bennet; 25; at one of the Universities; _m_. Charlotte Lucas.
Mr. DARCY the elder, of Pemberley in Derbyshire, _m_. Lady Anne Fitzwilliam; Fitzwilliam Darcy, his son, of Pemberley (and a town house not named), 28, #10,000 a year; _m_. Elizabeth Bennet. His sister Georgiana, 16, #30,000.
Dawson, Lady Catherine's maid.
Sir Lewis DE BOURGH, of Rosings Park in Kent; his widow, the Rt. Hon. Lady Catherine de Bourgh, daughter of the Earl of ---- and sister of Lady Anne Darcy; their daughter, Anne.
Mr. Denny, of the ----shire Militia.
Colonel Fitzwilliam, younger son of the Earl of ----, nephew of Lady Catherine de Bourgh and of Lady Anne Darcy.
Colonel Forster, commanding the ----shire Militia; Harriet his wife.
Edward GARDINER, of Gracechurch-street, brother of Mrs. Bennet; his wife M----; their four young children.
The Gouldings (William named) of Haye-Park.
Miss Grantley, an acquaintance of Caroline Bingley.
Haggerston, an attorney.
Miss Harriet and Miss Pen Harrington.
Mrs. Hill, housekeeper at Longbourn.
Mr. Hurst, of Grosvenor-street; _m_. Louisa Bingley.
Mrs. Jenkinson, Miss de Bourgh's companion.
John, the Collins's servant.
John, the Gardiners' servant.
Mr. Jones, apothecary at Meryton.
Miss Mary King, heiress of #10,000.
Mrs. Long; her two nieces.
Sir William LUCAS, Knight, and Lady Lucas, of Lucas Lodge; their children, Charlotte, 27, _m_. Mr. Collins; Maria; younger Miss Lucases; a boy.
Lady Metcalfe, an acquaintance of Lady Catherine.
Mr. Morris.
Mrs. Nicholls, housekeeper at Netherfield.
Mr. Philips, attorney in Meryton; _m_. Miss ---- Gardiner.
Miss Pope, governess in Lady Metcalfe's family.
Mr. Pratt, of the ----shire Militia.
Mrs. Reynolds, housekeeper at Pemberley.
Mr. Robinson, of Meryton neighborhood.
Sally/Sarah (in chapters 47 and 55, respectively -- may be the same individual), servant(s).
Mr. Stone, Mr. Gardiner's clerk?
Miss Watson, of Meryton.
The Miss Webbs, acquaintances of Lady Catherine.
Mr. WICKHAM, steward to old Mr. Darcy; his son George; Lieutenant in the ----shire Militia; Cambridge; _m_. Lydia Bennet.
Mrs. Younge, former governess to Georgiana Darcy.
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Index of Characters
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Index of Characters