Jane Austen claims that she was quite astonished to learn that a wife may take liberties with her husband that a sister cannot always take with her brother (ten years senior). Darcy, perhaps pointing towards a meeker personality it was stated in the novel itself that she was rather shy.

Personality ĭespite a couple film portrayals which depict Georgiana with an almost Elizabeth-like personality, the final chapter of Pride and Prejudice says that she is quite shocked by the way Elizabeth speaks to Mr. After Elizabeth and Darcy married, she and Georgiana developed a loving, sisterly relationship, which made Darcy very happy. When Darcy later wrote to inform Georgiana of his engagement to Elizabeth, Georgiana was delighted, and sent back a letter that expressed her excitement over gaining Elizabeth as a sister. When Elizabeth and the Gardiners abruptly departed from Derbyshire (due to Lydia, Elizabeth's sister, eloping with Wickham), Darcy later told Elizabeth that Georgiana was very upset by their sudden absence, though Darcy-who knew the truth-did not reveal the reason. Georgiana was reserved, but liked Elizabeth because of her brother's recommendation, since he loved Elizabeth. Georgiana made Elizabeth Bennet's acquaintance when Elizabeth and Mr.

Darcy unexpectedly showed up before the elopement, she became so overcome with guilt that she confessed the truth to her brother, who wrote to Wickham and effectively chased him off. They planned to run away to Gretna Green in Scotland in order to elope. She had known him all her life, so she did have an affection for him, and she convinced herself that he did love her. Wickham tried to convince her of his love in order to get her dowry, with the help of Mrs. This made her a prime target for fortune hunters like George Wickham, an old friend of the family who was now a gambler and a blackguard. She has a settlement of £30,000, which would ostensibly become her husband's when she was married. She was so much younger than Darcy that he became a father figure in her life, rather than a brother. Her parents died when Georgiana was still young so her care and guardianship passed to her elder brother and her cousin, Colonel Fitzwilliam, the youngest child of her uncle the Earl.

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