Pride and Prejudice
Lydia Bennet
The youngest Bennet sister
The youngest and loudest Bennet daughter, who loves officers, dancing and having her own way. Nobody has ever told her no for long.
Lydia is fifteen, tall, noisy and her mother's favorite. She is a flirt who loves the officers of the militia regiment stationed at Meryton, and she has never been taught to consider how her behavior looks to others. Her younger sister Kitty follows her everywhere.
Lydia wants fun and attention, and she cares little what it costs. Elizabeth sees clearly where this will lead and tries to warn their father, who prefers not to deal with it. Lydia is thrilled, not worried, when she is invited to Brighton with the colonel's wife.
“See my ring! Mrs. Wickham! How do you like it, Lizzy?”
In the story
Contains spoilers.
At Brighton, Lydia runs off with George Wickham, and the family fears she is ruined. When the Gardiners find the couple and a marriage is arranged, Lydia comes home to Longbourn delighted with herself, showing off her ring and taking her older sister's seat at the table. She seems to see nothing wrong in what she has done.
Her careless remark that Mr. Darcy was at her wedding is how Elizabeth learns that Darcy was the one who made it happen. Lydia herself never understands how close she came to disaster, or who saved her.
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