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Mr Bennet
Mr. Bennet is the father of Elizabeth Bennet, the protagonist of the novel ''Pride and Prejudice'', a work of the author Jane Austen. He is married to Mrs. Bennet, the daughter of a Meryton attorney.〔Baker, William. "Critical Companion to Jane Austen: A Literary Reference to Her Life and Work". Facts on File, 2008, p.407.〕 Together the couple has five daughters: Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia Bennet. None of the daughters are married at the beginning of the novel, much to Mrs Bennet's dismay.
From his estate at Longbourn he derives an annual income of £2,000, which is a respectable income for a gentleman, but certainly not comparable to Mr Darcy's annual income of £10,000.〔 Because Mr Bennet has no male heir, the estate is entailed upon the next closest male relative, Mr. Collins. Emily Auerbach criticises Mr Bennet for ignoring the fate of his daughters, and suggests that he possesses "too little sense of duty or responsibility".
=="So odd a mixture"==
The narrator underlines not only the "odd mixture of intelligence, sarcastic humour, reserve and caprice" which makes up the character of Mr Bennet but also his multiple acts of negligence regarding his duties as husband and father. If he draws the sympathy of the reader by his skill at irony, he has nevertheless a certain number of faults: indifferent and irresponsible, self-centred, set in his ways, indolent, disliking company; he suffers, according to Phyllis Ferguson Bottomer, from a form of autism. Admittedly, he married a silly girl, but he has, for his part, completely given up his social role as pater familias and does not care about the needs of his family. His disengagement is symbolized by his withdrawing into his library and hiding behind his cynical mockery. Firmly tied to his serenity, he regards the world with an ironic detachment, and seems to lack interest in his neighbours. When he is involved in a social event, such as the ball at Netherfield, it is as a silent and amused witness of the blunders of his family.〔http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol25no1/morris.html〕 Even the discovery of Darcy's role in Lydia's marriage only draws from him a selfish exclamation of relief: "So much the better. It will save me a world of trouble and economy".
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