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Bennet family

Bennet family

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Search complete. 9 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Bennet family".

Sep 19, 2026

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Pride and Prejudice - Part 2 - Jane Austen Novel

Sep 19 · 5 Mentions

speaker_6NARRATOR
54:28
But Elizabeth steadily opposed the scheme.
speaker_6NARRATOR
54:30
It should not be said that the Miss Bennets could not be at home half a day before they were in pursuit of the officers.
speaker_6NARRATOR
54:36
There was another reason, too, for her opposition.
speaker_6NARRATOR
54:38
She dreaded seeing Mr. Wickham again, and was resolved to avoid it as long as possible— the comfort to her of the regiment's approaching removal was indeed beyond expression in a fortnight they were to go and once gone she hoped there could be nothing more to plague her on his account she had not been many hours at home before she found that the brighton scheme of which lydia had given them a hint at the inn was under frequent discussion between her parents Elizabeth saw directly that her father had not the smallest intention of yielding, but his answers were at the same time so vague and equivocal, that her mother, though often disheartened, had never yet despaired of succeeding at last.

9 MINS LATER

speaker_6NARRATOR
64:10
It was the last of the regiment's stay in Meryton, and all the young ladies in the neighborhood were drooping apace.
speaker_6NARRATOR
64:16
The dejection was almost universal.
speaker_6NARRATOR
64:19
The elder Miss Bennets alone were still able to eat, drink, and sleep, and pursue the usual course of their employments— Very frequently were they reproached for this insensibility by Kitty and Lydia, whose own misery was extreme, and who could not comprehend such hard-heartedness in any of the family.
speaker_6NARRATOR
64:36
"'Good heaven! what is to become of us? what are we to do?' would they often exclaim in the bitterness of woe.

Unknown podcast

Pride and Prejudice - Part 1 - Jane Austen Novel

Sep 19 · 2 Mentions

speaker_5NARRATOR
26:24
Miss Bennet was therefore established as a sweet girl, and their brother felt authorized by such commendation to think of her as he chose.
speaker_5NARRATOR
26:38
Within a short walk of Longbourn lived a family with whom the Bennets were particularly intimate.
speaker_5NARRATOR
26:43
Sir William Lucas had been formerly in trade in Meryton, where he had made a tolerable fortune, and risen to the honour of knighthood by an address to the King during his mayoralty.
speaker_5NARRATOR
26:53
The distinction had perhaps been felt too strongly.

3 HRS 9 MINS LATER

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216:06
It appeared to her merely the suggestion of Caroline's interested wishes, and she could not for a moment suppose that those wishes, however openly or artfully spoken, could influence a young man so totally independent of every one.
speaker_5NARRATOR
216:19
she represented to her sister as forcibly as possible what she felt on the subject and had soon the pleasure of seeing its happy effect jane's temper was not desponding and she was gradually led to hope though the diffidence of affection sometimes overcame the hope that bingley would return to netherfield and answer every wish of her heart they agreed that mrs bennet should only hear of the departure of the family without being alarmed on the score of the gentleman's conduct but even this partial communication gave her a great deal of concern and he bewailed it as exceedingly unlucky that the ladies should happen to go away just as they were all getting so intimate together After lamenting it, however, at some length, she had the consolation that Mr. Bingley would soon be down again, and soon dining at Longbourn, and the conclusion of all was the comfortable declaration that though he had been invited only to a family dinner, she would take care to have two full courses.
speaker_5NARRATOR
217:16
The Bennets were engaged to dine with the Lucases, and again, during the chief of the day, was Miss Lucas so kind as to listen to Mr. Collins.
speaker_5NARRATOR
217:23
Elizabeth took an opportunity of thanking her.
Into The Austenverse

Into The Austenverse

Bonus Episode - Interview with Joanna Nadin - Author of ‘After Darcy’

Sep 17 · 2 Mentions

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Joanna NadinGUEST
4:44
I couldn't.
Joanna NadinGUEST
4:45
Why would I want to compete with that? And also, I'm not interested in the Bennetts aged late teens, early 20s anymore.
Joanna NadinGUEST
4:53
I'm in my 50s.
Joanna NadinGUEST
4:54
I'm interested in what happens to the Bennetts.
Joanna NadinGUEST
4:58
when they're grownups, when they are dealing with kids, when they are dealing with divorce, when they're dealing with difficult teenagers.
Joanna NadinGUEST
5:06
And it started off completely as Lydia's story, because I feel like Lydia's had a bit of a raw deal over the years and she and Mary are my favorites.

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