MRS BENNET'S LEAST LOVED DAUGHTER with John Wiltshire

In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet severely criticises her father for his behaviour in the family, but we are never told what she thinks of her mother, whose influence is so much more powerful in the novel.  This talk explores the hints that Pride and Prejudice gives about the actual relationship between Mrs Bennet and her ‘least loved daughter’.

John Wiltshire continues our Jane Austen series with a set of three lectures. Professor Wiltshire is the author of several books about Jane Austen, and has edited Mansfield Park for the authoritative Cambridge edition.  His most recent books are The Cinematic Jane Austen (2009) and The Making of Dr Johnson (2009)