Elizabeth Bennet (later Elizabeth Darcy) is the protagonist of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. She is a gentlewoman who lives on her father's estate, Longbourn, with her parents and four sisters. She is known as "Lizzy" to her family and "Eliza" to her neighbors and friends; however, the narrator refers to her as "Elizabeth." Once they are engaged, Fitzwilliam Darcy does likewise. Elizabeth was born the second daughter of Mr. Bennet, the master of Longbourn, and Mrs. Bennet, the…
