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Pride and Prejudice — Character–Event–Location Relationship Map

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Pride and Prejudice — Character–Event–Location Relationship Map

This document cross-tracks three axes: who experienced what event, and where. It helps translators determine whether a character was present at a location and whether they witnessed an event directly or learned of it second-hand.

1. Event Sequences by Location

Longbourn — the Bennet Family Home

Event Chapter Time People Present Event Summary
EVT-001 1 Autumn Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Bennet News of Bingley's arrival spreads; Mrs. Bennet launches her marriage project
EVT-002 2 Autumn Entire Bennet family Mr. Bennet reveals his secret visit to Bingley
EVT-011 13 November 18 Entire Bennet family, Mr. Collins Collins's letter arrives, followed by his visit to Longbourn
EVT-012 15 November 19 Mrs. Bennet, Mr. Collins Collins changes the object of his proposal from Jane to Elizabeth
EVT-017 19 November Elizabeth, Mr. Collins, Mrs. Bennet Collins proposes to Elizabeth and is rejected
EVT-018 20 November Mr. Bennet, Elizabeth, Mrs. Bennet, Mr. Collins Mr. Bennet takes Elizabeth's side
EVT-020 22 Saturday in November Collins moves to Lucas Lodge Charlotte accepts his proposal; news is received at Longbourn
EVT-032 41 Spring–summer Elizabeth, Mr. Bennet Elizabeth fails to persuade her father not to send Lydia to Brighton
EVT-033 41 Summer Elizabeth, Mr. Wickham, officers Final meeting with Wickham; Elizabeth detects his hypocrisy
EVT-040 49 August 2 Mr. Bennet, Jane, Elizabeth Uncle Gardiner's letter arrives with the Wickham–Lydia marriage agreement
EVT-044 55 Autumn Mr. Bingley, Jane, the Bennets Bingley proposes to Jane again; she accepts
EVT-045 56 Autumn Lady Catherine, Elizabeth, Mrs. Bennet, Kitty Lady Catherine visits Longbourn and confronts Elizabeth privately in the garden
EVT-046 58 Autumn Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth, on the path Darcy's second proposal; Elizabeth accepts
EVT-047 59 Autumn Mr. Bennet, Elizabeth Mr. Bennet consents to the marriage

Netherfield Park — Bingley's Leased Estate

Event Chapter Time People Present Event Summary
EVT-006 7 Autumn Jane, Miss Bingley, Mr. Bingley Jane falls ill as a result of Mrs. Bennet's scheme
EVT-007 7–8 Autumn Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy, Miss Bingley, Mr. Bingley, Mrs. Hurst Elizabeth arrives on foot; Darcy's attraction deepens
EVT-008 9 Autumn Mrs. Bennet, Lydia, Kitty, Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bingley, Miss Bingley Mrs. Bennet embarrasses the family during her Netherfield visit
EVT-009 10 Autumn Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth, Miss Bingley The reel contest and Darcy's realization that he is “bewitched”
EVT-010 12 Autumn, Sunday Elizabeth, Jane, Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bingley, Miss Bingley Elizabeth and Jane end their stay
EVT-016 18 Tuesday in November Almost everyone except Wickham The Netherfield ball; every conflict erupts and the family disgraces itself

Meryton — Market Town and the Philipses' House

Event Chapter Time People Present Event Summary
EVT-003 3 Autumn Almost everyone Meryton assembly: Darcy's “tolerable” insult and Bingley and Jane's first interaction
EVT-013 15 November Elizabeth, Lydia, Kitty, Mr. Wickham, Mr. Denny, Mr. Darcy on horseback Wickham appears; Darcy and Wickham encounter each other in the street
EVT-014 16 November Elizabeth, Mr. Wickham, Mr. Collins, at the Philipses' evening party Wickham's false testimony about the clerical living

Lucas Lodge

Event Chapter Time People Present Event Summary
EVT-005 6 Autumn Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy, Sir William Lucas, Charlotte Elizabeth refuses Darcy's invitation to dance
EVT-004 6 Autumn Mr. Darcy, Miss Bingley Darcy admits to Miss Bingley that he admires Elizabeth's “fine eyes”

Hunsford Parsonage — Kent

Event Chapter Time People Present Event Summary
EVT-026 30–32 Spring, around Easter Mr. Darcy, Col. Fitzwilliam, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Mr. Collins Darcy and Fitzwilliam arrive and make repeated visits
EVT-028 34 Spring, Easter week Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth alone Darcy's first proposal and Elizabeth's furious rejection
EVT-029 35 Spring, the following morning Mr. Darcy → Elizabeth, delivering the letter at the park entrance Darcy delivers his letter

Rosings Park — Lady Catherine's Estate

Event Chapter Time People Present Event Summary
EVT-025 29 Spring, March Lady Catherine, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Mr. Collins, Sir William, Maria, Miss de Bourgh, Mrs. Jenkinson First meeting with Lady Catherine; confirmation of Wickham's description

Rosings Park Grounds

Event Chapter Time People Present Event Summary
EVT-027 33 Spring, Easter week Col. Fitzwilliam, Elizabeth Fitzwilliam inadvertently reveals Darcy's role in separating Bingley and Jane
EVT-030 36 Spring, just after Easter Elizabeth alone on a two-hour walk “Till this moment, I never knew myself”—recognition of her prejudice

Pemberley — Darcy's Estate in Derbyshire

Event Chapter Time People Present Event Summary
EVT-035 43 Summer, July Elizabeth, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, Mrs. Reynolds Tour of Pemberley's interior; Mrs. Reynolds praises Darcy
EVT-036 43 Summer, July Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner Darcy's unexpected return and completely transformed manner
EVT-037 44 Summer, July Mr. Darcy, Georgiana, Mr. Bingley, Elizabeth, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner Georgiana is introduced; Bingley reveals that he misses Jane. Locations: Lambton Inn and Pemberley

Lambton Inn — Derbyshire

Event Chapter Time People Present Event Summary
EVT-037 44 Summer, July Mr. Darcy, Georgiana, Mr. Bingley, Elizabeth Darcy and Georgiana visit the inn
EVT-038 46 Summer, July Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy during his visit News arrives of Lydia and Wickham's elopement; Elizabeth collapses
EVT-039 46 Summer, July Elizabeth alone She recognizes her love: “all love must be vain”

London — Gracechurch Street and Elsewhere

Event Chapter Time People Present Event Summary
EVT-023 26 Winter–spring, January–February Jane, Miss Bingley Miss Bingley's cold treatment in London forces Jane to admit her hypocrisy
EVT-024 27 Spring, March Elizabeth, Mrs. Gardiner at the theatre Proposal for a summer journey to the Lake District
EVT-040 49 Summer, August Mr. Gardiner, Mr. Wickham, Lydia in London; letter received at Longbourn Marriage agreement through Darcy's secret intervention
EVT-042 52 Autumn, September Mrs. Gardiner → Elizabeth by letter Full revelation of Darcy's secret intervention

Brighton

Event Chapter Time People Present Event Summary
EVT-032 41 Spring–summer Lydia, Mrs. Forster Lydia arrives in Brighton; the decision was made at Longbourn
EVT-038 46 Summer, July Lydia, Mr. Wickham fleeing; Col. Forster reporting Lydia and Wickham elope

Ramsgate — Background Location, Never Directly Shown

Event Chapter Time People Involved Event Summary
Mentioned in the EVT-029 letter 35 Previous summer Georgiana Darcy, Mr. Wickham, Mrs. Younge After leaving school, Georgiana stays in London and goes to the seaside for the summer. Wickham conspires with Mrs. Younge to seduce her, but Darcy arrives by chance just before the elopement and prevents it. This location of a past event is never dramatized directly and is known only through Darcy's letter.

Clapham — Stop on the Escape Route

Event Chapter Time People Involved Event Summary
EVT-038 46 Summer, July Wickham, Lydia in tracking records They leave Brighton in a post-chaise, abandon it at Clapham, and transfer to a hackney coach to break the trail. Colonel Forster traces them only this far. The location demonstrates the secrecy of their escape.

Edward Street, London — Mrs. Younge's Lodging House

Event Chapter Time People Involved Event Summary
EVT-042, mentioned in the Gardiner letter 52 Summer, July–August Mrs. Younge, Mr. Darcy, Mr. Wickham Mrs. Younge operates a large lodging house here. It is the first place Wickham and Lydia seek after reaching London. Darcy bribes and corrupts Mrs. Younge here to learn Wickham's whereabouts, making it the starting point of his secret intervention.

2. Character Routes in Chronological Order

Elizabeth Bennet — the Most Widely Travelled Character in the Novel

Longbourn           ━━[residence]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
  │                                                                         │
  ├─[EVT-007]→ Netherfield, 3 miles on foot; stays to nurse Jane ─[EVT-010]→ Longbourn
  │                                                                         │
  ├─[EVT-024]→ London, Gracechurch Street; one night                         │
  │               │                                                         │
  │               └→ Hunsford, Kent ━━[EVT-025–030]━━ visits Rosings Park   │
  │                      │                                                   │
  │                      └→ London, via Gracechurch Street → Longbourn       │
  │                                                                         │
  ├─[EVT-034]→ Derbyshire tour ━━ several sights ━━ Lambton                  │
  │               │                                                         │
  │               ├→ Pemberley [EVT-035–037]                                │
  │               │                                                         │
  │               └→ [EVT-038] news of elopement → hurried return to Longbourn
  │                                                                         │
  └─[EVT-046–048]→ after marriage, moves to Pemberley ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Mr. Darcy

Pemberley           ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
  │                                                                       │
  ├→ Netherfield [EVT-003–010,016] ━━ stays in Hertfordshire              │
  │     │                                                                  │
  │     └→ [EVT-019] withdraws to London after separating Bingley and Jane │
  │                                                                       │
  ├→ London ━━ stays with Bingley around EVT-021                           │
  │                                                                       │
  ├→ Rosings [EVT-026–029] ━━ Easter visit                                │
  │     ├→ Hunsford Parsonage [EVT-028], first proposal                    │
  │     └→ park [EVT-029], delivers letter                                 │
  │                                                                       │
  ├→ returns to Pemberley [EVT-035–037] ━━ reunites with Elizabeth        │
  │                                                                       │
  ├→ immediately after EVT-038, London for secret intervention: finds Wickham and secures marriage
  │                                                                       │
  ├→ Netherfield with Bingley [EVT-043]                                    │
  │     │                                                                  │
  │     └→ visits Longbourn [EVT-046], second proposal                      │
  │                                                                       │
  └→ after marriage, Pemberley ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Jane Bennet

Longbourn           ━━[residence]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
  │                                                                       │
  ├─[EVT-006]→ Netherfield, stays while ill ─[EVT-010]→ Longbourn          │
  │                                                                       │
  ├─[EVT-021–023]→ London, Gracechurch Street, winter–spring → Longbourn   │
  │                                                                       │
  └─[EVT-044]→ engagement → [EVT-048] marriage → Netherfield → moves to Derbyshire after one year

Mr. Wickham

(Past: raised at Pemberley → Cambridge → dissipation in London → attempted seduction of Georgiana at Ramsgate)
  │
  ├→ joins the militia at Meryton [EVT-013–014]
  │     │
  │     └→ [EVT-016] voluntarily misses the Netherfield ball
  │     │
  │     └→ [EVT-022] turns his attention to Miss King
  │     │
  │     └→ [EVT-033] final meeting with Elizabeth
  │
  ├→ Brighton [EVT-038], flees with Lydia
  │     │
  │     └→ disappears in London → [EVT-040] marriage secured by Darcy
  │
  └→ regular-army posting in the north, effectively exile

Lydia Bennet

Longbourn           ━━[residence]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
  │
  ├→ Brighton [EVT-032], accompanies Mrs. Forster
  │     │
  │     └→ [EVT-038] elopes with Wickham → disappears in London
  │
  ├→ London, Gracechurch Street [EVT-040], wedding preparations at the Gardiners'
  │
  ├→ Longbourn, brief visit after marriage
  │
  └→ regular-army posting in the north with Wickham

3. Character-Presence Matrix by Event

Key: ● present and participating / ◐ at the same location but not in the scene / ○ receives by letter or report / — absent

Event Eliz. Darcy Jane Bingley Wickham Collins Mrs.B Mr.B Lydia Charlotte Lady C. Fitzwm Gardiners
EVT-001 ◐ — ◐ — — — ● ● ◐ — — — —
EVT-003 ● ● ● ● — — ● ◐ ● ● — — —
EVT-004 — ● — ◐ — — — — — — — — —
EVT-005 ● ● — — — — — — — ● — — —
EVT-006 ○ — ● ● — — ● — — — — — —
EVT-007 ● ● ● ● — — — — — — — — —
EVT-008 ● ● ◐ ● — — ● — ● — — — —
EVT-009 ● ● ◐ ◐ — — — — — — — — —
EVT-010 ● ● ● ● — — — — — — — — —
EVT-011 ● — ● — — ● ● ● ● — — — —
EVT-012 — — — — — ● ● — — — — — —
EVT-013 ● ●(horseback) — ●(horseback) ● ◐ — — ● — — — —
EVT-014 ● — — — ● ◐ — — ◐ — — — —
EVT-015 ● — — — — ● — — — — — — —
EVT-016 ● ● ● ● — ● ● ● ● ◐ — — —
EVT-017 ● — — — — ● ● — — — — — —
EVT-018 ● — — — — ◐ ● ● — — — — —
EVT-019 ○ ● ○ ● — — — — — — — — —
EVT-020 ○ — — — — ● — — — ● — — —
EVT-021 ○ ◐ ● ◐ — — — — — — — — —
EVT-022 ● — — — ● — — — — — — — —
EVT-023 ○ — ● — — — — — — — — — —
EVT-024 ● — — — — — — — — — — — ●
EVT-025 ● — — — — ● — — — ● ● — —
EVT-026 ● ● — — — ● — — — ● ◐ ● —
EVT-027 ● — — — — — — — — — — ● —
EVT-028 ● ● — — — — — — — — — — —
EVT-029 ● ●(delivery) — — — — — — — — — — —
EVT-030 ● — — — — — — — — — — — —
EVT-031 ● — ● — — — — — — — — — —
EVT-032 ● — — — — — — ● ● — — — —
EVT-033 ● — — — ● — — — — — — — —
EVT-034 ● — — — — — — — — — — — ●
EVT-035 ● — — — — — — — — — — — ●
EVT-036 ● ● — — — — — — — — — — ●
EVT-037 ● ● — ● — — — — — — — — ●
EVT-038 ● ● ○ — ●(fleeing) — ○ ○ ●(fleeing) — — — ○
EVT-039 ● — — — — — — — — — — — —
EVT-040 ○ ●(London) ○ — ●(London) — ○ ● ●(London) — — — ●(London)
EVT-041 ● — — — — — — — — — — — —
EVT-042 ●(letter) — — — — — — — — — — — ●(letter)
EVT-043 ● ● ● ● — — ● — — — — — —
EVT-044 ◐ — ● ● — — ● ● — — — — —
EVT-045 ● — — — — — ● — — — ● — —
EVT-046 ● ● — ◐ — — — — — — — — —
EVT-047 ● — — — — — — ● — — — — —
EVT-048 ● ● ● ● — — ● ● — — — — ●
EVT-049 ● ● ● ● ◐ ◐ ● ● ◐ ◐ ◐ — ●

4. Changes in the Narrative Meaning of Locations

This section tracks what each location signifies in the narrative and how that meaning changes through events.

Netherfield Park

Point Narrative Meaning
Chapter 1, EVT-001 Place of expectation—the arrival of a wealthy young man symbolizes marriage prospects
Chapter 3, EVT-003 Stage for society—the ball begins the relationships of two couples
Chapters 7–12, EVT-006–010 Place of trial—the nursing stay deepens relationships and exposes class conflict
Chapter 18, EVT-016 Place of confrontation—all conflicts erupt at the ball
Chapters 21–23, EVT-019–021 Symbol of absence—the empty house after Bingley's departure embodies Jane's loss
Chapters 53–55, EVT-043–044 Place of return—Bingley's return and renewed proposal restore hope

Pemberley

Point Narrative Meaning
Chapter 8, Miss Bingley's flattery Tool of display—a subject of vanity that Miss Bingley uses to flatter Darcy
Chapter 43, EVT-035 Mirror of character—natural landscaping, genuinely elegant furnishings, and Mrs. Reynolds's testimony reflect Darcy's inner nature
Chapter 43, EVT-036 Stage of transformation—Darcy's completely changed manner first appears here
Chapters 44–45, EVT-037 Space of integration—Darcy, Georgiana, Bingley, and the Gardiners come together
Chapter 61, EVT-048–049 Place of fruition—the final destination where Elizabeth becomes mistress

Hunsford Parsonage

Point Narrative Meaning
Chapter 28, arrival Space of compromise—the reality of the “comfortable home” Charlotte has found in marriage to Collins
Chapter 32, EVT-026 Space of tension—the strange place Darcy repeatedly visits in silence
Chapter 34, EVT-028 Space of rupture—Darcy's first proposal and Elizabeth's furious refusal

Rosings Park Grounds

Point Narrative Meaning
Chapter 33, EVT-027 Path of revelation—the walk where Fitzwilliam inadvertently reveals the separation of Bingley and Jane
Chapter 35, EVT-029 Place of delivery—the park gate where Darcy hands over his letter
Chapter 36, EVT-030 Path of self-knowledge—the walk where Elizabeth spends two hours recognizing her prejudice

Longbourn Grounds and Paths

Point Narrative Meaning
Chapter 56, EVT-045 Garden of confrontation—Lady Catherine draws Elizabeth into the wilderness to threaten her
Chapter 58, EVT-046 Path of union—the road on which Darcy's second proposal occurs

London: Gracechurch Street versus Grosvenor Street

Location Narrative Meaning
Gracechurch Street Space of true worth—a commercial district imbued with the Gardiners' cultivation and warmth. Darcy's willing acceptance of residents of this “low” neighbourhood as relations proves his change
Grosvenor Street Space of pretension—the Hursts' fashionable address, where Miss Bingley's hypocrisy and coldness emerge

Brighton

Point Narrative Meaning
Chapter 41, EVT-032 Place of temptation—in Lydia's fantasy, a paradise of “flirting with officers beneath tents”
Chapter 46, EVT-038 Place of ruin—the starting point of Lydia and Wickham's flight; Elizabeth's warning comes exactly true

5. Location–Atmosphere Guide for Translators

When a location appears in translation, reflect its narrative atmosphere at that point:

Location Early Atmosphere Turning Point Later Atmosphere
Netherfield Excitement and expectation EVT-019, departure Absence and loss → hope restored at EVT-043
Pemberley Unvisited; material for Miss Bingley's flattery EVT-035, visit Awe, rediscovery, and the fruition of love
Hunsford Charlotte's compromised refuge EVT-028, proposal/refusal Site of rupture and transformation
Rosings Intimidating authority EVT-025, first meeting Exhibition of pride → catalyst for the counterstroke at EVT-045
Meryton Lively social centre EVT-014, Wickham's testimony Breeding ground of rumour and prejudice
London City of separation and conspiracy EVT-040, secret intervention Stage of rescue and resolution
Brighton Lydia's fantasy of paradise EVT-038, elopement Starting point of ruin
Longbourn Noisy, imperfect home EVT-046, renewed proposal Point of departure and return