Miss de Bourgh / Anne de Bourgh

Basic Information

• Original names: Miss de Bourgh, Anne de Bourgh
• Korean rendering: Miss de Bourgh / Anne de Bourgh
• Family: the de Bourgh family; Lady Catherine’s daughter and Darcy’s cousin
• Residence: Rosings Park
• First appearance: chunk_18 (Chap. 28)

Character Introduction

Lady Catherine’s only daughter and the heiress of Rosings Park. Contrary to her mother’s fervent expectations, she is undistinguished in appearance, conversation, and health. Small, thin, and pale, she strikes Elizabeth at their first meeting as “sickly and cross.” Lady Catherine claims that Anne is engaged to Darcy by “the wishes of their mothers,” but Darcy does not acknowledge any such arrangement. Anne has almost no direct speech in the novel and is always accompanied by her companion, Mrs. Jenkinson.

Core Relationships

• Lady Catherine, her mother: an instrument of her mother’s ambition; Anne’s own wishes remain unknown
• Darcy: designated as her dynastic marriage partner, though she lies outside Darcy’s interest
• Elizabeth: an indirect rival, apparently without Anne’s awareness

Translation Notes

• In “Miss de Bourgh,” “de” is a French aristocratic particle. Transliterate it consistently.
• Anne’s very lack of presence carries narrative meaning, exposing the gap between Lady Catherine’s ambition and reality.