Which character from Pride and Prejudice are you?

Take the quiz below to find out which character from Pride and Prejudice you are and which book you should be reading.

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You are invited to a ball. Your first thought is:

I detest dancing.

I am the tallest, so all the soldiers will want to dance with me.

I hope people don’t just want to dance with my sisters.

Oh no. Another opportunity for impolite displays of impiety.

Perhaps some gentleman will be silly enough to take a daughter off my hands.

New dresses for all my girls!

I do so adore a dance.

Perhaps I will meet an honest gentleman.

How nice. Perhaps dear Jane will meet an eligible bachelor.

The hunt is on!

A young lady of your acquaintance is reputed to have £5000 per year.

I hate her!

Well hello my dear.

Mere spare change.

Oh my poor daughters.

Is that a lot?

One hopes that it will be expended on good works.

She may be eligible, but is she pretty?

How very fortunate for her.

That may well attract the wrong sort of suitor.

And not an ounce of sense.

Lady Catherine de Bourgh has invited herself to stay.

Ooh er. Not much fun.

But we have such a very small park!

As long as she understands I'm my own man, propriety will carry us through.

That scowling old bag?

I am only resolved to act in that manner which will, in my opinion constitute my happiness without reference to her.

I must put a lock on the library door.

Who?

What a heavy honour.

She must hear me play the piano.

I wonder if her eligible daughter will be there too.

Your neighbour is in trade.

And what is 'trade'?

So they're rich. Any daughters?

Who cares as long as he's handsome?

Good manners make up for undesirable origins.

Many respectable people have origins others might look down upon.

A godly disposition is all that matters.

If he's got the money, we've got the manners.

How delightful not to worry about financial matters.

They come out to the country and steal my fillies!

He may have many capital qualities, but I see no reason for intimacy of any sort.

Your character has been publicly criticised.

How despicably I have acted, I who have prided myself on my discernment.

Lord, who cares? Silly old fuddy-duddies.

For what do we live, but to make sport of our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?

I cannot think of it without abhorrence.

I am sure we owe him no such particular civility as to be obliged to say nothing he may not like to hear.

Top banter!

How mortifying! My sisters have got us in trouble once more.

Oh well! A pretty smile will soon change their mind.

They have…been deceived, I dare say, on some way or other, of which we can form no idea

Not again! Time to turn on the charm again.

Which character from Pride and Prejudice are you?

You are Jane

You see the best in everyone, even your parents. Try Dodie L Smith’s I Capture the Castle.

You are Elizabeth

What will life at the top of society really be like? Try Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day.

You are Mary

Nobody understands your intellectual needs. Try George Eliot’s Middlemarch.

You are Kitty

You’re easily led and need to make your own way in love and life. Try Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls

You are Lydia

Rules are for other people. Try Audre Lorde’s Zami: A New Spelling of My Name.

You are Darcy

‘Grave propriety’ needs a dash of lightness. Try PG Wodehouse’s Psmith, Journalist

You are Mrs Bennet

Your husband’s sarcasm has worn you down and you need a holiday. Try Jilly Cooper’s Riders.

You are Mr Bennet

Surrounded by women, you’ve never taken them seriously. Try Elif Shafak’s The Forty Rules of Love

You are Mr Bingley

Nice-but-dim, it’s time you learned where your money comes from. Try Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea.

You are Mr Wickham

A rotter through and through, and there’s always room for a cad. Try Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr Ripley.