Chronology and Index of Characters

 Chronology of Pride_and_Prejudice,
according to MacKinnon and Chapman
1811
Before Michaelmas (Sept. 29): Bingley takes possession
of
Netherfield.
Tues 15 Oct. Mr. Collins's letter.
Tues 12 Nov. Jane is invited to dine at Netherfield
Wed 13 Nov. Her illness.
Thurs 14 Nov. Mrs. Bennet at Netherfield. Elizabeth
remains.
Fri 15 Nov.
Darcy begins to feel his danger.
Sat 16 Nov. Darcy adheres to his book.
Sun 17 Nov. The sisters leave
Netherfield.
Mon 18 Nov. Arrival of Mr. Collins
Tues 19 Nov. First appearance of Wickham.
Wed 20
Nov. Supper with the Philipses.
Thurs 21 Nov. The Bingleys visit Longbourn.
Fri 22 Nov-
Mon 25 Nov.
A succession of rain.
Tues 26 Nov. The ball at Netherfield.
Wed 27 Nov. Mr. Collins proposes; Bingley
goes to London.
Thurs 28 Nov. The Bingleys leave Netherfield.
Fri 29 Nov. Mr. Collins at Lucas Lodge.
Sat 30 Nov. Mr. Collins returns to Hunsford.
Tues 3 Dec. His promised letter of thanks arrives.
Mon
16 Dec. His return to Longbourn.
Sat 21 Dec. His departure.
Mon 23 Dec. The Gardiners come for
Christmas.
Mon 30 Dec. They leave, taking Jane.
1812
Early in Jan. Mr. Collins at Lucas Lodge.
Mon
6 Jan. Jane has been a week in town.
Tues 7 Jan. She calls in Grosvenor-street.
Wed 8 Jan. Charlotte
says good-bye.
Thurs 9 Jan. The wedding.
Late in Jan. Four weeks pass away without Jane's seeing
Bingley.
Early in March Elizabeth goes to London.
?Thurs 5 March Arrival at Hunsford
?Fri 6 March
Miss de Bourgh at the Parsonage.
?Sat 7 March They dine at Rosings.
?Thurs 12 March Sir William
leaves.
?Thurs 19 March End of Elizabeth's first fortnight.
Mon 23 March Darcy and Fitzwilliam arrive.
Tues 24 March They call at the Parsonage.
Jane has been in town (almost) three months.
Fri 25 March
It was doubtless on Good Friday that Darcy
was `seen at church'.
Sun 29 March,
Easter Day The evening
is spent at Rosings.
Thurs 9 April Elizabeth's conversation with Colonel
Fitzwilliam. Darcy proposes.
Fri 10 April Darcy's letter. Elizabeth has spent five
weeks in Kent.
Sat 11 April Fitzwilliam and Darcy
leave Kent, after a stay
of `nearly three weeks'
Fri 17 April The evening spent at Rosings.
Sat 18 April
Elizabeth goes to town, after a visit of six
weeks (and a few days).
Early in May Jane, Elizabeth, and
Maria Lucas return to
Longbourn.
Late in May The ----shire regiment, with Lydia, removes to
Brighton.
June Lydia's sixteenth birthday.
Mid-June Northern tour is postponed to mid-July.
Sat 1 Aug. Lydia's
elopement.
Sun 2 Aug. Colonel Forster sends an express to Longbourn.
Mon 3 Aug. Colonel Forster
comes to Longbourn. The
Gardiners and Elizabeth at Lambton.
Tues 4 Aug. Mr. Bennet goes to town.
The Gardiners and
Elizabeth tour Pemberley.
Wed 5 Aug. Colonel Forster back at Brighton. Mr. Bennet
writes to Jane. Darcy and his sister
visit Elizabeth. Bingley says it is
`above eight months' since 26 Nov.
Thurs 6 Aug. The Gardiners and Elizabeth at Pemberley.
Fri 7 Aug. Elizabeth hears from Jane. The
dinner at
Pemberley is cancelled, and the Gardiners
and Elizabeth leave Lambton.
Sat 8 Aug. They
arrive at Longbourn. Darcy leaves
Derbyshire for London.
Sat 9 Aug. Mr. Gardiner leaves Longbourn.
Tues 11 Aug. Mrs. Gardiner hears from her husband.
Fri 14 Aug. Darcy calls in Gracechurch-street.
Sat 15 Aug. Mr. Bennet returns. Mrs. Gardiner goes back to
town. Darcy calls again, having
ascertained
that Mr. Bennet is gone.
Sun 16 Aug. Darcy sees Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner.
Mon 17 Aug. Mr. Gardiner's
express (misdated August_2).
Matters `all settled' between Gardiner
and Darcy. Lydia goes to Gracechurch-
street, where she remains for a
fortnight. Mrs. Bennet comes down stairs
for the first time in a Fortnight
(since
2 Aug.).
Mon 31 Aug. Wedding of Lydia and Wickham; they come to
Longbourn; Lydia is sure
Wickham will
`kill more birds on the first of September
than any body else in the country'.
Tues 1 Sept.
Darcy dines with the Gardiners.
Wed 2 Sept. Jane writes to Mrs. Gardiner.
2 or 3 Sept. Darcy leaves
town.
?Fri 4 Sept. Elizabeth asks Mrs. Gardiner for an
explanation of Lydia's disclosures.
Sun 6 Sept.
Mrs. Gardiner replies.
?Thurs 10 Sept. The Wickhams leave.
16 or 17 Sept. Bingley expected at Netherfield.
It is now
`about a twelvemonth' since Mr. Bennet's
waiting upon him had been first
canvassed.
?Sat 19
Sept. Bingley and Darcy call.
Tues 22 Sept. They dine at Longbourn.
?Wed 23 Sept. Darcy's confession
to Bingley.
?Thurs 24 Sept. Darcy leaves for town, to return in ten days'
time. Bingley calls alone.
Fri
25 Sept. He comes to dine, and stays supper.
Sat 26 Sept. Bingley comes to shoot. He and Jane are
engaged.
?Sat 3 Oct. Lady Catherine's visit, about a week after the
engagement, and two days after
the
`report of a most alarming nature' had
reached after.
Sun 4 Oct. Mr. Bennet hears from Mr. Collins,
who,
writing no doubt on Friday 2 Oct., says
he mentioned the rumour of Elizabeth's
engagement to
Darcy `to her Ladyship last
night'.
?Tues 6 Oct. Bingley brings Darcy. The proposal.
?Wed 7 Oct. They