Of course, the problem with smiling at everyone is that it's hard to tell when you actually like someone. She's all wide-eyed innocence and good nature, and if she weren't so sweet we'd probably find her kind of irritating. Bingley, Jane "shook her head" (21.17) when she finally realizes that it's true, she says, "I do not at all comprehend her reason for wishing to be intimate with me but if the same circumstances were to happen again, I am sure I should be deceived again" (26.26) when the sisters talk about how Wickham's rich girlfriend Mary King broke up with him, Jane just says, "I hope there is no strong attachment on either side" (39.13). When Lizzy insists that Miss Bingley is trying to separate her from Mr. If this were a Disney musical, she'd be singing over her dustmops. She's also almost painfully naïve, someone who, as Lizzy says, "never see a fault in anyone" (4.7). The oldest Bennet sister is Elizabeth's best friend and hopelessly in love with Charles Bingley-although she'd never admit it. (Click the character infographic to download.)
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