Here are My Pride and Prejudice’s all time top 10 pictures of the vexing but also adorable Mr Bennet. In no particular order and from all the major screen and TV adaptations we have Donald Sutherland (2005), Benjamin Whitrow (1995), Moray Watson (1980), Edmund Gwenn (1940) and Hugh Bonneville (lost in Austen).
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Pride and Prejudice’s Papa; Mr Bennet’s ‘odd mixture’
Mr Bennet is one of the most popular characters in Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen describes him as ‘… a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humour, reserve, and caprice,’ and gives him many of the funniest lines in the book. We also cannot help but be affected by the special bond he has with his [...]