<P> Jane Bingley (née Bennet) is the eldest Bennet sister . Like her immediately younger sister, Elizabeth, Jane is favoured by her father, due to her steady, genteel disposition . Like each of her sisters, Jane had an allowance / pin money of £ 50 per annum (Interest on £ 1,000 from her mother's fortune / dowry by settlement upon her death) before her marriage to Charles Bingley . Twenty - two years old when the novel begins (twenty - three at the end), she is considered the most beautiful young lady in the neighbourhood . </P> <P> Jane's character is contrasted with Elizabeth's as sweeter, shyer, and equally sensible, but not as clever (but she is aware of this fact); her most notable trait is a desire to see only the good in others . As Anna Quindlen wrote, Jane is "sugar to Elizabeth's lemonade". Jane is closest to Elizabeth, and her character is often contrasted with that of Elizabeth . Jane (along with her sister, Elizabeth) seems to have taken after her father's side of the family, in actual fact, having been portrayed as a sweet, steady, genteel girl (unlike her mother). She is favoured by her mother (next after her youngest sister, Lydia) solely because of her external beauty . If Jane has taken anything after her mother, it is a certain inflexibility of thought; but while her mother's inflexibility of thought leans in a wholly selfish direction, Jane's is in a selfless one; Jane is very unwilling to think ill of others (unless sufficient evidence presents itself), whereas her mother will think ill of anyone on little evidence . </P> <P> She falls in love with the affable and amiable Mr. Bingley ("He is just what a young man ought to be", said (Jane), "sensible, good humoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners!--so much ease, with such perfect good breeding"), a rich young man who has recently leased Netherfield Park, a neighbouring estate in Hertfordshire, and a close friend of Mr. Darcy . Their love is initially thwarted by Mr. Darcy and Caroline Bingley, who are concerned by Jane's low connections and have other plans for Bingley, respectively, involving Miss Darcy . Mr. Darcy, aided by Elizabeth, eventually sees the error in his ways and is instrumental in bringing Jane and Bingley back together . </P> <P> As described in volume 3, chapter 19 (the epilogue) that, after their marriage, the happy couple only manage to tough it out at Netherfield for a year before life in Meryton (being imposed upon by Mrs. Bennet and Mrs. Phillips and their ill - bred, silly, thoughtless behavior) proved to be too much for their good tempers, leading them to give up the lease on the estate and establish themselves else where ("Mr. Bingley and Jane remained at Netherfield only a twelve - month . So near a vicinity to her mother and Meryton relations was not desirable even to his easy temper, or her affectionate heart . The darling wish of his sisters was then gratified; he bought an estate in a neighbouring country to Derbyshire, and Jane and Elizabeth, in addition to every source of happiness, were within thirty - miles of each other .") </P>

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