Classics · Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, 1813

Who does Mr. Collins marry in Pride and Prejudice?

Mr. Collins marries Charlotte Lucas, Elizabeth Bennet's close friend, soon after Elizabeth turns him down.

He proposes to Elizabeth first and is refused, then turns to Charlotte, who accepts for the security of a home of her own. Elizabeth is shocked that her friend could do it.

Elizabeth later stays with the couple at Hunsford, which is where Mr. Darcy makes his first proposal to her.

“Charlotte, the wife of Mr. Collins, was a most humiliating picture!”

Pride and Prejudice, Chapter XXII

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