This novella focuses on a minor character in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice is a romantic novel of manners written by Jane Austen in 1813. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness.
Maria Lucas is a minor character in Pride and Prejudice. She is the second daughter of Sir William and Lady Lucas, and a younger sister of Charlotte Lucas Collins. She is the sister-in-law of William Collins, a clergyman. She is described in the story as “a good humoured girl, but as empty-headed”.
The characters live in Hertfordshire. Hertfordshire ( is one of the home counties in southern England. It is bordered by Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For government statistical purposes, it is placed in the East of England region.
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