Yay, RL is such that I think I can participate for this GR, after missing Emma, which was very sad making.

I have a huge soft spot for imperfect or "unlikeable" female characters, so I'm going to spend this GR focussing on Elizabeth and Mary, and Mrs. Clay. Mrs. Clay fascinates me, as a scheming character that rather defines the saying "be careful what you wish for".

In chapter 1 we glide past the female characters but already we get near perfect little descriptions that truly illuminate all the sisters.

I particularly like this passage for Elizabeth: "Always to be presented with the date of her own birth, and see no marriage follow but that of a youngest sister, made the book an evil; and more than once, when her father had left it open on the table near her, had she closed it, with averted eyes, and pushed it away."