my favorite Austen characters

I was thinking about one of the reasons I love Austen is how her characters feel so real to me. It's not that I think they are a stereotype or that I think they match up with people I know. They do, in some ways, but they just feel like they are part of my life now somehow. Here are some of my favorite (non-heroic) characters from all the Austen novels:

1. Mr. Collins
2. Mrs. Elton
3. Mrs. Jennings
4. Fanny Ferrars Dashwood
5. Mr. Woodhouse
6. Miss Bates
7. Mr. Bennet
8. Mr. Elliot (Anne's father)
9. Lucy Steele
10. Mr. Elton
11. Lady Catherine
12. Mrs. Bennet
13. Mr. Wickham
14. Captain Benwick
15. Frank Churchill
16. Henry Crawford
17. Lydia Bennet
18. Charlotte Lucas
19. Mary Elliott Musgrove
20. Mrs. Norris

I don't know anyone who I would say "is" Mr. Collins or Lady Catherine or Mrs. Elton, but there are parts of them in many people that I meet. My guess this is precisely what Jane Austen would have wanted.