Pride and Prejudice Playoffs–Round #1, Part 1!

A favorite author of mine had a fun round of polls matching up fictional characters, and I thought it would be great fun to make a poll of Pride and Prejudice, and then maybe one of Jane Austen characters in general. Sure, we know Darcy and Elizabeth will almost certainly win–but which one will win over the other? Who will do better, Mrs. Hurst or Kitty Bennet? Lydia Bennet or Mr. Wickham?

So the rules are simply. Vote for whomever you choose in each matchup. You can vote on whom you think is the more likeable character, or you can vote for who is the most intriguing character, the funniest character, the one you most love to hate. Would you pick a hilariously annoying character over a barely-mentioned character? Or the reverse?

I seeded the matchups, so some of the first ones might be pretty obvious–I mean, Mr. Darcy versus Lady Lucas? But they will get more challenging as they go. And if there’s sufficient interest, we’ll do a Loser’s Circle where we see how the losers match up, because that’s almost more interesting than the winners!

Curious how everybody is matched up? Here’s the overall matchup we’ll be using (I’ll update it as we have winners).

I will set up the second half of Round #1 in a few days, I just didn’t want to overwhelm people all at once!