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Mrs. Reynolds compliments this character, leading a woman to think "how much of pleasure or pain it was in his power to bestow." (20[1])A woman compares her art (0[1])of music to this man's art of conversation, (20[3])after his aunt Catherine insults her (20[3])piano-playing. (20[7]0[1])In a (20[1]0[1])letter, (20[2]0[1])this (20[1])character (20[1])reveals (20[1])that a man (20[1])tried to elope with his teenage sister, (20[4])Georgiana. Calling (20[1])a woman (20[1])"tolerable: (20[1])but not (20[2])(*) handsome (10[1])enough (0[1])to tempt me," this man (0[1])sits out (10[1])dances (10[1])at a ball. (10[2])This character persuades Mr. (10[1])Wickham to marry Lydia, after offending his (10[1])love interest by encouraging Mr. Bingley not to marry Jane. (10[1])For 10 points, name this "single man in possession of a good fortune" who marries Elizabeth Bennet (10[1])in Pride and Prejudice. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy [prompt on Fitzwilliam; reject "Colonel Fitzwilliam"]
<Literature - British Literature - Long Fiction>
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