Lady Catherine de Bourgh is Mr. Darcy's aunt and Mr. Collins' patroness.Despite her self-conscious sophistication, she is inconsistent and arrogant.She doesn't play a musical instrument, yet boasts of being a musical expert.Lady Catherine de Bourgh was representative of women in the eighteenth century who were often contrasted in unf...
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Lady Catherine de Bourgh is Mr. Darcy's aunt and Mr. Collins' patroness.Despite her self-conscious sophistication, she is inconsistent and arrogant.She doesn't play a musical instrument, yet boasts of being a musical expert.Lady Catherine de Bourgh was representative of women in the eighteenth century who were often contrasted in unflattering ways with middle class women who were starting to organize in the mid-1800s. Show less «