Lydia Bennet is the youngest of the Bennet sisters.She is fifteen years old when the narrative begins.Lydia is extremely flirtatious, naive, headstrong and reckless.Her father often calls Lydia 'silly'.She is described as the favourite of her mother, who indulges her and encourages her idleness and folly.Lydia and Catherine (Kitty), who, despite being the older of the two, is dominated by Lydia, and are wrapped up in frivolous pursuits, especially chasing after the officers stationed at Meryton.She is seduced by Mr. Wickham and runs away with him without much thought for the consequences to her family, but Mr. Darcy bribes Mr. Wickham to marry her. Show less «