Cincinnati

Cincinnati is the main location in the novel and the home city of the Bennet family. The city is a symbol of the importance of family. In many ways, the novel is a love letter to the city of Cincinnati, spending long passages describing particular areas of the city, the specifics of the routes that Liz follows on her run, and the secret pride that Liz feels in the city. Although both Liz and Darcy profess distaste for Cincinnati in comparison to San Francisco and New York, they nevertheless choose to make their home in Cincinnati after their marriage.

The Tudor

The Tudor is the name given to the Bennet family home, where all five sisters grew up and where, at the outset of the novel, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia still reside with their parents. The Tudor is in a state of disrepair which is communicated through the...