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What role does Mrs. Long play in the excerpt, Of Pride & Prejudice?

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Mrs. Long is one of the village gossips and talks often with Mrs. Bennet. She is a minor character in Pride & Prejudice. She lives in Hertfordshire near the Bennet family.

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The role of Ms. Long in Pride and Prejudice is to tell the gossip of the city. It is she who informs everyone of the arrival of a young and single gentleman earning £ 5,000 a year.

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Ms. Long is a secondary character of Pride and Prejudice, she is a neighbor of the Bennet Family and is known to be a gossip and to have information of all who enter and leave the city, Nothing escapes her knowledge.

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