Which Austen novel features the character Mr. Collins?

Which Austen novel features Mr. Collins? Pride and Prejudice features the pompous clergyman and heir presumptive to Longbourn, Mr. William Collins.

Published in 1813, Jane Austen’s novel introduces Collins as Mr. Bennet’s distant cousin. Because the Bennet estate is entailed through the male line, Collins is expected to inherit Longbourn when Mr. Bennet dies. His visit therefore carries an awkward financial importance for the Bennet family.

Collins is also the rector of Hunsford and a devoted admirer of his patroness, Lady Catherine de Bourgh. He proposes first to Elizabeth Bennet, then marries her friend Charlotte Lucas after Elizabeth rejects him. His exaggerated humility, self-importance, and obsession with status provide much of the novel’s comedy.

A common mix-up is to associate Collins with Lady Catherine’s estate because he serves at Hunsford near Rosings Park. However, his character belongs to Pride and Prejudice, not Emma, Persuasion, or Sense and Sensibility.