The ten best fictional mothers

In 2011 the Observer came up with a list of the ten best fictional mothers, including:
Mrs Bennet
Pride and Prejudice

Garrulous and excitable, Jane Austen’s Mrs Bennet is a masterclass in comic characterisation. Driven by the desire to arrange a good marriage for each of her daughters, she has little sense of social tact and manages to scare most potential suitors away. Austen paints her as “a