JA gave a specific sum for Georgina's fortune -- 30,000 pounds capital -- and that would fit in fairly well with her brother having an income of about 10,000 a year. Bingley had nearly 100,000 pounds capital, and his sisters each had 20,000 pounds, in MP Henry Crawford had an income of 4,000 a year, and his sister had 20,000 pounds capital. JA was not unsubtle, but she did not deliberately mislead her readers either.
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