Suzanne O Wrote:
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As far as balls go, you didn't have to
> have a ballroom, if you only had a sitting room or
> parlor large enough to accept enough couples. The
> current dining room, for instance, is rather
> spacious.
Yes, there's no mention of a ballroom in Netherfield in the book, Elizabeth entered the drawing-room for the ball. In S&S, Robert Ferrars suggested to his friend to use the dining room for dancing for a ball.
>
> Certainly my initial impression on looking at it
> was that it looked like a Longbourn, but when I
> saw how many rooms it has, even in the main part
> of the house, I really began to wonder. How much
> house did 2,000 pounds really get you? I don't
> feel like the movies are a reliable source on
> this, or the size of Netherfield, which they
> always depict as vast.
Col Brandon also had 2,000 a year, and Delaford had five sitting rooms. I think there is not really much difference between Longbourn and Netherfield, unlike in the movie, which gives the impression of so much difference. Longbourn estate has a village of Longbourn sitting on it (just as Barton, Delaford, Kellynch, Mansfield had villages), there is no mention of a village of Netherfield. Longbourn is also larger than Lucas Lodge.
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As far as balls go, you didn't have to
> have a ballroom, if you only had a sitting room or
> parlor large enough to accept enough couples. The
> current dining room, for instance, is rather
> spacious.
Yes, there's no mention of a ballroom in Netherfield in the book, Elizabeth entered the drawing-room for the ball. In S&S, Robert Ferrars suggested to his friend to use the dining room for dancing for a ball.
>
> Certainly my initial impression on looking at it
> was that it looked like a Longbourn, but when I
> saw how many rooms it has, even in the main part
> of the house, I really began to wonder. How much
> house did 2,000 pounds really get you? I don't
> feel like the movies are a reliable source on
> this, or the size of Netherfield, which they
> always depict as vast.
Col Brandon also had 2,000 a year, and Delaford had five sitting rooms. I think there is not really much difference between Longbourn and Netherfield, unlike in the movie, which gives the impression of so much difference. Longbourn estate has a village of Longbourn sitting on it (just as Barton, Delaford, Kellynch, Mansfield had villages), there is no mention of a village of Netherfield. Longbourn is also larger than Lucas Lodge.