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I have a number of thoughts in response to your remarks. First of all, I think it's important to acknowledge that there has never been any age or any society where every single person has had the same...
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Amen!I don't want to see morally repugnant behavior (as in infidelity, racism, sexism, etc) in heroes or heroines that we are supposed to admire, regardless if it held the same weight in society as it...
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Suzanne O Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> example in the above quote, Trollope was a> satirist. The fact that he writes about this> proves that such attitudes...
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In trying to research the layout of Georgian country houses, I came across this very beautiful house:...
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I don't know about the size and what it would correspond to, but I suddenly find myself wanting to live in a house with an owl room. Whatever that means.
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That is a beautiful home. I think it is more the size of Netherfield- 17 bedrooms. Longbourn didn't have that many, as far as I could tell. But the scale of the rooms seems a little smaller than I...
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Ooh, very pretty.As for Longbourn vs Netherfield, if I think in terms of the movie productions, I would say the outside seems to be about Longbourn size proportions. That, of course, doesn't mean...
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None of the rooms seemed big enough to be ballroom - nothing seemed even 600 sq ft, which is smaller than the church basements we used for parties when I was a kid. Also there were no staff bedrooms,...
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Well, it's important to remember that this house has been converted for modern use as a hotel. So there may have been staff bedrooms in the past, but they were turned into guest bedrooms, or maybe...
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One of the smaller side rooms on their floor plan is labelled the "Owl Room."
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It's for when Harry Potter comes to visit. Otherwise the owl droppings get all over the house. Unpleasant, owl droppings. ;)My serious guess is that it's decorated with owls.
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Suzanne O Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------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...
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I'm waiting with biting fingers for your next part because I'm so excited :)Off to Pemberley!
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An argument has been made in the past that if Longbourn was large enough to host a ball, they would have certainly done so. Mrs. Bennet seems fond of entertaining, her favorite daughters love to...
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Where did you get the idea that the Bennets are inferior to all the gentry except the Lucases and looked down upon?I don't recall any reference to the Bennets' status relative to other gentry in...
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I think this points out an interesting difference. Yes, there are 17 bedrooms now, but undoubtedly a good deal of those would have been "fitted up" for other purposes back when. Mrs. Bennet, for...
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She said in P&P, not in Meryton. We don't know the incomes of any other permanent residents of the neighborhood.
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It's in the 5%s. She mentions to Jane about a man taking them for a mere 50 pounds a year.4 or 5 were average yeilds for government bonds and where most money was invested.
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There is a mention of status in p&p, I think it was mentioned when Mr Bennet's visit to Bingley was glossed over. It says that the Bennets are the principal family.But, back to Suzanne, as for...
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