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Interesting. OK, so there were at least some facilities for daily baths in the time of Jane Austen's stories, but it's hard to tell who would have done what. I think in that case I shall assume that...
View ArticleRe: A Husband for Caroline -- in response to Nikki
I'd agree with that. I get the idea that Caroline was in love with Darcy's money, beauty and position, not that she was in love with him. If she remained unmarried at all, I think it would only be...
View ArticleRe: Caroline's Age-Open for Intrepretation
Caro's age and birth order is a topic that is debated. The use of "younger sister" may refer to the difference between the two women only. While they had been playing cards the first night at...
View ArticleRe: Caroline's Age-Open for Intrepretation
Melissa, that's interesting, I didn't know about the 25. In a way that would make perfect sense. I've wondered how Darcy and Bingley became friends. They don't seem to have family connections, and...
View ArticleRe: Fanfic conventions vs. historic realities
I guess that's the real question. With Darcy married, will she accurately re-assess her own capabilities and aim for game she can bring down? Or will she insist on a man of Darcy's stature, and...
View ArticleRe: Caroline's Age-Open for Intrepretation
I just had another thought while I was in the shower. It's much funnier to have them be so young.Caroline likes to paint herself as this authority on elite society. If she's 18-19, fresh from the...
View ArticleRe: Caroline's Age-Open for Intrepretation
It is funny to think of a whimsical Bingley. And it puts more teeth to Darcy's observation about not having seen him genuinely attached, too. I think in this story Darcy is realizing he may have made...
View ArticleRe: can't find story...?
Now, WHY can't I remember that one of my favorite scenes is in one of my favorite stories???
View ArticleRe: Caroline's Age-Open for Intrepretation
It's interesting to think of an older Bingley coming into his inheritance at 25, and it makes sense too. Nowhere it is stated that Bingley looked up to Darcy because Darcy was older, only because...
View ArticleRe: Fanfic conventions vs. historic realities
Lots of good points in this thread!I read somewhere, years ago, that sometimes parents would delay one daughter a year or so (if they were close in age) and bring out another a little early in order...
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Mr. Collins shall bathe weekly in the winter, and thrice weekly in the summer.
View ArticleRe: Caroline's Age-Open for Intrepretation
I don't see any indication in the text that Caroline was on the cusp of spinsterhood, but I'm not sure Elizabeth thinking of her as "insolent girl" is much proof either way. Womanhood seems to have...
View ArticleRe: Fanfic conventions vs. historic realities
That stands to reason. Dresses and clothes would, of course, be double the expense, but the fashionable address, the balls and dinners given, could as easily cover two daughters as one.
View ArticleThere is absolute no evidence in the novel
that Mr. Collins was "oily" or that he was physically repulsive.
View ArticleRe: There is absolute no evidence in the novel
However, given that bear grease was widely used as a hair conditioner in the Regency period, it is just as likely that his hair was oily as otherwise.Ugly, on the other hand, is in the eye of the beer...
View Article...whether he needs to or not...
...and don't forget his birthday and other 'special' events'
View ArticleRe: Caroline's Age-Open for Intrepretation
Womanhood was also accorded to unmarried girls, e.g. in MP, Maria Bertram was regarded as among "the finest young women" in the country when she was still unmarried and 21. Perhaps an older woman...
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