Was it 2000 clear a year?
Or, was the 2000 gross annual receipts from the Longbourn estate? Some years the gross would be less. And his net income would have been less than 2000.We know from Wickham, and this is probably one...
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I don't think JA expected her readers to do mathematical calculations, if she said 2,000 a year, we should take it at 2,000 a year. In MP, it says that rich Mr Rushworth has an estate of 12,000 a...
View Articlea fair prospect, sandra p
just wondering whether this has been published and that is why it is no longer archived. and if it is published, i couldn't find it under this title at amazon. if anyone can provide details about what...
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It is on Amazon, under the author name Cassandra Grafton. And "A Fair Prospect: Disappointed Hopes."
View ArticleRe: Two hundred and fifty a year
I was calculated (as best I could) what they would have had if they had just saved and reinvested the income from Mrs. Gardiner's 5000 pounds each year. They could have spent the whole income of...
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I think it was cut up into a trilogy, wasn't it, because it was so long? So that may only be a portion of the total story.
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I was talking about this with someone recently, and they pointed out that potentially, breaking the entail was just an insurance policy in case the son predeceased Mr. Bennet. Maybe he wasn't planning...
View ArticleLooking for a story
I just remembered a story where Darcy was injured for some reason and he had to stay while he healed in Longbourne. He had broken a leg or something like that. I can't remember the name though and...
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I should be clear that I don't think it's an absolute requirement for the gentry to keep a carriage AND horses. However, it does seem to be a mark of a family who is not struggling financially to keep...
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Those are interesting numbers. I'm not surprised that a woman could live on a hundred a year, but of course our point of comparison for someone living quietly with one servant is the Bateses. I would...
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It is kind of hard to wrap your brain around, isn't it? Plus the fact that they either were living below their income at one point (before they had kids) or had to diminish their lifestyle with each...
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Well, understand very well about juggling all of real life's responsibilities. No need to be sorry, we can only be grateful for what you are able to share. I just wanted you to know that we still...
View ArticleRe: Looking for a story
I think you are looking for Mr. Darcy came to Dinner by Jack Caldwell.
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Mr. Caldwell's story was a P&P riff on The Man Who Came to Dinner by George Kaufman and Moss Hart, which ran on Broadway from 1939 ri 1941, about an irascible newspaper columnist and radio...
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Yes, Harvey, your calculations are right. I only did a hasty simple addition earlier without taking the interest into account.Mr Bennet was a loser, but it was not that unusual among idle gentlemen of...
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I said in response to Harvey's post that Sir Walter in Persuasion was an even worse loser -- he got into debt.I suppose if they were used to spend money and couldn't be bothered to be responsible and...
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