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Darcy’s Income

  • July 10, 2015
  • Melissa
  • Money Matters, Pride and Prejudice
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Fitzwilliam Darcy's wealth is a topic of interest throughout Pride and Prejudice. It is originally reported at his first Meryton Assembly that Darcy has an income of £10,000 a year. Ten thousand pounds would have been a very impressive annual…

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Mr. and Mrs. Bennet as parents

  • January 24, 2012
  • Melissa
  • Pride and Prejudice
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When it comes to parenting their five daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet aren't likely to be up for any awards. Both of them play favorites while neglecting to educate their daughters and have chosen an economic course that requires the…

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Why I don’t like the end of the 1940 Pride and Prejudice adaptation

  • May 20, 2009
  • Melissa
  • Dramatic Adaptations, Pride and Prejudice
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There are actually many things that I dislike about the 1940 Pride and Prejudice adaptation, but the final resolution of Darcy and Elizabeth's courtship is one of the things that really, really bugs me about it. Basically, instead of following…

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Book Review: Pemberley Shades

  • May 15, 2009
  • Melissa
  • Jane Austen Fan Fiction, Jane Austen Sequels, Pride and Prejudice
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There are lots of sequels to Pride and Prejudice and they are of widely varying quality; Pemberley Shades: Pride and Prejudice continues by Dorothy Bonavia-Hunt is my favorite due to its witty dialogue and faithful portrayals of Jane Austen's beloved…

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Charlotte’s Choice

  • March 25, 2009
  • Melissa
  • Marriage, Novel Analysis and Opinion, Pride and Prejudice
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One of my favorite parts of the latest Pride and Prejudice adaptation was when Charlotte Lucas told Elizabeth that she was marrying Mr. Collins. Elizabeth is sitting on a swing when Charlotte comes up. After establishing that engaged to be…

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Mrs. Bennet and her place in society

  • March 17, 2009
  • Melissa
  • Pride and Prejudice, Regency Society
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In Part II of Mr. Bennet and the Entailment I mentioned the fact that the Bennet girls do not have any familiarity with household tasks such as cooking (and presumably cleaning). After further consideration of that point, I have a…

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Cutting off an Entailment

  • March 13, 2009
  • Melissa
  • Law, Money Matters, Pride and Prejudice
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In Part I of Mr. Bennet and the Entailment, I mentioned that Mr. Bennet's plan to provide for his family after his death was to have a son who would join with Mr. Bennet in cutting off the entail. This…

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Mr. Bennet and the Entailment, Part II

  • March 12, 2009
  • Melissa
  • Law, Money Matters, Pride and Prejudice
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In Part I of Mr. Bennet and the Entailment, I discussed some of the flaws in Mr. Bennet's plan to provide for his family through fathering a son. Today in Part II, I am going to discuss some of the…

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Mr. Bennet and the Entailment, Part I

  • March 11, 2009
  • Melissa
  • Law, Money Matters, Pride and Prejudice
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Longbourn estate is entailed on the male line. Mr. Bennet, Longbourn's current owner, has no sons. Therefore the Bennet daughters must marry or face a lives of poverty following their father's death. And of course, if Mr. Bennet did have…

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What Darcy paid to induce Wickham to marry Lydia

  • March 10, 2009
  • Melissa
  • Money Matters, Pride and Prejudice, Weddings
  • 10 Comments

One of the ways that Darcy displays his love for Elizabeth is when he tracks down Lydia and Wickham following their elopement and pays the expenses for their wedding. We don't know how much exactly he had to spend, beyond…

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