Author: bdelleman
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Could Mr. Bennet have Saved Enough for Decent Fortunes on his Income?
I’m not a math person, so when I hear that Mr. Bennet needed to save reasonable fortunes (you know Austen never says dowry?) for his daughters out of an income of £2000 a year, I just don’t get it. So I used a spreadsheet and made compound interest tables.
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How well could Caroline Bingley expect to marry?
Based on the marriage prospects shown in Jane Austen’s other novels, how well can Caroline Bingley expect to marry?