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Cultural Q & A, Discuss Regency culture and ask your questions here.

Pyxis View Member Profile	Apr 11 2008, 10:49 AM Post #1
Exclusive distributor of The Dungbomb Protection Kit Posts: 2,632 Joined: 10:52pm March 5, 2007	Pride and Prejudice is set during the Regency period of England, a time of strict social and cultural rules. The purpose of this thread is to explore the time period in order to better understand the novel by placing it in it's social context. If you have a question, ask it here. If you have the time to research, please share your knowledge. And if you are a world famous Jane Austen expert...this is the place for you! Feel free to share your resources, but please keep in mind that this is a discussion forum, posting lengthy essays tends to limit conversation. Instead, we want to hear what you discovered and why you found it important. I found a really great site, which I have unfortunately been unable to peruse as much as I would like. It is called Jane Austen's World, and it looks very interesting. I'll start with a couple of questions of my own... * What exactly is an entail, and how does it work? * What was the social standing of women at the time? Could they own property, or did it have to be controlled by a male relative? * Why, why, why do they do this "He was born in --------shire"? it drives me nuts! This post has been edited by Pyxis: Apr 17 2008, 10:29 PM

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Dreamteam View Member Profile	Jan 1 2009, 07:59 PM Post #31
One Half of the DDD Posts: 8,476 Joined: 5:31pm August 30, 2006 Location: Siriusly Dreaming Somewhere	Thanks for the questions Pyxis, I can help with the first one. The UK National Archives have a currency converter here and in 1810 (Sense &Sensibility was published in 1811) £500 was the equivalent of £16,980 which isn't a huge sum when it would be expected that one kept at least one or two servants, dressed reasonably within fashion, attended balls and dances etc in the hope of finding a husband. £2,000 converts as £67,920 which isn't a fortune by many standards but would be enough to maintain a house and family. -------------------- *November's book is The Catcher in the Rye* by JD Salinger** "THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED!" roared Black. "DIED RATHER THAN BETRAY YOUR FRIENDS, AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU!"

ladyluna View Member Profile	Jan 5 2009, 08:35 PM Post #32
Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 5 Joined: 7:31pm January 5, 2009	1.On the PBS Masterpiece website though, I remember Darcy's $10,000 was approximately $6,000,000. 2. Brandon as patron is, I think, equivalent to Lady Catherine in P&P. He would pay Edward money per annum for being a clergyman on his estate. The clergy was a profession like any other. Brandon would be Edward's boss. Edmund is a clergyman for Mansfield Park, if I remember correctly. Brandon owns the estate and the church would be part of his estate. I'm not sure about the rest of the question. 3. Not certain. Although I think Marianne just had a skewed view of Brandon and 35 shouldn't be that old. 4. Sir Walter Scott wrote the 1st historical novel, "Ivanhoe", and numerous other historical novels about the Scots. He was a contemporary of JA and of course, a Romantic poet. Pope is late 17th-early 18th century I think. He was not a Romantic, his poetry being less emotional. Cowper, I'm not sure about.

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