View Single Post
Old 05-24-2008, 11:51 AM   #40
Strether
Guru
Strether ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Strether ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Strether ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Strether ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Strether ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Strether ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Strether ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Strether ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Strether ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Strether ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Strether ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Strether's Avatar
 
Posts: 765
Karma: 2825929
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Fresno
Device: Kindle 1; iPad Air; iPhone 7; Kobo Libra; Kindle Oasis 3
I've downloaded my free copy and have started reading. It's slow going, though, due to the abundance of footnotes, most of which are interesting.

Did you know, for instance, that Mr. Bingley's income in today's terms would be approximately 180,000 to 220,000 pounds a year? Or in a footnote about Sir William Lucas' knighthood, the fact that he's called Sir William but his wife is only Lady Lucas because she didn't inherit the title. That explains Lady Glencora, though I'd never thought about it before. (I picture multiple eyerolls from our Great Britain friends.)

Jim
Strether is offline   Reply With Quote