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Originally Posted by pdurrant
A drawing room is the room into which the ladies withdraw after dinner, leaving the men to discuss things at the table over brandy and cigars.
An estate (real property - land) is entailed under feudal laws dating back to the thirteenth century. A person in possession of an entailed estate has only a life interest - he cannot sell, mortgage or give it away. It had to be kept intact to be passed on to the next (usually male) heir.
In 1833 the UK Parliament enabled the person in possession of an entailed estate to convert it to an ordinary estate, and so be able to dispose of it as they wished. So who knows - if Mr Bennet lived long enough, Mr Collins might not have inherited Longbourn after all!
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Thank you!!! Now I think I remember hearing/reading about the withdrawing room before. Very interesting explanation about entailed estates
