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Landed gentry income

Men’s wealth in Austen’s world was measured by annual estate income (e.g., Mr. Darcy’s £10,000), derived from rents and agricultural production. This income funded lifestyles that included servants, carriages, and hunting, but was not easily liquidated.

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Many readers are perplexed by Austen’s habit of indicating men’s fortunes in terms of annual income, while women’s fortunes are expressed as a lump sum. Mr. Darcy has an estate of £10,000 per annum, for example, while Emma Woodhouse has

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