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I'm sure you're right about Mrs Dashwood's background. Written by Anselm (9/11/2009 4:50 a.m.) in consequence of the missive, Age and upbringing, penned by Barbara

Doesn't it sound very much like...

...Miss Maria Ward, of Huntingdon, [who] with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the county of Northampton, and to be thereby raised to the rank of a baronet’s lady, with all the comforts and consequences of an handsome house and large income.

Take away the baronet, add "and indulgence of her sensibilities" to her "comforts and consequences", and you arrive at someone not a million miles away from Mrs D, methinks!

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Marianne and the language of absolutes Barbara (9/10/2009 1:48 a.m.)

Some more thoughts MarianneR (9/10/2009 4:48 a.m.)
- The blinkered perspective of youth. Rachel G (9/10/2009 5:58 a.m.)
  - I think that Reeba (9/10/2009 6:19 a.m.)
    - Hmmm Elizabeth K (9/10/2009 6:38 a.m.)
      - Would you then say that ...   Reeba (9/10/2009 10:07 a.m.)
        
        The difference in upbringing   Elizabeth K (9/10/2009 3:32 p.m.)
        
        Age and upbringing   Barbara (9/10/2009 4:31 p.m.)
        
        Ah, thank you Barbara   Elizabeth K (9/11/2009 6:12 a.m.)
        
        Her family might have had some social status   Barbara (9/11/2009 10:20 a.m.)
        
        Why a baronet?   Graciela (9/11/2009 1:17 p.m.)
        
        Because...   Barbara (9/11/2009 2:42 p.m.)
        
        In SS2, he was Col Christopher Brandon...   janelt (9/11/2009 3:52 p.m.)
        
        I'm sure you're right about Mrs Dashwood's background.   Anselm (9/11/2009 4:50 a.m.)
        
        Except no 7000   Barbara (9/11/2009 10:18 a.m.)
        
        I assume you're using the word "more" to mean   Anselm (9/11/2009 11:46 a.m.)
        
        I wonder if ...   Anselm (9/10/2009 10:55 a.m.)

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