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not poor Written by Nikki N (2/2/2013 9:48 p.m.) in consequence of the missive, Poverty, penned by Bridget d

They were not poor, as 700 a year was the avrerage gentry income. It is just that they were used to a much larger income -- the Norladn estate was 4000 a year. So to come down from over 4000 to 500 -- well, they must feel it. But if they always had an average income of 700 while Mr Dashwood lived, they wouldn't have felt the reduction. They had to adjust from a privileged upper-class lifestyle to a more ordinqry middle-class lifestyle, NOT to a poverty stricken lifestyle. And since John Dfsashwood is rich, he should have helped to maintain them in the lifestyle to which they were accustomed -- this was a society where brothers were suppposed to take care of their sisters.

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comfy? Bridget d (1/20/2013 2:55 a.m.)
- As John and Fanny let them down, Mandy N (1/25/2013 8:46 a.m.)
  - Parish   Bridget d (1/25/2013 9:18 a.m.)
    
    Parish-that is true !   Mandy N (1/26/2013 3:05 a.m.)
    
    Fanny Dashwood   Nikki N (2/11/2013 9:54 p.m.)
    
    paying for board   bridget d (2/17/2013 5:28 a.m.)
    
    Poverty   Bridget d (1/26/2013 6:41 a.m.)
    
    not poor   Nikki N (2/2/2013 9:48 p.m.)
    
    John Dashwood   bridget d (2/3/2013 2:18 a.m.)

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