In Lost in Austen, Mr Wickham’s character is redeemed in a bold but fairly plausible way, at least on first viewing. Amanda Price discovers that Georgiana Darcy is not as innocent as Jane Austen would have had us believe. After refusing Georgiana’s sexual advances toward him, Mr Wickham chooses to hide this truth and [...]
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Mr Darcy’s handouts
Here are some thoughts, based on 1997 figures from critic Edward Copeland, about the sums that were thrown at Mr Wickham at various points in Pride and Prejudice. Copeland estimates that a pound in Pride and Prejudice was equivalent to about 80 US dollars today. This gives quite an insight into the staggering sums that [...]