Caroline Bingley is VERY unlikely to be a tradesman's daughter, in my opinion.
They were of a respectable family in the north of England; a circumstance more deeply impressed on their memories than that their brother’s fortune and their own had been acquired by trade. Mr. Bingley inherited property to the amount of nearly a hundred thousand pounds from his father, who had intended to purchase an estate, but did not live to do it.
Charles is 22/23. His father already had the money to purchase when he died. Mr. Bingley Sr. probably wasn't very old, Charles acts like someone excited to finally get out of guardianship, not someone whose dad just passed away, so Mr. Bingley Sr. probably made it to forty? That is not a whole lot of time to acquire £140,000 pounds in trade! Which means either Grandfather Bingley made the money or even that the money was partially acquired through marriage.
Add to that, the Bingley children are well educated. This is something that their father already had the money to do.
Also, they don't have connections in trade, because otherwise they wouldn't make fun of Elizabeth's trade connections. And yes, hypocrisy exists, but Caroline would not be stupid enough to make fun of Mr. Gardiner in Cheapside if he lived next door to Uncle Bingley. They are far enough removed from trade that they no longer associate with anyone in trade.
And "respectable family" might mean gentry! In S&S, the Middletons are referred to as, "a very respectable family" Catherine Morland's father is, "a very respectable man", in MP a steward is called, "a very respectable man." and the Miss Bertrams say they will participate in the play because, "There could be no harm in what had been done in so many respectable families" That word clearly does not denote if someone is gentry or not, more about reputation. Which means we do not know what the Bingleys are and who or how they got this money.
But Mr. Bingley Sr. making that much money and being able to purchase before he died seems very unlikely to me! And I doubt you can easily forget that your own father was in trade.
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huh https://x.com/nfrmlga/status/1758412037204427246?s=61&t=AAm4vmER5ii-PS_Sxez0lg
I think that's a fic someone wrote.
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i know not many people would want to read a 10,000 word article about the minecraft end poem and how the author, Julian Gough, was never fairly compensated for his work and has made it public domain.
But it's a very well-written and heartfelt read, and he makes it very clear that none of this is a cash-grab and despite the fact that he is essentially a starving artist in this capitalist society, he only mentions his financial struggles despite Minecraft's huge huge success at the bottom of this article and not in the tweets so as to not dilute his message.
Anyway, I just think it'd be cool if those who are able to could support him in some way whether it be subscribing to his substack or donating to his paypal (that's linked in the article, you can ctrl + F to find it easier), that's all.
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