According to Jane Austin, Mr Bingley had a fortune of "four or five thousand a year". Taking inflation etc into account, how much would he be worth today?
2007-05-16 22:49:32 · 8 answers · asked by Liz L 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I've based this calculation on the sum of £4,500.00
£144,765.00 for the year 1800
£152,820.00 for the year 1810
It's from this site:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency/results.asp#mid
And from pounds, shillings and pence to US dollars:
$287,213.82 (1800)
$303,194.95 (1810)
http://coinmill.com/GBP_USD.html
2007-05-16 23:03:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They were not farmers or business men, really. They had money in the bank, and they lived off of the interest. It's what all "gentlemen" did back then. You did not work unless you were lower class. In the book, do you remember when it says that Mr. Darcy has $10,000 year? That means that he draws that much money in interest from his principal amount in the bank. The thing is, though, $10,000 was literally like a million dollars back then, so it's quite wealthy. Especially when you consider that they didn't really have a lot of bills to pay. As for Jane's personality ... have you never known someone who was different from their family? I know I have.
2016-05-20 18:17:12 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dunno.
But I know someone has said Mr Bennet would need to have half a million these days to kit his daughters out like that.
2007-05-17 21:38:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Given a date of 1810, and a flat £5,000 the site below gives £260,502.38.
In dollars about $514,114
2007-05-17 05:47:54 · answer #4 · answered by WolverLini 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot, but only half of what darcy is worth
2007-05-17 00:11:08 · answer #5 · answered by Fiona O 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't forget, that's his INCOME not his fortune. His fortune would've been huge.
2007-05-17 03:55:42 · answer #6 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
still not as much as darcy...!
sorry, not much help!
2007-05-16 23:03:52 · answer #7 · answered by tootles 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
about $100,000 - $200,000 , i guess
2007-05-17 01:02:45 · answer #8 · answered by SammyK ♥ Brett Lee 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋