Comments on: Social Classes in England, 1814

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:03:50 +0000

Jake, I also have to write an essay on nineteenth century England’s social caste system… how did this site help you? ~Katie

By: Vic

Vic — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:45:12 +0000

I won’t do all the work for you, but it helps to know that in terms of class, Mr. Knightley is at the top and the Bates women are at the bottom. All are gentry; none are artistocratic.

By: Interested

Interested — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:53:46 +0000

I have an essay to do on England’s social system in the 19th century. On the chart you have above, where would Emma Woodhouse, Mr. Knightley, and the Bates’s fall into??

By: Courtney

Courtney — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:48:11 +0000

What a wonderful read! I’m curious though, about the social rank of the military, such as the British Army and the Royal Navy. In P&P, the younger Bennets were always seeking after the attentions of officers, but Mr. Wickham was a poor solider. Yet in Persuasion, Capt. Wentworth was very rich and a smart match for any girl, and that was something that he obtained through years of service, seeing that before he had been unsuitable for Anne. Could anyone further explain this for me??

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:32:47 +0000

Georgette HEYER , the creator of Regency novels made a serious research about Regency Era in Greit Britain for the ambience of her novels
She was a serious writer of novels set in that Era but can enjoy more the pattern of the English language she used than of Jane Auste because more modern . Her references are became the foundation of the work for those plagiarists of regency novels in America. She was English, so she was authentic ( no American slang there.. If you want to understand that period for the upper clases Georgette HEYER is the best thing after JANE AUSTEN .

By: Vic

Vic — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:04:10 +0000

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By: Vic

Vic — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:45:23 +0000

Mr. Bingley had £5,000 per year (or the equivalent of around $380,00 per year today.) He had inherited his fortune from his father and entered the landed gentry class when he purchased his own estate after his marriage to Jane.

Elizabeth Bennet’s father was a gentleman, no doubt about that, but his status was lower than Mr. Darcy’s, whose fortune placed him in the top echelon of Regency bachelors. In terms of Elizabeth Bennet setting her sights on Mr. Darcy and finding a man of her own class,

By: ladylavinia1932

ladylavinia1932 — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:45:00 +0000

["The Bingleys rose up the merchant rank and belong to the lower rungs of the upper classes (Second class). Society was becoming more fluid during this age. "]

I’m afraid that this is incorrect. The Bingleys remained in the THIRD CLASS category. Charles Bingley had yet to purchase an estate and remove his the means in which his family had gained their wealth – through the family’s factories – by the end of the novel. Perhaps he did so, following his marriage to Jane Bennet.

By the way, despite Mr. Bennet’s marriage to a woman from the FOURTH CLASS category, his daughters were still members of the landed gentry (upper classes) and part of the SECOND CLASS category. Mr. Darcy is also part of the landed gentry and the SECOND CLASS category, despite his mother being a member of the aristocracy.

In other words, both Jane Bennet and Lydia Bennet followed their father’s example by marrying beneath themselves. Elizabeth Bennet married Mr. Darcy, a man of her own class.

By: linden.

linden. — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:41:34 +0000

hi, what social class is jane austen? im thinking middle class but im not too sure.
thanks

By: ss630

ss630 — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:15:30 +0000

Hi. Do you know which rank a blacksmith would be considered?
Thanks!

By: Vic

Vic — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:08:47 +0000

Luke, on the one hand you are right, but the cost of living back then was so different than now. For example, clothing was quite expensive before the age of mass production, yet most households could afford servants. Even some of the poorer households, like Fanny Price’s parents in Mansfield Park, could afford a maid of all work.

So that even though the earnings indicated that a certain income, the money would be distributed in a vastly different way than today.

By: Vic

Vic — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:05:23 +0000

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