Alan Wrote:
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> With respect, I think you're reading more into
> that sentence than is actually there. The
> sentence says that Georgiana lived primarily at
> Pemberley after the wedding, implying that she had
> lived primarily in London before it. But your
> conclusion -- that Georgiana lived separately from
> Darcy when she lived in London -- isn't really
> implied.
Alan, I understand your point, and please note, I did not say it was definitive and absolute, but, rather, that it suggested. Austen does leave vagaries into which can blow any variety of fanfics.
However, reading in context, this sentence strongly suggests that Georgiana did not make her home with Darcy prior to his marriage to Elizabeth. Darcy says in his letter to Elizabeth,
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About a year ago, she was taken from school, and an establishment formed for her in London; and last summer she went with the lady who presided over it, to Ramsgate;
When Georgiana was taken from school, Darcy does not say he had her come and live with him in his London house along with her companion Mrs. Younge but rather, that a separate living arrangement headed by her companion was set up for her.
Once Mrs. Younge has proven false, Darcy hires a new companion. Does Darcy have the new companion and Georgiana come live with him in his London house? Maybe. Doesn't say. But when Darcy marries, the separate establishment apparently is nolonger needed because Pemberley is now Georgiana's home. Maybe all along she has been living in London with Darcy and now she lives with him and his wife at Pemberley? Could be, but that does not seem to me the most likely interpretation. Why make a point of "separate establishment" or "new home" if nothing has really changed?
