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Results 1 - 30 of 34Re: Housing, and Rent vs owning townhouse (p&p) - 6 days ago
> I've just started writing my first fanfic What fun! I look forward to reading it. :) > In the regency period, was renting a house in town much like our current experience, > that is can a landlord terminate a lease unexpectantly? Regency period landlord/tenant law was a complete mess. To make a long story short, the law treated property lease agreements more like temporary ownersby Alan - Tea Room
Yes, definitely an entail - 7 days ago
> It's not called an entail, but functionally I believe it is. Yes, that's definitely an entail. The text tells us... (from Sense & Sensibility, chapter 1) The old Gentleman died; his will was read, and like almost every other will, gave as much disappointment as pleasure. He was neither so unjust, nor so ungrateful, as to leave his estate from his nephew; but he left it to him on suchby Alan - Tea Room
Re: Number of generations in an entail - 7 days ago
Rosie J. Wrote: > Yes, that makes perfect sense. My only defense is that it was half past midnight when I wrote that > post. It's a miracle most of the words were spelled properly and there were complete sentences. LOL. Generations of law students envy your ability to correctly describe the Rule Against Perpetuities even when you're exhausted! :) - Alan -by Alan - Tea Room
Number of generations in an entail - 7 days ago
> I seem to remember reading recently that you were limited to three generations in an entail. Three generations was the norm, but in some circumstances it was possible to build a four-generation entail. In fact my hypothetical scenario (earlier in this thread) does so. The trick was to wait until your grandson was born before entailing the estate. That allows you to capture the extra geneby Alan - Tea Room
Couldn't it happen like this? - 8 days ago
> does that mean that if Jane has a son, her son should inherit? Since, Jane's > son would be a more direct descendent of Mr. Bennets...? But Mr. Bennet isn't the one who executed the entail, so asking "who's the most direct male descendant of Mr. Bennet?" is the wrong question. The correct question is: who is the most direct male descendant of the person who executed the entail in the fby Alan - Tea Room
Re: thanks - 13 days ago
Harvey S. Wrote: > I'm part of a startup in Silicon Valley junewilliams7 Wrote: > I'm in Sili.Valley too I'll be moving to Silicon Valley this August. We should all get together for dinner! - Alan -by Alan - Tea Room
Re: How old is Miss Bingley, opinions? - 14 days ago
> I couldn't see a younger sister having the nerve to interfere with > her older brother's love life I'm guessing you don't have a younger sister? ;) - Alan -by Alan - Tea Room
Re: The Right to Interfere in His Happiness - 19 days ago
I like this vignette, Jim. You've depicted a sharp, interesting conflict and the writing feels crisp. One of the things that's always bothered me about Persuasion is the eight lost years, so your scene feels like a long-awaited treat. - Alan -by Alan - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: The Right to Interfere in His Happiness - 19 days ago
Jim D. Wrote: > had I known, I probably still would have gone with the phonetic spelling in order to make > sure the readers heard in their mind the pronunciation I wanted them to hear. Thousands of English words are pronounced differently than they appear in print. A policy of assisting the reader by spelling such words phonetically seems doomed to collapse. If you don't believe me, askby Alan - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: if you are as obsessive about silly things as I - 22 days ago
Harvey S.> I was writing a story where knowing the night of a full moon in 1792 was an important plot point Regency werewolves? :) - Alan -by Alan - Tea Room
Plot bunnies - 23 days ago
Your plot bunnies are hopping like mad. You should write this story! Jaimy> In his will Fitzwilliam Darcy is his heir ... Jaimy> Would Fitzwilliam Darcy still be his fathers heir? Nope. Under English law at the time, real property (= lands and estates) passed by operation of law to the legal heir, which was generally the eldest son. Note that the phrase "by operation of law" actually mby Alan - Tea Room
Re: Step-Parents and Step-Children - 23 days ago
Suzanne O.> what if it's the father who's the surviving parent? Then he would have virtually unlimited discretion to name a guardian in his will. Remember, it's all about paternal rights. If the mother's family tries to take the child against the father's guardianship appointment, they would probably lose. They would have to show that there was something wrong with the will itself: fraud,by Alan - Tea Room
Re: Step-Parents and Step-Children - 23 days ago
Jim D.> Sorry about that. No offense meant. None taken! :) Jim D.> Whenever I was called "James" I knew I was in some sort of trouble I shall keep that fact in mind for future use. ;) Jim D.> Could the ties of blood be trumped by some superceding document, a will or a clause in the Jim D.> marriage articles, that specified that if the step was the surviving parent, she or he wouby Alan - Tea Room
Re: Step-Parents and Step-Children - 23 days ago
Jim D.> Al, My name is Alan. :) > did a judge try to decide based on the kid's welfare Nope. The "best interests of the child" rule, which is ubiquitous in all modern family courts, was completely unknown during the Regency period and would probably have sounded ridiculous to their ears. Children were valued a lot less at the time, and the law rarely concerned itself with their intereby Alan - Tea Room
Re: Step-Parents and Step-Children - 24 days ago
Jim, great questions. Under traditional common law a widowed step-parent has absolutely no legal responsibility to a step-child. Setting aside all questions of morality and family affection, you could lawfully boot the kid out the servant's door on the day of the funeral. "Buh-bye! The workhouse is that-away!" There are some circumstances in which a duty to the child might arise, however. Iby Alan - Tea Room
Harsh laws, gossip... and so what? - 27 days ago
I agree with Claudia's post, and would add three more points. First, the law was just incredibly harsh. Illegitimate children didn't inherit from their fathers, even if the father's identity was known... but they also didn't inherit from their mothers! Such a child was (legally) related to nobody. If the mother was unmarried at the moment of birth, the child was forever illegitimate because tby Alan - Tea Room
That's the one! - 29 days ago
That's the one! Thanks, Teg. I should have known it would be one of yours! :) QuoteCompletely Inappropriate, Chapter 14 "Darcy, you have always been at leisure to have things your own way but how can you so simply dismiss all the concerns of your closest family?” Withdrawing the slip of folded paper from his pocket, the Colonel brandished it under Darcy’s nose. “Read what your sister has to sby Alan - Tea Room
I'm trying... - 30 days ago
I'm trying to read this story, but keep breaking into giggles every time Bingley harnesses up his sled dog teams to take the Bennet family on a sleigh ride, or the morning post gets delivered by dogsled. Arctic sled dogs in southern England?!? LOL :D - Alan -by Alan - Tea Room
I don't think that's the same story :-( - 30 days ago
Chrissy, I don't think that's the same story :-( In Teg's story (link) Col. Fitzwilliam and Georgiana are both in favor of the match pretty much from the beginning, and they work together to encourage Darcy. In the story I'm looking for, however, Col. Fitzwilliam is a determined opponent and Georgiana outwits him. - Alan -by Alan - Tea Room
Story search - 30 days ago
I'm looking for a dimly-remembered P&P fanfic in which Col. Fitzwilliam strongly opposes a match between Darcy and Elizabeth. He tries to convince Georgiana to support him, and at his request she writes a letter supposedly begging Darcy to abandon Elizabeth for the sake of the family. Several chapters later, Fitzwilliam produces the letter during a heated confrontation with Darcy. Darcy unby Alan - Tea Room
Re: looking for a story - 4 weeks ago
Jim D. Wrote: > How about that? A conversation on a Jane Austen website entirely between guys. Note that the only woman in the conversation also gave the correct answer. Perhaps it's just as well there aren't many all-male conversations here! ;-D - Alan -by Alan - Tea Room
Scarcity might also be a factor - 4 weeks ago
I don't disagree with your logic, but just wanted to point out that market scarcity drives up prices. Land sales were enormously less common in Regency England than they are today. Nice estates tended to stay in the same families for generations. The break-up of the great estates -- with the resulting liberation of land deeds -- won't happen until the late 1800s. Especially if the purchase isby Alan - Tea Room
I'm trying to envision... - 2 months ago
I'm trying to envision a Regency-appropriate Batmobile! A fast black horse with aerodynamic fins attached on either side of the saddle? :D - Alan - ("My utility belt contains a pocket watch, a pair of gloves, a pipe lighter, and a snuffbox.")by Alan - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
There are a few - 2 months ago
John wrote a couple of Scarlet Pimpernel crossover stories. You might look at "The Truth of Lydia" or "Forget-Me-Not". Also Gabby and Nicole wrote "Determined to Love", in which Georgiana marries the son of the Scarlet Pimpernel. - Alan -by Alan - Tea Room
William Dantem - 3 months ago
William's last name ("Dantem") is presumably a nod to Dante and the Divine Comedy? Can we expect a trip through the Inferno? :) - Alan -by Alan - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: How about truly? - 3 months ago
Harvey S. wrote: >And people using the word 'literally' in speech when they mean something entirely different (I >find it especially funny when it is clear that whatever is "literally true" is in fact figuratively so). I recall a story in which a character "literally shot daggers from his eyes." Ouch! :D - Alan -by Alan - Tea Room
Darcy as a social progressive - 3 months ago
Aino Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have always imagined him as a Tory, who, in general, with their ideas about the > godly order of the society were not so enthusiastic about giving possibilities for > advancement for those in the lower ladders of it... I think you're being unfair to Darcy. Austen depicts him as more progressive than that. As you sby Alan - Tea Room
Fewer options than you might think :-) - 3 months ago
Welcome, Jaimy! Rich Regency-era people drank enormously more alcohol than is common today, but it's important to remember that they had fewer safe options for non-alcoholic beverages. Plain water wasn't safe, especially in big cities like London where cholera epidemics were frequently caused by water pollution. Fresh milk was available in the country, but due to the lack of pasteurization (inby Alan - Tea Room
Re: Could someone explain this phenomenon to me? - 3 months ago
In summary, it's a video blog told by the modern-day cast of P&P. The episodes are very short -- just a few minutes each -- and you can find them easily on Youtube with a search for "Lizzie Bennet Diaries." Once you take a couple minutes to watch episode #1, you won't need any further explanation :-) - Alan -by Alan - Tea Room
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