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As a lawyer, I find this video delightful — especially all the references to “Blackstone’s Commentaries” on English law of the time.
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A viewer, on “A Regency Woman Did Not Have Three Seasons to Marry. She Had Something Worse”
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A viewer, on “What Did Lydia Bennet Get for Marrying Wickham?”
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A viewer, on “Victorian Separate Bedrooms Are a Myth. The Second Room Had Another Name”
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A viewer, on “Colonel Brandon Lost Her at Seventeen. Her Fortune Was the Reason”
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A viewer, on “What Did Charlotte Lucas Get for Marrying Mr Collins?”
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A viewer, on “Colonel Brandon Lost Her at Seventeen. Her Fortune Was the Reason”
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A viewer, on “What Did Lydia Bennet Get for Marrying Wickham?”
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A viewer, on “What Did Charlotte Lucas Get for Marrying Mr Collins?”
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