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p_romer OP t1_itw7ohe wrote
Reply to comment by CrazyCatLady108 in Poverty descriptions in old books that doesn't seem poor in today's property market by p_romer
The sort of rooms I thought about in today's world would be some of these 600-900 dollar single rooms in cities like London or New York.
p_romer OP t1_itw5hud wrote
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Today that would be categorised as glamping or minimal living in some trendy lifestyle magazine.
p_romer OP t1_itw409d wrote
Reply to comment by CrazyCatLady108 in Poverty descriptions in old books that doesn't seem poor in today's property market by p_romer
I also wrote "based on his room" but, sure, I get your point. I Just remember these room descriptions vividly and I have seen ads for expensive rooms on various sites, where Dostojevskij's words could kinda fit.
p_romer OP t1_itw33iq wrote
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That is comedy material - which book is that!?
p_romer OP t1_itw2vfh wrote
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Yeah, that is true! I haven't thought about that.
p_romer OP t1_itw2jq9 wrote
Reply to comment by CrazyCatLady108 in Poverty descriptions in old books that doesn't seem poor in today's property market by p_romer
Yeah, sure, we could also point out that he sleeps on a couch and not a real bed.... and that his room is as much a mental prison as a psychical one, but I still think it's interesting and underlines literature can be used for comparative studies of perceived poverty.
p_romer OP t1_itwn418 wrote
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>In Jane Austen's Persuasion
The economist Thomas Piketty actually used her literature as inspiration for some of his theories about inequality to conclude we see similar patterns take shape today as in the 1800-hundreds.