Re: England, a nation of shopkeepers

"Meg Worley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Drewdr writes:
> >Going by period literature, when exactly did it become socially
> >acceptable to work for a living and make your own fortune, as opposed
> >to inheriting land and living on rent/annuities ?
>
> Later than the 19th century, at least -- trade is a big issue in
> *Howard's End*, and that's just pre-Great War.  Even today, your
> question is underdetermined; there are still people for whom it isn't
> socially acceptable to make one's own money.  After all, isn't that
> what we're all *really* scandalized about in l'affaire de Paris Hilton?

Herr Doktor Latane may disagree, but there is a dronish mentality amongst
the anglophilic FFVs here in Richmond (Trenton on the James) where it's fine
to work, but not at anything productive or at anything that might make you
sweat. And never move your own furniture.

ObLiberry: The Cabell.

Ted