nun
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"Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery."
I heard a piece on NPR this morning about the early 19thC financial crises that influenced Dickens and I was reminded what a strong impression the comically tragic Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield made on me as a small boy. I read the book in school and deciding that debt was something to be avoided in almost all circumstances. Now 35 years after my only debt is a 4.5% fixed mortgage that will be paid off in 5 years time. So I must thank Dickens and Mr. Micawber and point out that novels are not just entertainment, but many contain useful lessons. Now, as I'm a single man "I must be in search of a wife" so I'll go and re-read "Pride and Prejudice" and see if I can learn something else that will be useful.
I heard a piece on NPR this morning about the early 19thC financial crises that influenced Dickens and I was reminded what a strong impression the comically tragic Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield made on me as a small boy. I read the book in school and deciding that debt was something to be avoided in almost all circumstances. Now 35 years after my only debt is a 4.5% fixed mortgage that will be paid off in 5 years time. So I must thank Dickens and Mr. Micawber and point out that novels are not just entertainment, but many contain useful lessons. Now, as I'm a single man "I must be in search of a wife" so I'll go and re-read "Pride and Prejudice" and see if I can learn something else that will be useful.