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A review by farahmendlesohn
Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune: How Younger Sons Made Their Way in Jane Austen's England by Rory Muir
4.0
I thoroughly enjoyed it but it needed a stronger line of argument and to focus more on the experience of being a younger son. Too often the author shaped the material more in the direction of what certain careers were like.
What struck me most was how little has changed: connections still matter and anyone who wants to go into the professions or the media etc needs parents who have connections and can support them for at least five years through internships and various low paid roles until it starts paying.
What struck me most was how little has changed: connections still matter and anyone who wants to go into the professions or the media etc needs parents who have connections and can support them for at least five years through internships and various low paid roles until it starts paying.