So, I randomly decided while working on my paper that I wanted to see how much the 600quid that Gaskell got paid would translate into modern currency.
The web is not loaded with sites willing to provide these sorts of calculations, but according to a site of unproven integrity (http://futureboy.us/fsp/dollar.fsp), that 600quid is roughly equal to $60,000. So, that's a lot of money.
Out of curiosity, does anyone know a slightly more reputable source I could use to verify this?
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I LOVE the British National Archives. They actually had a reasonable converter for this sort of thing. ^_^
Thanks for sharing this source! I was just looking for something like it. Eliot has almost a 0.5 million pounds from Daniel Deronda!
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