>They rented a fourth-floor walk-up apartment in London with four bedrooms, two sitting rooms, and a “nice outlook on green.”
The space afforded seem pretty substantial. Even if it was fourth floor. That is still 6+ rooms.
Re:Living on a Reduced Income in 1868
by theluketaylor on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @09:51AM
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Makes it all the more notable she thought they would never afford a car and how much of an inversion we’ve had between the price of manufactured goods and labour in under a century.
Agatha Christie wrote in her autobiography about in post Great War Britain a servant being a necessity but that she wasn’t likely ever going to be rich enough to afford a car.
https://fullstackeconomics.com/why-agatha-christie-could-aff...