Charles asked this question about Middlemarch:
What happened to the "Fortune" that Dorothea gave up when she married Will? Did it go to charity?
Paul Of The fortune got eaten up by the wealth tax, the gift tax, the inheritance tax, property tax, income tax, profit tax, the state tax and the 'just becau…moreThe fortune got eaten up by the wealth tax, the gift tax, the inheritance tax, property tax, income tax, profit tax, the state tax and the 'just because' tax. (less)
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