Charlotte Bronte somehow survived on $1,838 a year, adjusted for inflation, working as a Yorkshire governess. (Lapham’s Quarterly has put together a chart showing what great writers earned in their day jobs.)
Elle - Reader of Books
Reader, Writer, Bullet Journalist, Book Group Organiser, Librarian. Maker of lists, drinker of tea. hoarder of books. Love urban fantasy, dystopian post-apocalyptic, zombies, crime fiction, time travel, 19C fiction and young adult anything. Minimalism was never my thing. Books make me happy, lots and lots of books. And cats. And stationery.