tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post8426970927189737377..comments2023-11-18T01:21:55.631-05:00Comments on My Open Wallet: The Personal Finance Novel: A New Genre?Madame Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11536189690094235926noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-34382925246918418722009-06-17T09:30:49.098-04:002009-06-17T09:30:49.098-04:00@ Frugal Scholar, I absolutely agree that money dr...@ Frugal Scholar, I absolutely agree that money drives the plot of many, many novels. But in Austen and Dickens, etc. I think the pursuit of money is just a given, and characters getting into debt is seen as a moral failing that is somehow inevitable for that particular person. There is never anything particularly instructive about how to manage your money-- no one ever gets out of trouble by being frugal, it's always that the virtuous character marries well or gets an surprise inheritance! That doesn't count as the same kind of personal finance lesson that seems to be embodied in the book I posted about (though I haven't read it yet, so who knows if an inheritance or marriage saves the day there too, despite the penny pinching tips!)Madame Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11536189690094235926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-55130906080163415282009-06-16T18:26:42.850-04:002009-06-16T18:26:42.850-04:00I think the "personal finance" novel is ...I think the "personal finance" novel is a traditional genre. Much of Jane Austen's oeuvre hinges on money; ditto for Dickens (much on debt there); Trollope, and I could go on and on and on. And, aside from the novel, there's lots about money in Shakespeare.<br /><br />There's little new in personal finance fundamentals: for a quick course in "Your Money or Your Life," you can read Ben Franklin's Autobiography.<br /><br />And I haven't even mentioned children's books (Boxcar books, Blue Willow, Chair for My Mother). On and on.Frugal Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696815672500452503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-84913189979538321542009-06-16T18:18:52.292-04:002009-06-16T18:18:52.292-04:00Heh, yeah, that'd be great if some of our coll...Heh, yeah, that'd be great if some of our collective frugal wisdom makes it into popular culture.Andy @ Retire at 40http://www.retire-at-40.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-6802132586640045442009-06-16T12:33:18.763-04:002009-06-16T12:33:18.763-04:00I think it would be a nice change compared to the ...I think it would be a nice change compared to the books that show women spending irrational amounts of money with no consequences :)SavingDivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10267021491907810696noreply@blogger.com