When reading a book like the Count of Monte Chriato or Scherlock Holmes, they mention that this and this person has an income of 4000 pounds and that person will have this and this income when she marries.
How does that work? Most of these people do not do any actual job.
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Business owners also had incomes. A lot of rich people owned land/housing/or businesses.
Some people had royalties from designs or patents still in some countries.
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