Your comments about age are interesting because I sometimes felt like Mr. Bramble uses his age as an excuse. For example, early on, he tells his doctor that the alterations to Bath have an “exaggerated impression on the irritable nerves of an invalid surprised by premature old age, and shattered with long-suffering” (32). Continue reading →
History and Literature of Georgian England
RE: “London Vs Bath”
19 DecYour comments about age are interesting because I sometimes felt like Mr. Bramble uses his age as an excuse. For example, early on, he tells his doctor that the alterations to Bath have an “exaggerated impression on the irritable nerves of an invalid surprised by premature old age, and shattered with long-suffering” (32). Continue reading →
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