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portada A Season at Harrogate; In a Series of Poetical Epistles, from Benjamin Blunderhead, Esquire, to His Mother, in Derbyshire. With Useful and Copious ... of Attention in the Vicinity of Harrogate
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English
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9789378410260

A Season at Harrogate; In a Series of Poetical Epistles, from Benjamin Blunderhead, Esquire, to His Mother, in Derbyshire. With Useful and Copious ... of Attention in the Vicinity of Harrogate

Mrs Hofland (Author) · Alpha Edition · Paperback

A Season at Harrogate; In a Series of Poetical Epistles, from Benjamin Blunderhead, Esquire, to His Mother, in Derbyshire. With Useful and Copious ... of Attention in the Vicinity of Harrogate - Mrs Hofland

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Synopsis "A Season at Harrogate; In a Series of Poetical Epistles, from Benjamin Blunderhead, Esquire, to His Mother, in Derbyshire. With Useful and Copious ... of Attention in the Vicinity of Harrogate"

A spa cure becomes a comic trial of appetite, vanity and self-appointed expertise when Benjamin Blunderhead, Esquire, reports home in jaunty rhymed letters. From Harrogate, he surveys resort society with the confidence of a man ready to pronounce on medicine, literature, politics and art, even as bodily discomfort and social ambition repeatedly expose the pretensions behind his grand manner. Around him gathers a revealing cross-section of fashionable life: invalids seeking relief, physicians dispensing advice, gamblers pursuing advantage, military men making an impression and visitors intent on being seen. Benjamin drinks the sulphurous water and submits to the baths, turning the rituals of health into sharp spa-resort satire. Dining rooms, libraries, ballrooms, shops and promenades provide a shifting stage for observations of class, fashion and vanity, while his own appetite and susceptibility to trends ensure that the observer never escapes the joke. Beyond the resort, excursions through neighbouring estates, antiquities and landscapes broaden the work into comic travel poetry rich in descriptive observation. The first-person epistles balance social satire with an attentive record of customs, scenery and the varied company drawn to a celebrated watering place. Benjamin's inflated authority gives the verse its distinctive comic pulse, allowing every judgement to reveal as much about the speaker as about the society he describes. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Read more

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