The Decline of Life
Subtitle: Old Age in Eighteenth-Century England (Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 23, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780521815802
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Coping with old age; Elderly; Population & demography; Social History; Women's studies; c 1700 to c 1800; History - General History; Europe - Great Britain - General; History; Social conditions; History: World; England; Gerontology; Western Europe - General; History / Great Britain; 18th century; Aging; Old age; Older people
First sentence: When the young beauty Marianne Dashwood is teased about Colonel Brandon's affection for her in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, she responds with astonishment.