The Decline of Life
Subtitle: Old Age in Eighteenth-Century England (Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 6, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780521037921
Subjects: Elderly; Social History; c 1700 to c 1800; History; History - General History; History: World; England; Gerontology; History / Great Britain; History : Social History; Social Science : Gerontology; Europe - Great Britain - General; 18th century; Aging; Old age; Older people; Social conditions
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.