Project Gutenberg 2011-11-04 Public domain in the USA. 144 Harper, Charles G. (Charles George) 1863 1943 Harper, C. G. 02021033 The Bath Road: History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway The Bath Road: History, Fashion, and Frivolity on an Old Highway E-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "The Bath Road: History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway" by Charles G. Harper is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book explores the rich history of the Bath Road, detailing its significance as a crucial route in England and the various stories associated with it. It highlights the era of elegance and leisure travel to Bath, a popular destination for the fashionable and the ailing alike. The opening portion of the work delves into the unique character of English roads, focusing on the Bath Road's evolution as the epitome of fashion and literary culture during its peak. The author describes the distinctive style of travel and social interactions along the road, emphasizing the influx of travelers seeking the mineral waters of Bath. Harper also employs vivid imagery to illustrate the changing landscape and the types of characters frequenting the road, setting the stage for a deeper exploration into the glamorous yet frivolous world of past travel that this historic highway represents. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37921/37921-h/images/cover.jpg en England -- Description and travel England -- Social life and customs Bath Road (England) DA Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 422021 421791 2024-09-16T05:43:08.905588 2023-09-16T12:02:37.737141 text/html text/html 425124 2011-11-04T16:46:19 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 4197947 2011-11-04T16:49:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 4443089 2024-09-16T05:43:17.583538 application/epub+zip 4449587 2024-09-16T05:43:10.754617 application/epub+zip 208572 2024-09-16T05:43:09.805587 application/epub+zip 4591190 2024-09-16T05:43:22.508615 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4523881 2024-09-16T05:43:16.438584 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 293074 2022-09-17T10:42:46.047085 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350967 350771 2024-09-16T05:43:07.629629 2023-09-16T12:02:36.628102 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 350502 2011-11-04T16:41:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 140151 2011-11-04T16:41:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 350524 2011-11-04T16:41:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 140115 2011-11-04T16:41:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21171 2024-09-16T05:43:22.661524 application/rdf+xml 22981 2024-09-16T05:43:09.934677 image/jpeg 3217 2024-09-16T05:43:09.869596 image/jpeg 4409795 2024-09-16T05:43:09.122613 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia