Project Gutenberg 2011-11-04 Public domain in the USA. 294 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://book.klll.cc/files/37921/37921-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 61.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en England -- Description and travel England -- Social life and customs Bath Road (England) DA Text Category: Travel Writing Category: History - British 422016 2025-07-15T10:51:23.333982 text/html 425124 2011-11-04T16:46:19 text/html 4441452 2025-07-15T10:51:31.122949 application/epub+zip 4447725 2025-07-15T10:51:25.113007 application/epub+zip 207348 2025-07-15T10:51:24.202976 application/epub+zip 4590174 2025-07-15T10:51:35.401940 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4523885 2025-07-15T10:51:30.074019 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 293074 2022-09-17T10:42:46.047085 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350967 2025-07-15T10:51:22.264971 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 350502 2011-11-04T16:41:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 350524 2011-11-04T16:41:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21845 2025-07-15T10:51:35.547904 application/rdf+xml 22981 2025-07-15T10:51:24.306983 image/jpeg 3217 2025-07-15T10:51:24.254967 image/jpeg 140151 2011-11-04T16:41:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 4197947 2011-11-04T16:49:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 140115 2011-11-04T16:41:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 4408518 2025-07-15T10:51:23.544967 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia