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Bracebridge Hall

Bracebridge Hall
Washington Irving

Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists, A Medley was written by Washington Irving in 1821, while he lived in England, and published in 1822. This episodic novel was originally published under his pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon.

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“Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.”

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Bracebridge Hall. Bachelors (1822).

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