Charming grandmammas of sixty dressed and supped as at twenty
Such homes had these various notabilities left behind them in the fine world of Paris, that the spies among the assembled devotees of Monseigneur—forming a goodly half of the polite company— would have found it hard to discover among the angels of that sphere one solitary wife, who, in her manners and appearance, owned to being a Mother. Indeed, except for the mere act of bringing a troublesome creature into this world—which does not go far towards the realisation of the name of mother—there was no such thing known to the fashion. peasant women kept the unfashionable babies close, and brought them up, and charming grandmammas of sixty dressed and supped as at twenty. ---A Tale of Two Cities
Could anyone please explain what the connotation of words mean in red, and why the babies are described as unfashionable? Thank you very much!
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iclearwater Could anyone please explain what the connotation of words mean in red, and why the babies are described as unfashionable? It was unfashionable to be a mother, so they hid the fact that they were mothers. Even when they were grandmothers, they pretended to be young, childless, and fashionable in dress and habits.
- iclearwater Could anyone please explain what the connotation of words mean in red, and why the babies are described as unfashionable?
- It was unfashionable to be a mother, so they hid the fact that they were mothers.
- Even when they were grandmothers, they pretended to be young, childless, and fashionable in dress and habits.
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iclearwaterCould anyone please explain what the connotation of words mean in red, and why the babies are described as unfashionable?
It was unfashionable to be a mother, so they hid the fact that they were mothers. Even when they were grandmothers, they pretended to be young, childless, and fashionable in dress and habits.
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