Rake
[ Politics & Society / Character / Social interaction ]
… yet further the link between literary rakes and their real-life counterparts, Francophilia and ‘Frenchified’ manners are common traits found in rakish characters throughout the whole eighteenth century. 3 Ultimately, members of …
… attributes thereof such as titles and rituals, even if those are centered around debauchery and violence rather than manners and convivial sociable activity. Thus, the great anxiety of clubbable society in London appears to have been a …