{"product_id":"9781663512727","title":"\"Choice, Chance and Change\" (1606) or Glimpses of \"Merry England\": In the Olden Time","description":"From the INTRODUCTION. IN my Memorial-Introduction to the Works of NICHOLAS BRETON I thus wrote: - \"An anonymous book that internally seems out-and-out Bretonese is the following: - \"Choice, Chance and Change: or Conceits in their Colours.\" 1606. As I read and re-read this singularly brilliant and unforgettable manners-painting book, I felt here was the 'fine Roman hand' of Breton. But seeing that there is no external authority for giving it to him, I reluctantly decided not to include it among his Works, but rather perhaps find a place for it among my Occasional Issues.\" (Vol. i., pp. lxxiii-iv.) I still think that there are phrases and turns of expression and allusions and recurring words, that point to Breton as the author of Choice, Chance, and Change. But I am bound to add, that the general style is less formed and the specific wording less finished than Breton's; while the playing on - Will of Wit and other well-known phrases (pp. 29, 32, 50) may be accounted for by his popularity and influence on the Writer. It is assigned to Breton in the BODLEIAN CATALOGUE; but without an authority being given.","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46378868375793,"sku":"9781663512727","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781663512727_p0.jpg?v=1765038344","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781663512727","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}