Year of Wonders

by

Geraldine Brooks

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Colonel Bradford Character Analysis

Colonel Bradford is the head of Eyam’s local family of gentry. Prideful and arrogant, he scorns the common people for whom he is supposed to take care. When the plague strikes, he immediately flees with his whole family, ignoring Mompellion’s pleas to embrace altruism and a sense of social duty.

Colonel Bradford Quotes in Year of Wonders

The Year of Wonders quotes below are all either spoken by Colonel Bradford or refer to Colonel Bradford. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Why, I wondered, had the surgeon abandoned this case as hopeless? Had he persevered here he could easily have done what I was about to attempt. It came to me then that he must have arrived under instruction to be negligent.

Related Characters: Anna Frith (speaker), Colonel Bradford, Anne Bradford
Related Symbols: Childbirth
Page Number: 285
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Colonel Bradford Quotes in Year of Wonders

The Year of Wonders quotes below are all either spoken by Colonel Bradford or refer to Colonel Bradford. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Community and Convention Theme Icon
).
Part 3: Apple-Picking Time Quotes

Why, I wondered, had the surgeon abandoned this case as hopeless? Had he persevered here he could easily have done what I was about to attempt. It came to me then that he must have arrived under instruction to be negligent.

Related Characters: Anna Frith (speaker), Colonel Bradford, Anne Bradford
Related Symbols: Childbirth
Page Number: 285
Explanation and Analysis: