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Phaeton is the fanciful early 19th-century term for a sporty Carriage drawn by a single horse or a pair, with extravagantly large wheels, very lightly sprung, with a minimal body, fast and dangerous (''illustration, right''). The rather self-consciously Classicizing name refers to the disastrous ride of mythical Phaëton . Phaetons rarely appear in movies, but a very glamorous one, painted yellow and driven by Mr. Willoughby, made an appearance in '' Sense And Sensibility '', 1995. It perfectly exemplified Mr. Willoughby's reckless and dashing character. Those who grew up with Walter R. Brooks' '' Freddy Goes To Florida '' ( 1928 , as ''To and Again'') will remember that Hank the farmhorse drew the old phaeton that carried the animals from the Bean Farm to Florida and back. SEE ALSO
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