Brougham (carriage) In the novel "The Crimson Petal and the White", by Michel Faber, William Rackham purchases a brougham as a surprise gift for his wife, Agnes Rackham, with the help of his mistress, a former prostitute known as Sugar. Brougham (carriage) A brougham (pronounced "broom" or "brohm") was a light, four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage built in the 19th century. It was named after Scottish jurist Lord Brougham, who had this type of carriage built to his specification by London coachbuilder Robinson & Cook in 1838 or 1839. It had an enclosed body with two doors, like the rear section of a coach;
Phaeton (carriage) attitude. She also references a phaeton in Agnes Grey, "the useful pony phaeton was sold." In the 1928 American children's book "Freddy Goes to Florida" (formerly published as "To and Again") by Walter R. Brooks, Hank the farm horse draws an old phaeton that carries the animals and their treasure back from Florida to the Bean Farm. In "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner, Sutpen's wife Ellen had a phaeton that caused her daughter to become greatly distressed when it arrived in place of their normal carriage. In the short story "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" by F. Scott Fitzgerald,